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While California’s Camp Fire has earned the infamous title of costliest world disaster of 2018, the aftermath could have been worse, say fire experts, had it not been for drones. The series of wildfires claimed more than 80 lives and destroyed thousands of buildings across Butte County. However, thanks to …

Departures from London’s Heathrow Airport were suspended for about an hour overnight after a drone sighting. The shut down comes just three weeks after Gatwick, Britain’s second-busiest airport, was closed over three days because of drone sightings. Heathrow Airport tweeted: “We are responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow and …

American insurance giant State Farm is flying into uncharted skies today after the company received the first-ever national drone-flight waiver granted to a corporation by the FAA. The waiver will allow State Farm to fly drones over people and beyond visual line of sight through November 2022. Last year, the …

A matter of days after London Gatwick was shut for 36 hours following reports of drones flying above the airport, reported drone sightings have halted departures at Heathrow, London’s busiest airport. The situation does not appear to be as serious as that which unfolded at Gatwick in late December. We …

London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s busiest hub in terms of passenger numbers, said it has suspended all departing flights on Tuesday following a drone sighting. “We are responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow and are working closely with the Met Police to prevent any threat to operational safety,” the airport’s …

In October we published a brief investigation into goings on at the Mota Group, the company that purchased the marketing and branding rights to the original (and doomed) Lily Drone project. As part of the Mota Group’s marketing efforts, the company used its newly acquired list of let down Lily …

“The disruption caused by drones to flights at Gatwick airport last month was deliberate, irresponsible and calculated, as well as illegal,” Grayling told Parliament. The Ministry of Defence remained on standby to deal with any further problems at Gatwick or any other airport, he added. Loading The government said the …

Aerial photography social media platform Dronestagram has today announced the winners of its fifth annual Drone Photography Contest. Previously the competition has been split into multiple categories, but this time around the organizers decided to simplify the process and award a simple 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranking to the best …

A consortium of university and corporate UAS players just made the skies safer for drones over North Dakota and their achievement is likely to soar into the global community. The University of North Dakota, in cooperation with aerospace company Harris Corporation and the  Northern Plains UAS Test Site, last month …

The next time the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s bomb squad responds to a call, it could have new gadgets at its disposal: drones. The department received two new Aeryon SkyRanger drones in mid-December, and bomb squad members have been using them in simulations recently, a city official said last week. …