Applications

Yes, we’re tooting our own horn – and expressing our appreciation.  As the drone industry grows, so are we!  DRONELIFE’s marketing team announced today that the number of impressions – the number of people who sees our content – grew by  over 65% for the period ending from the end …

In what is a growing category of software solutions,  called Sofware as a Service or SaaS,  FlytBase announced that it was showing it FlytGCS for remote operations with BVLOS capabilities this week at AUVSI in Chicago. The hardware agnostic software solution is designed to allow commercial drone operators base level …

Israel based, Percepto   announced that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous drones over SK Telecom’s 5G trial network in Korea. While possibly less familiar to western readers,  South Korea is the 11th largest economy in the world. From it’s recent press release: “Percepto today announced that it has successfully …

Image: NASA In what appears to be a part of the GE Aviation coming out party for drones at AUVSI in Chicago this week,  Boston based AiRXOS, part of GE Aviation, announced a series of autonomous solutions for commercial applications in the UTM space. This is one of a series …

DRONELIFE turned 5 this December – and in the last 5 years, we’ve published more than 5,000 articles on the commercial drone industry.  Commercial drones are even bigger news now: investment in drone companies is booming and maturing.  The commercial drone market continues to grow at sustainable levels as regulations …

As some people get ready for AUVSI Xponential 2019 that will take place next week at the McCormick Place in Chicago,  IL from April 30th – May 2nd, 2019, we found this video from our friends at Airvuz that shows the city with big shoulders (named due to the large …

image courtesy SkySkopes Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight is a critical component of the advancement of unmanned commercial applications.  While France has had legalized BVLOS flight since 2012, most countries and areas of the world are still working towards moving forward with a framework to accommodate BVLOS flight …

Image from INVOLI UTM, air traffic awareness, remote ID and tracking, and collision avoidance are all hot topics in the drone industry.  As these frameworks and technologies develop, risks will decrease, regulations will ease, and the applications that commercial drones are regularly able to perform will expand dramatically. There is …

Continuing our roundup of European companies we met at this week at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe is this interview with Ivanka Koster, CEO of Netherlands-based SkyTools. SkyTools is a full-service drone company: but their unique business model addresses the issue of outside service providers competing with the growth of …

One of the great aspects of being present at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe, held this week in Amsterdam, is the opportunity to speak directly to some of the thought leaders in the global drone industry. DRONELIFE spoke with Marc Kegelaers: pilot, thought leader, CEO of Unifly, and an important player in …