Commercial drone industry

Former DJI Executive Romeo Durscher has joined open source platform Auterion as Vice President of Public Safety. Romeo Durscher brings his years of passion for using drones to save lives and improve communities to the Auterion team.  It’s a new start that brings value and satisfaction for both Durscher and …

How optimistic are stakeholders about the drone industry outlook for 2021?  2020 has been a year to remember, with ups and downs for everyone.  We’ve seen drone conferences go remote, drone delivery expand with COVID, regulations shift and technologies change, and new players emerge as leaders in the industry.  What’s …

U.S. drone manufacturers are making new production deals with overseas companies following the U.S. DOJ’s decision to limit funding for drones manufactured in “listed” countries, including China. Parrot was one of the first overseas companies to provide for U.S. based manufacturing, purchasing a U.S. drone manufacturer to produce their Blue …

Drone industry analysts DRONEII has announced the publication of the Drone Industry Barometer 2020: a commercial drone industry survey completed in cooperation with Interaerial Solutions in preparation for Intergeo 2020, which will be held digitally next month. The Drone Industry Barometer surveyed almost 700 companies from 75 countries.  This research reveals …

Public perception of drones is of critical importance to the drone industry, as commercial drones become more visible through applications like drone delivery and power line inspections.  In this episode of MarketScale‘s Drones in America Podcast, DRONELIFE’s Miriam McNabb speaks with Grant Guillot, Partner and Unmanned Systems Lead at law …

Japan’s global drone services powerhouse, Terra Drone, has invested in Dutch drone services company Skytools to create a major European drone hub in Rotterdam.  The new venture will include drone training facilities and a research and development center. Terra Drone Corporation provides commercial clients with end to end drone solutions, …

At DRONELIFE, we’ve gathered some anecdotal evidence over the years about how many drone pilots are flying without a license.  Whenever we’ve asked drone operators that we meet in life outside of work if they have a license, we’ve found that none of the operators that we’ve run into have …

“3D modeling brings tremendous value to inspection professionals on multiple fronts,” says Flyability’s Marc Gandillon.  “First of all, when looking at a defect using remote visual inspection technology, the information you get on the video stream is flat. You can easily spot cracks, corrosion, or other visually-featured defects. However, sometimes, this …

A new California privacy law could change everything for drone operators in the state – and could be used as a model across the country. The following is a guest post by attorneys from law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.  This piece was authored by Cynthia Larose, …

https://www.flickr.com/people/turtlemom_nancy/ [CC BY-SA 2.0 ] The FAA has released their annual aerospace forecast – and the drone industry figures are both impressive and surprising.  We’ll dive into different areas of the forecasts in future articles: in this one, we’re looking at the numbers.   DRONELIFE has reported on FAA Aerospace …