Velos Rotors, Inc. announced the completion of a $2 million investment by Marathon Venture Capital. The investment will help fund the company’s growing demand for its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) helicopter. The electric Velos V3 UAV helicopter’s redundant, twin-engine design and modular payload configuration make it one of the most …

Speedbird Aero and High Lander Partner to Revolutionize Global Drone Delivery by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Brazilian drone delivery company Speedbird Aero and Israeli uncrewed traffic management (UTM) developer High Lander have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will increase the safety and efficiency of drone-based deliveries …

WindShape, a trailblazing Swiss company established in 2016, has been revolutionizing the drone industry through research, development, testing, inspection, certification, and validation. In an ambitious effort to extend its global presence, WindShape is announcing a strategic partnership with the Osage tribal nation, to open a cutting-edge indoor drone testing and …

We’ve been waiting for this one.  MatrixSpace CRO Lori DeMatteis is an industry thought leader, an active member of AUVSI and a Women and Drones Global Ambassador. Continue reading below, or listen: As MatrixSpace has developed a name in the industry, their engineers have developed a ground-breaking product.  Today, they’ve …

ADVERTISEMENT St Huberts The Stag plants seed pods for 100,000 trees by drone and AI AirSeed seed pods. Image St Hubert’s Over the next 12 months, St Hubert’s The Stag has committed to planting seed pods for 100,000 trees via AirSeed’s advanced drone technology, across areas of Australia impacted by …

DRONELIFE first heard about Amprius Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: AMPX) at Commercial UAV Expo last year.  Amprius has an answer to one of the most persistent problems in drone technology: flight endurance and battery life.  Amprius manufactures next-generation lightweight lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform.  The company’s proprietary anode technology  enables the …

A DRONELIFE exclusive: a team of experts outlines what EASA’s U-Space means for European drone operations. The following is a guest post  by Richard Hakes, Oliver Beiersdorf, and Julia Norsetter of global law firm Reed Smith’s Transportation Industry Group. DRONELIFE neither accepts nor makes payments for guest posts. EASA’s U-Space: The …

GOPAL RATNAM CQRoll Call WASHINGTON — If GPS guided tractors led the previous revolution in agriculture, the next generation of farming is likely to be marked by unmanned drones with onboard sensors that can spot weeds and decide when and how much herbicide to spray to control their growth. “We …

Researchers at Princeton have developed a new approach for detecting greenhouse gas leaks. The team used lasers combined with the agility of drones to accurately detect and quantify large and small greenhouse gas leaks, localizing the source of emissions to within a meter. The technology is also capable of spotting unseen leaks …

Technology used to monitor Halyomorpha halys/brown marmorated stink bug. Tyndall National Institute, in partnership with Teagasc, is conducting a collaborative European research project named ‘HALY.ID’, which aims to monitor and sustainably manage Halyomorpha halys (HH) the brown marmorated stink bug, a highly invasive insect species. The project is using drone …