image: Cambodia, PI (CC 2.0) UK-based insurtech firm Flock is joining the fight against coronavirus. The company has pledged £10,000 of free drone insurance to pilots working on COVID-19 crisis response. Pilots can learn more and find out if they are eligible here. In an extraordinary show of additional industry …
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Way back in 2009, Country Guide published a story on a new idea that was being called “jump-shift.” It’s the theory that the only real way to get ahead is to make sudden transitions or “jumps,” instead of trying to evolve smoothly and steadily. Shift quickly, jump whole-hog. Commit yourself …
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Boston is home for DRONELIFE. Here is some drone footage from the online version of the Boston Globe. You will see that the video of empty streets is becoming eerily familiar as Boston follows other cities in China, Italy, France, and Spain. We can assure you that traffic is typically …
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Gremsy is a sponor of DroneLife.com. No drone payload can work well without a gimbal to carry it on the aircraft. Gremsy, a leader in industrial gimbals, has just released the heavy lift T7 for use in the commercial marketplace. We asked Gremsy’s Rosy Nguyen about heavy lift gimbals for larger …
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image public domain As drone technology flies into more aspects of everyday living, legal conflicts are sure to follow. Florida-based aviation attorney Jonathan Rupprecht decided to take a crack at bringing order to the chaos, releasing an online database of drone-related legal activity. “There has been a wide range of drone-related …
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UK-based UTM provider Altitude Angel is partnering with Swiss INVOLI. The combination of Altitude Angel’s airspace and ground hazard data with INVOLI’s low-altitude air traffic awareness data will provide “an unrivalled picture of airspace,” says an Altitude Angel press release. The two companies have worked together informally on several projects, …
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Image Provided by SkySkopes Drones have been used in the power industry for a few years now, but in the U.S., power line stringing is a relatively new application. It’s an application that offers massive cost and time savings – and is one that could permanently change the way power …
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Tech called up ‘in the war against the unexpected’ By Stephanie Kanowitz Mar 19, 2020 With much attention understandably focused on health care related to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, a new report has spotlighted the downstream effects the outbreak could have on various technologies. …
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Photo provided by Heisha. Drone autonomous security System Heisha systems corporation has just released a new version of their next generation charging systems, the C500, for use with DJI drones. The company explains that Heisha charging pads are part of a low-cost autonomous drone solution for a variety of applications. …
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AirMap is a well-known name in the drone industry, providing airspace management services since 2015. AirMap continues to be a presence in the space, moving forward with new initiatives in Europe and Latin America. U-Space Together As the French Civil Aviation Authority (DSNA) launches their “U-Space Together” project, AirMap is …
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