Commercial Drones

In good news for Mavic fans, DJI attorneys have responded to recent news about Autel’s lawsuit against DJI, saying that sales are unlikely to be affected.  International patent attorneys Finnegan provided the latest updates to the long running legal battle. Earlier this month, attorneys for DJI competitor Autel Robotics claimed that …

Percepto drone and base at work. Autonomous drones have become a critical tool for business continuity in a wide variety of enterprise verticals.  As the current crisis changes the way companies work, new tools are part of the new normal.  Read on for an insider view of how industries like …

In this most recent podcast, Ian Smith of Commercial Drones FM spends some time with Adam Bry of Skydio on the recent release of Skydio 2, the latest in their line of autonomous drones for commercial application.  The show has an interesting twist: Ian is both interviewing Adam and also …

Pix 4D is expanding their enterprise toolset beyond their mapping roots – although the Pix4DMapper platform continues to evolve and improve, staying out ahead of the curve in accuracy and processing time.  Now, the company announces the addition of a totally new generation of tools to the Pix4D suite:  Pix4Dsurvey, …

Drone solutions for the enterprise are honing in on the needs of business customers.  Two hardware agnostic drone solutions are integrating to provide a seamless solution for large enterprise customers: FlytBase, a drone automation platform that allows deployment of drone fleets; and DroneLogbook, a solution designed to facilitate compliance for …

Aerovironment Quantix Last week, leading defense and industrial unmanned systems provider Aerovironment announced an exclusive distribution partnership with enterprise solutions provider Draganfly for Aerovironment’s commercial drone offering, the Quantix™ Mapper.  It’s a significant deal that makes sense for both companies.  As the market for drone solutions grows, the deal is also …

UK-based UTM provider Altitude Angel is partnering with Swiss INVOLI. The combination of Altitude Angel’s airspace and ground hazard data with INVOLI’s low-altitude air traffic awareness data will provide “an unrivalled picture of airspace,” says an Altitude Angel press release. The two companies have worked together informally on several projects, …

U.S. Army photo by Angie DePuydt The enterprise drone industry is growing – but it’s still at the beginning stages.  For enterprises starting the process of building a fleet, the complications are many – but so are the benefits. The following is a guest post by Diana Manning, systems engineer …

Answering questions about a new industry is challenging: data can be hard to come by.  Media guesses range from “game over” to “billion dollar growth industry.”  That’s why DroneDeploy’s industry report has value: with a five year history and a robust client list, the leading drone mapping platform is in …

DJI Matrice 200 Whether technical failure or simply unrealistic expectations, a new report published in the U.K. indicates that the DJI Matrice Series drones fall during heavy rains. As reported by CNN, the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found that 16 DJI Matrice 200 series drones crashed due to “technical …