The momentous day has arrived. Many months ago GoPro, a company that has until now had an interesting but distant relationship with the drone industry, announced that the Karma was coming. The Karma would be the first drone made by an industry outsider, and we all expected big things from …

A new report says that the drone market is expected to reach 14.9 billion by 2020 – just 3-4 short years away.  The report also says that small drones will be a driving market force. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market by Class… – Global Forecast to 2020” by Research and Markets …

Guest Commentary by Terry Holland — wp-image-32995″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FAA_logo.gif” alt=”part 107 test” width=”157″ height=”150″/>And once again, everything changes. With the FAA opening the sky to commercial drone use with the roll out of Part 107 (providing a clear and specific set of guidelines and regulations concerning the use of drones for …

There was a time when FPV drone racing was little more than a YouTube phenomenon. At one point it was just a few French guys flying around a forest. From there it progressed to parking lots and abandoned warehouses, before a hardcore community began to spring up all over the …

Big Blue is banking on a new deal with a Dutch drone company to launch the Internet of Things into bluer skies. IBM announced a deal yesterday to deploy its Watson IoT platform with Netherlands-based Aerialtronics drones to enhance aerial inspection services across several sectors – notably for wireless tower …

Researchers in New Zealand are hoping a drone test range will open up new horizons for the nation’s growing UAV industry. At the University of Canterbury’s Spatial Engineering Research Centre, a partnership of academic and commercial players recently launched a specialized test range. Officials see the complex as a way …

The Commercial Drone Alliance, a non-profit education and advocacy group founded earlier this year and led by key players in the industry, has announced it’s leadership. The roster is impressive, and speaks to the urgency that business leaders feel to work together to support the burgeoning commercial drone industry.  The Alliance hopes to …

Lance Vanden Brook Current CEO and founder Helen Greiner will now be the firm’s CTO. Brook comes to CyPhy from Pilot Thomas Logistics where he served as the senior vice president of their Energy and Industrial Group. Prior to that he was at Kiva Systems, a provider of fulfillment center …

wp-image-42274″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black.png” alt=”black market in drones” width=”253″ height=”253″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black.png 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black-150×150.png 150w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black-45×45.png 45w” sizes=”(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px”/>Commentary.  The FAA predicts that there may be as many as 600,000 licensed drone operators in a year, since Part 107 was enacted at the end of August.  But that number may be …

Drone flights are helping an Idaho county maximize the use and sustainability of its landfill. Ada County recently received FAA approval to launch drone flights over its 2,700-acre multi-use complex to map the site to measure erosion and ground swell as well as to ensure proper distribution of landfill dirt. …