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As thermal sensors become smaller, lighter, less expensive and more widely available on drones, more commercial drone applications are integrating aerial thermography. Drones with thermal cameras are being used for inspecting HVAC units, wind turbines, cell towers, roofs, or finding missing people. And more drone companies are making it easy to incorporate …

Mega-retailer Amazon continues to spread it corporate wings into the drone space, filing a patent for a new type of hybrid folding-wing design. The patent was filed in 2014 and published on Dec. 24. The application describes a drone design in which the aircraft “transitions in-flight between vertical flight configuration and …

The Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado announced the completion of a research project earlier this week that used drones to collect data within the park. This is a big news, primarily because drones are generally banned from all national parks. [Skip down for some analysis of drones in …

The past 12 months have been a year of consolidation for the drone hardware world. Major drone makers including GoPro, Parrot and 3D Robotics have announced layoffs, while funding to drone-related companies has seen a drop-off. There was $55 million invested in eight VC deals for the drone industry in …

NASA Senior Flight Engineer Dr. Ricardo Arteaga and Vigilant Aerospace CEO Kraettli Epperson on-site for beyond line-of-sight testing at NASA Armstrong, Image courtesy Vigilant Oklahoma-based Vigilant Aerospace has completed successful beyond visual line- of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing of its new FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid collision avoidance system for drones at the NASA Armstrong …

Image Source Amazon filed a bevy of drone-related patents this week, a total of four in all. Most prominent among the patents is a patent for a drone with foldable wings. Other patents are for a system for determining the center of gravity for a payload that’s put on a delivery …

Next up in our “Ask Drone Girl” series is about drone LCD brightness and DJI’s CrystalSky monitor. If you have a question for Drone Girl, contact her here. Hey Drone Girl, I am new to the drone world. I am hoping to incorporate the aerial photography into my roofing consulting …

photo courtesy of Kespry Kespry, the aerial intelligence platform provider, today announced that it has enhanced the Kespry Drone 2 with higher performance features that deliver significantly greater accuracy and reliability. These enhancements enable the Kespry Drone 2 to better address a wide range of industrial applications, including those requiring …

The city of Orlando announced yesterday a new drone law that requires permits for drone users. The law went immediately into effect on passing. Violators who fly drones without a permit within the city limits will be subject to heavy fines. Also, jail time is possible for anyone operating UAVs under the …