Business and Finance

Despite regulatory points within the US, drone market forecasts proceed to be optimistic.  A brand new report by the Teal Group predicts that civil drones shall be “the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry this decade.” Teal’s analysts unveiled the analysis on the Paris Air Show final …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)has awarded researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Creare LLC with a $1 million grant from  to develop a extremely refined autonomous flight management system to navigate unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs) in unknown dynamic environments, similar to crowded city areas, or in harmful or …

Are you a DJI pilot searching for personalised technical help, elevated protection for repairs and entry to premium companies? You in all probability know that these issues don’t include DJI Care, the usual degree of insurance coverage supplied by the Chinese drone producer. But they do all include DJI Circle, …

General Electric Co. is pictured on the Global Operations Center in San Pedro Garza Garcia – REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Reuters is reporting this morning that General Electric is testing autonomous drones to examine refineries, factories and railroads. The checks are a primary step in exploring the chance to seize a slice …

The Drone Racing League (DRL) right now introduced key multi-year, worldwide companions and sponsors forward of its 2017 race season. In February, DRL launched Allianz because the title sponsor of DRL’s elite race circuit, leveraging the insurance coverage model’s motor racing sponsorship heritage to convey the “Sport of the Future” …

By Mike Winn, CEO and co-founder, DroneDeploy — DJI is at the moment successful the drone wars. Not solely have they captured the lion’s share of the market, however in only one 12 months they’ve additionally managed to launch a whole product line —from client to enterprise— the place different …

Amazon‘s drone delivery project has resulted in the filing of dozens of patents.  We’ve seen concepts for drones hitching rides on vans, a “welcome mat” fashion touchdown pad, folding wing designs, and even flying warehouses.   A brand new patent utility, filed in February however revealed yesterday, describes a plan for …

A well known Japanese investor has began a $9M fund to encourage drone startups in Japan. Japanese information supply The Bridge stories that investor Kotaro Chiba joined Kamakura Investment Management to determine the 1 billion yen (about $9M US) DroneFund.  Chiba, a co-founder of Japanese gaming and site companies platform Colopl, …

There is a brand new man on the high of Yuneec, the Chinese drone producer YUNEEC International that has been struggling to maintain tempo with its chief rival DJI. The firm has introduced that Jiang Hao (Michael Jiang) is taking on the reins as Global Chief Executive Officer. Michael was …

The drone business continues to be in growth mode – which implies that skilled operators don’t have loads of examples or steerage to work with when it comes to setting costs that will probably be each worthwhile and aggressive.  Pricing varies based mostly on location, kind of utility, deliverable – …