Applications

Image: CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS During the current Covid-19 pandemic, surveillance drones have been used by police departments around the world to monitor community quarantines.  The application keeps law enforcement officials safe while reminding community members of social distancing guidelines.  In the U.S., some politicians have objected, with …

In another example of drone companies playing a productive role in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (and in some cases a critical one),  Avision began no-contact drone delivery of medical supplies.  Avision announced that over the last few weeks they have been working with drone pilots in San Mateo country in …

Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) / CC BY-SA  In a recent press release, start-up F-drones announced the first commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone delivery in Singapore.  This is the first time that authorized drone delivery to ships has taken place in Singapore. The company recently obtained the first ever authorization in Singapore for …

Drone Mapping of UNESCO Archaeological Site: From Simactive Drones mapping of UNESCO Archaeological sites are helping to gather the necessary data to help prepare orthophoto maps and digital elevation models of valuable areas. The drone mapping company SimActive recently announced that it is involved in the mapping of a UNESCO …

DJI Mavic Air 2 Announcement is scheduled for today. DJI Mavic Air 2 Closed Leaked Image The long anticipated and often rumored DJI Mavic Air 2 announcement will occur tonight – we think.  DJI is going to announce something later today, April 27 at 9:30 pm EDT, or the webmaster …

DroneDeploy‘s new release shows that despite the coronavirus, the company is working to ensure that businesses can get the data they need – regardless of the circumstances. DroneDeploy has expanded their product offering continually over the last several years.  The spring release may be one of the biggest yet: with …

Flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) continues to move forward for the global drone industry.  In the U.K., drone delivery service provider Skyports will work with regulators to test BVLOS flight in airspace shared by other aircraft. Skyports is working with onboard detect and avoid technology provided by Iris …

In a recent press release,  SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that their Correlator3D™ product is being used by Dutch company NEO B.V. to assess solar potential in multiple cities.  Digital surface models (DSMs) are generated from WorldView and GeoEye satellite stereo images and serve to calculate …

In this most recent podcast, Ian Smith of Commercial Drones FM spends some time with Adam Bry of Skydio on the recent release of Skydio 2, the latest in their line of autonomous drones for commercial application.  The show has an interesting twist: Ian is both interviewing Adam and also …

Image Provided by Drones Rescue Gemma Alcock is a big name in the drones for good community – and now, she’s coming to the rescue of all of us parents looking for interesting things to do with our kids while schools are closed.  The Rescue Drone Homeschooling Project is a …