Business and Finance

Drone Insurance: How Many Commercial Drone Operators Insure …

Dronelife commercial drone insurance results As drones become increasingly integrated into the fabric of business, drone insurance is also a growing sector.  Many industries require commercial pilots to purchase insurance before flying – other pilots insure in order to protect their fleet and sensors.   Insurance for commercial drone flights …

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Woman In Drones Leadership Forum

Last month, the Facebook Live Unmanned Leadership Forum featured a great lineup of experts to answer your questions on all things unmanned.  This month drones leadership forum, host Randall Warnas of FLIR features a panel of incredible women in the drone industry. “We will be talking about industry insights and …

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Study Says Crisis Changing Minds about Disruptive Technology…

Attitudes are changing towards disruptives technology, as drones assist in coronavirus response.  A recent study by European company ProtoLabs titled,  “Horizon Shift:  Accelerated Disruption in Aerospace”   note that the crisis offers opportunities for drones, as changing needs lead to changing attitudes. Coronavirus and Drones Drones are taking a significant role …

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DRONELIFE Minute Survey: How Optimistic are Drone Companies …

In our most recent DRONELIFE Minute Survey, we asked some of our followers to share their outlook for business in the near future. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official forecasts for the drone industry.  The DRONELIFE Minute Survey makes no …

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DRONELIFE Minute Survey: Pricing Drone Services

Image by Public Domain Ever wonder how drone services are priced?   In this DRONELIFE minute survey, we report what some DRONELIFE followers had to say about how much and how drone services are priced. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official …

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Unmanned Leadership Forum Soars: Drone Experts Talk Regulati…

Unmanned Leadership forum The first Unmanned Leadership Forum took place yesterday. Over a dozen unmanned experts spoke to a global audience of over 300 people about topics that included Covid 19, drone company financing, Chinese based air-frames and components, and FAA regulations.   In the absence of many of the …

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Search and Rescue Drones: Finding a Cell Phone Signal, and a…

Image Provided by the Centrum Search and rescue drones have been used for several years now, and are incredibly effective at finding missing persons.  Using thermal imagery, searches for missing persons can continue in the dark and under ever more challenging conditions. This new search and rescue drone solution covers …

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DRONELIFE Minute Survey: The Coronavirus Effect on Drone Bus…

Business is not as usual – but just how bad is the coronavirus effect on drone business?  In this DRONELIFE minute survey, we report what some DRONELIFE followers say. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official forecasts for the drone industry.  The …

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Drone Delivery to Ships Takes off in Singapore

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 …

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