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As the drone industry matures, drone manufacturers rush to partner with other technology companies: leveraging new products in order to provide more functionality, new solutions, or an entree into a new vertical.   These 5 recent partnerships could provide their players with a critical edge in the industry, and up the pace of development …

Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Old and new leader of the drone company ranking is DJI (▷1). The Chinese platform manufacturer remains expanding both company portfolio and market presence. Toy manufacturer Parrot (▷2) defends rank two with solid distance to the newcomer Xiaomi on rank three. …

The target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI Mavic Pro and the GoPro Karma both launched in September, but how do they compare? When we look back a decade from now, September 2016 will be pointed to as a defining month in the drone industry. New product releases have …

—  Sponsored by MMC As a follow-up to a recent trip to MMC’s new production and offices in Boa’an Shenzhen China, I wanted to understand the reasons why Chinese companies are so dominant in the manufacturing portion of the drone industry and does that help Chinese drone manufactures to be …

Commercial drone manufacturer senseFly has partnered with 3D modeling company Maptek to provide a complete solution for the mining industry.  The partnership seems like a perfect fit – the eBee commercial drone, a market leader in agriculture and other industrial applications, combined with a proven technology company with existing penetration in …

After plenty of leaks and mounting speculation, DJI has launched a new portable drone for the enthusiast market: the Mavic Pro. Although rivals Yuneec and GoPro have beaten DJI to the release of new models in recent weeks, it looks like the drone industry’s dominant manufacturer is yet again set to …

Ride-sharing company Uber is actually working on vertical take-off and landing technology that could lead to a fleet of drone taxis, technology journal Recode reports. Journalist Kara Swisher of Recode interviewed Uber’s head of products, Jeff Holden, who said that the company was actively researching short-distance flight technology for use …

Package delivery giant UPS announced today that it is testing drone delivery to remote locations with MA drone maker CyPhy Works. Thursday, the companies “staged a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, Mass. to Children’s Island, which is about three miles off the Atlantic coast,” UPS and CyPhy …

The International Drone Expo Trade show and conference taking place in Los Angeles on December 9-10 looks to bring people together who work in the UAS industry: manufacturers, commercial users, enthusiasts, as well as those who have an active interest in it to be educated, have some fun and do …

Bill Kimberlin, the dynamic brain behind the new 500Below app, says the idea for crowdsourcing drone support “hit me like a ton of bricks.”  A serial entrepreneur, Kimberlin says that his business model is simple: “I like to find emerging markets, and figure out what the problems are – then …