Photo credit: Famartin, license by CC Drone operators flying in the state of Utah will need to be especially careful not to fly in restricted areas: Utah has just become the only state to make it legal to shoot a drone. Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill this week which …

The latest published statistics reveal that the drone industry is here to stay in a very big way. Guest post by Tim Jennings, President of CCG, maker of DroneHangar — We all know the drone industry has had a bit of a PR problem from the start, particularly because “the …

A year ago, the Australian startup Flirtey made the first ever drone delivery in the U.S., working with NASA and the FAA to test the delivery of medical supplies to a remote medical center in Virginia. Since then, Flirtey has successfully tested both the first urban drone delivery – performed …

Patent 9,387,928 B1 Amazon drone delivery appears to be making some progress, as the company filed a patent this week for birdhouse-like docking stations for drones. US Patent 9,387,928 B1 outlines Amazon’s plans for drone delivery, including the concept of using docking stations along the flight path to allow for re-charging …

Airbus Group SE and Local Motors Inc. held a ceremony held at which they announced the winners of the “Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge ”, a co-creation competition for the next generation of commercial drones, which both companies launched in April. The challenge solicited designs that would 1) be designed for …

The world’s most popular franchises never truly die, they just move with the times. You only have to look at the Pokemon Go popularity wave sweeping across entire continents to confirm that. But to move with the times in the drone industry, you have to get off the ground, and …

CyPhy Works announced today that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time. The news here is that …

A Canadian hospital could soon be dispatching drones to save the lives of cardiac arrest victims. Peel Regional Paramedic Services in Brampton, Ont. told the regional council last week that  unmanned aircraft equipped with defibrillators could soon deliver the vital equipment to victims whose hearts have stopped. The remote-controlled UAVs …

This weekend, DRONELIFE gently takes off into the skies of public-safety UAVs – hovering over growing landscape of police drones and diving into the wonderful world of live-saving drone solutions. England may be leaving Europe, but their police agencies won’t be leaving drone technology any time soon. The Lancashire Fire …

Drones have proven time and time again to be effective in finding missing persons – but what about missing animals? The answer is resounding “maybe.” Even though drones have augmented animal searches, their track record so far is spotty but getting better. Last week,  a drone pilot with VSI Aerial …