Japan is once again showing the world what it means to be truly committed to the drone industry.  Japanese vocational high school Vantan has announced that they will introduce a focused Drone & Robotics Course in April of next year, Japan Today reports.  The course is a full-time, 3 year program in …

Officials Spain are using drones to catch tax cheats and potential terror threats. Earlier this month, the nation’s treasury ministry announced a plan to nab property owners who evade a tax on home improvements. Landowners who fail to register new construction projects are in violation of a recently passed national …

German drone manufacturer microdrones is teaming up with the nation’s largest lifeguard association to help save swimmers from drowning. In July, the Hamburg-based company recently collaborated with DLRG Horneburg/Altes Land e.V. and deployed a UAV loaded with a compact rescue device in a simulated crisis. During the demonstration, a microdrones …

Today DroneDeploy released their second Report on Commercial Drone Industry Trends. Like the first, released last March, it is based on 5 million acres mapped with DroneDeploy. The new report is based on 5 million acres mapped, up from the 2 million acres the initial report was based on (that …

Ever get frustrated by Skype calls or Google Hangouts? Maybe you’re fed up of being a pixelated blur on a laptop screen and want to make more impact in your meetings. Well, Google has an idea for you. The company has just been awarded a patent for a flying conference …

Drone manufacturer Matternet Inc. has scooped up nearly $9.5 million to fund their line of delivery drones. The SEC reports that the drone company based in Menlo Park, CA has raised almost $9.5 million out of a $11.5 million goal in a funding round that has attracted over 30 investors so far.  Investors …

Roger Freeman’s career on Wall Street was lucrative and satisfying; but had become less interesting. You know what’s interesting? At least to Mr. Freeman.  .  . drones. So he left Wall Street and formed FreeBirdFlight with the goal of building a better drone. When he surveyed drones on the market …

Do you need a Part 107 certificate?  While Part 107 does make it easier to operate a drone commercially, not everyone will have to take the test.  Here’s the summary of the FAA rules (with all the links and references) about who should start studying – and who can put …

An Arizona-based startup is equipping a local police department with a unique air-traffic control system for its future drone fleet. Drone Control Systems recently signed an agreement with the Sahuarita Police Department to deploy the company’s Local Area Drone Dispatch and Authorization System software and hardware solution. “[LADDAS] provides near …

Increasingly universities are collaborating with private firms and other government agencies to examine how drones can be used in crisis situations to deliver aid and medical relief. Two such initiatives were announced this week. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have received  funding from the Massachusetts Central Homeland …