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Israeli drone company Flytrex has partnered with the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) to validate the company’s parachute on its package delivery UAVs at NUAIR’s New York UAS Test Site in Rome, N.Y. Flytrex provides autonomous drone delivery systems that enable clients to integrate on-demand autonomous drone delivery. The second …

Image public domain For several months, headlines have hinted that the U.S. Congress was considering banning Chinese-manufactured drones for use by the military.  Today, they got more definite: many news outlets indicated that the ban was all but signed into law.  Here’s what’s really going on behind the headlines: and …

London’s Metropolitan Police is set to become the first UK police force to use a drone to monitor road users. Rather than reporting on congestion or accidents, the drone will be used to spot dangerous drivers, in particular those who are speeding or racing on London’s roads. DS Andy Cox, …

Commentary.  The UK drone industry has taken a beating in recent weeks. First, the head of Unmanned Traffic Management at NATS, Andy Sage, took it upon himself to categorize drone pilots as either “clueless, careless, and criminal” in a parliamentary hearing – a mistake he has since apologized for. And …

Unprovoked shark attacks are incredibly rare, but for many years Florida has topped the global charts. That trend continued last year, with 16 shark attack cases in the Sunshine State representing 50% of the U.S. total and 24% worldwide. Still, statistically, you’ve got to be seriously, seriously unlucky to become …

UK-based Heliguy, one of DJI’s largest European enterprise partners and distributors, has been awarded a nationwide contract with Network Rail as part of a drone services framework worth up to £2.6million. Heliguy will supply, maintain, repair and service Network Rail’s drones, as well as delivering training courses to the infrastructure …

News and Commentary.  Andy Sage, the head of Unmanned Traffic Management at NATS, the Air Traffic experts in the U.K., recently came under fire for using the phrase “clueless, careless, and criminal” in reference to drone pilots.  That he did this while testifying to Parliament was additionally troubling, and Mr. …

Drone delivery has the potential to revolutionize the entire framework of retail sales – as well as medical and emergency services.  The technology comes with some downsides, however: not all neighbors are excited about the noise that low flying drones create: and the recently revealed Amazon patent to use delivery …

Two drone sightings over the last week, combined with bad weather, have led to 63 flights being effected at Singapore’s Changi Airport – one of the largest civiliant transportation hubs in Asia.  As well as being one of the busiest airports in the world, Changi is also consistently ranked as …

French drone company Delair is digging up a lucrative agreement with global mining group Eramet to deploy UAV data solutions. The partnership will allow Eramet to access Delair Aerial Intelligence, a collaborative, drone-data platform that crunches aerial data into valuable business-facing insights. Launched in January, the platform provides custom analytic models for …