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Yesterday, DJI launched the Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom during a special live event, “See the Bigger Picture,” in Brooklyn, New York. The event garnered over 1 million virtual viewers via live stream across multiple platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and the DJI website. If you didn’t get a …

There are two universal truths in the drone industry. The first is that technology companies will file rafts of drone-related patents in an attempt to score easy PR and cover even the most obscure bases for the future. The second is that tech workers need the occasional caffeine hit from …

As expected, DJI has today unveiled two new drones that will aim to bridge the divide between the company’s professional and consumer models. Both are foldable iterations of the popular, top-selling Mavic Pro. Introducing the Mavic 2 Pro and the Mavic 2 Zoom… DJI’s New Drones: The Headlines DJI’s new …

This morning, juggernaut drone manufacturer DJI launched their latest 2018 drone models — the Mavic 2 Pro ($1,449) and Mavic 2 Zoom ($1,249). Each model delivers (big) improvements from the first-generation Mavic Pro—like enhanced performance, camera upgrades, and more intelligent features to help you capture 4K video and HDR photos …

Industry studies suggest the drone mitigation (or anti-drone) market will to grow to a billion-dollar industry within six years with predicted compound annual growth rate of 23.89 percent across 2018-22. For two counter-drone firms, recent good news stakes their claims to a piece of that fiscal pie. DroneShield Australian-based DroneShield …

We’re not quite at the stage at which drones are taking an active role in day to day agriculture. Despite hardware releases from DJI and other manufacturers with a view to autonomously sowing seeds and dispensing pesticides, most drone applications on the farm are more passive in nature: field mapping, …

Our first meeting with Delair occurred in July, when we learned about their work with fixed winged drones, their record-setting beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights, and their strategic partnership with Intel for the development of the Intel Insight Platform. We sat down with Delair again, this time …

Image: SimActive InterDrone – held Sept. 5-7 in Las Vegas this year -is getting close.  There is so much to see and learn at the biggest commercial drone event in North America that planning is a good idea.  We surveyed our partners to see what they were offering this year …

Acting FAA Administer Daniel K. Elwell and PrecisionHawk CEO Michael Chasen kick off the show with Grand Opening Keynotes NEW YORK — August 21, 2018 — Emerald Expositions, the largest operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United States, announced today the InterDrone keynote lineup, comprised of industry heavy hitters …

We’ve seen plenty of exciting applications of drone technology in Africa. Unsurprisingly, most of them are driven by necessity, far removed from the relatively frivolous notion of an Amazon prime delivery service or some kind of milkshake on-demand courier. US startup Zipline has long been established on the continent, providing …