Business and Finance

Precision agriculture is reaching new heights.  Agriculture has been a major vertical for commercial drones since the industry took off: and now, sophisticated analytics and software combine with evolved drone solutions to allow for new breakthroughs. At the annual ISF World Seed Conference held next week, French drone solution company …

German UAV industry analyst firm Drone Industry Insights has today launched its US Drone Market Report alongside an article outlining five headline points from the American drone market. The report provides an outline, analysis and forecast of the US commercial drone market, including: US commercial drone market size, shares and …

The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for “eye in the sky” technologies: personal reconnaissance drones that can give soldiers on the battlefield a situational advantage. In an effort to uncover the next-generation of short-range Reconnaissance drones for the U.S. Army, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Army’s Maneuver …

From Keen AI Here at DRONELIFE, we get to meet a lot of interesting people doing interesting things.  Last month at Commercial UAV in Amsterdam, we met Amjad Karim, the CEO and founder of Keen AI.  Keen AI is a UK-based software company working on bringing AI to the inspection space. DRONELIFE: Tell …

It seems to be the season for funding announcements: and a recent spate of press releases from drone companies indicates that the sector is still desirable. The drone industry has seen some noted consolidations and exits in the last few years.  Commercial drone solutions provider Airware shut down last year …

Israeli drone-in-a-box provider Percepto has announced a $15m Series A funding round led by U.S. Venture Partners. The company has to date raised a total of $27.5m, with previous investors including R&R Venture Partners and Hyundai Motors. The funding will be split between driving Percepto’s autonomous drone-in-a-box solution into emerging …

DJI has committed to installing airplane and helicopter detectors in its new consumer drones from 2020. The pledge is part one of a 10-point plan – also released today – to ensure the world’s skies remain as safe as possible as the drone industry takes off. The addition of the …

Back in 2017 the FAA’s drone integration pilot program was announced, paving the way for a number of interesting and innovative explorations of drone technology. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has this week launched a similar program, although the scale and practical outcomes are still unclear. The CAA says …

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 …

Not too long ago DJI played a major role in forcing GoPro out of the consumer drone market. Admittedly, it didn’t help that GoPro’s Karma drone started falling out of the sky at random, but the timing of the release of the original Mavic Pro was another nail in the …