Commentary

Three Forces That Shaped the Drone Industry in 2018

Guest post by leading drone industry analyst Colin Snow of Skylogic Research. This was a big year for the commercial drone industry as a whole. It saw a significant increase in the business adoption, the expansion of the FAA’s LAANC program (the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability that provides …

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Exclusive: Parrot Explain ANAFI’s Lack of Obstacle Avoidance

Last week I met in London with Pascal Perrin, Parrot’s Head of Global Consumer Product Marketing, and the French firm’s International PR Manager, Fabien Laxague. They have been on the town to demo Parrot’s newest drone: the 4K-shooting, insect-inspired ANAFI. I arrived with a lot of questions and an open thoughts. …

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Inside Ford’s Drone Division With Commercial Drones FM

Back in March, automotive producer Ford introduced that its drone division had put ahead a suggestion to the FAA’s distant monitoring & ID aviation rulemaking committee. Our first impression was ‘Hold up, Ford has a drone division?’ After that, we had a have a look at the specifics of the …

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The Changing of the Guard: Thank you, Michael Huerta

News and Commentary.  Michael Huerta’s 7 years with the FAA ended this Saturday at midnight.  Yesterday, Dan Elwell, the FAA’s Deputy Administrator, was named Acting Administrator.  If invited to fill the put up completely, Elwell will begin a 5 yr time period able that many Americans have by no means …

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Collisions: How to Break the Cycle of Conjecture, Fear & Dro…

Earlier this week a collision between a manned plane and a drone reportedly occurred in Quebec, Canada. What adopted has develop into painfully acquainted to drone business observers: a sequence of studies pushed extra by worry and clickbait than actuality. So how can we break the cycle?… First got here the studies …

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Is Viatek About to Launch the Real Lily Drone?

Over the previous few days, the fallout from the failed Lily drone challenge has began to acquire momentum. We revealed final week that the Lily was again from the lifeless thanks to the Mota Group, who bought the rights to the Lily model at public sale. On the floor, shopping …

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