The FAA announced a long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Remote ID for drones on 12/31/2019. The comment period required by federal law is open until March 2, 2020 (if you wish to comment, you may review the NPRM and do so here.) Over 13,000 comments have been submitted …
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DJI’s Agras spraying drone The ways in which drones can be used for good just keeps expanding. The world’s largest drone manufacturer DJI has published an article describing how the company is modifying spraying drones to assist public health officials in China in the fight against the coronavirus. The coronavirus …
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Israel is to buy and develop drones on a “massive” scale to increase its military edge over its enemies – Iran and its allies – the army said Thursday. “This plan will improve the lethality of the Israeli armed forces, in terms of precision and reduction of the duration of …
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image DJI Too late for flowers? Is your spouse on a diet and not into chocolate? Guitar skills not quite up to serenading your sweetie? No problem – nothing says I love you like a drone for Valentine’s day – or at least a cool camera to take all of …
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Back in 2018, IT consultancy and mobile app development specialists RIIS showed how, with a little help from Google’s machine learning platform, TensorFlow, a DJI drone could be used to count the number of sheep in a field in real-time. At the time it was an interesting, albeit niche glimpse …
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With this agreement, jointly and collectively, JAL, Sumitomo and Bell will explore business opportunities for the air mobility services: deploying Bell’s eVTOL in Japan and Asia. DRONELIFE had the opportunity to see and to interview a spokeman at Bell Textron last month in Las Vegas – see that article here. Bell’s …
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In this episode, Randall Warnas of FLIR meets up with Rod Dayrit, Delta-Q Technology. Rod has an extensive background in the mobile industry has moved to the battery charging space. In this episode, they discuss the parallel paths of drones and cell phones and the intricacies of working with drones, especially …
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Answering questions about a new industry is challenging: data can be hard to come by. Media guesses range from “game over” to “billion dollar growth industry.” That’s why DroneDeploy’s industry report has value: with a five year history and a robust client list, the leading drone mapping platform is in …
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After a year of flying drones to fight crime and respond to emergencies, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has released its first report on their use.The release of this annual report is part of the Sheriff’s Office transparency policy. An agreement made when it reached out to the community …
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Congress Why Congress holds the key to DOD tech By Lauren C. Williams Feb 12, 2020 Congress may have to relax its oversight — or at least learn to take leaps of faith — when funding defense technology research if it wants to see dramatic improvements in capabilities. That …
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