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Researchers at Virginia Tech University, working with State Farm insurance and ParaZero drone safety systems, have finally answered the question of what happens when a drone crashes into a windshield. Data gathered in the study resulted in State Farm® receiving an FAA waiver to fly over moving vehicles as of …

Steve Rhode is a public safety drone pilot and a manned aircraft pilot.  Here, he points out four realities of drone aviation that no pilot can afford to forget. The following is one of a biweekly series on public safety drone issues by Steve Rhode, Chief Pilot with the Wake Forest …

Photogrammetry platform provider Pix4D continues their global growth, expanding their Tokyo office to serve the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.  The expansion demonstrates growing demand in the region for software solutions to support commercial drone operations. Swiss-based Pix4D, a Parrot company, already has offices in Lausanne, Berlin, Madrid, San Francisco, Denver, …

Andrew and Annemarie, CC BY-SA 2.0  It’s been a year since we were able to gather, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.  Commercial UAV Expo Americas is on schedule for an in-person event this September, and it looks like the show will be better than ever. …

Drones are now more important than ever for enterprise companies – and that means that drone security is more important too.  Here, mobile development expert and author Godfrey Nolan gives 5 points that drone manufacturers, software developers for the drone industry and industry users must consider in the development process. …

A new Skydio webinar hosted by AUVSI features the company’s newest partners, Axon.  Held Wednesday, April 21 at 3:00 pm EST, the webinar brings speakers from public safety tech experts Axon and Skydio to discuss implementing drone technology for police and public safety agencies.  Registration is free. The panel will …

From their origins in the recreational arena, Parrot has emerged as a major power in the commercial drone industry: making the government-approved, Blue sUAS list in the U.S. with it’s U.S.-manufactured ANAFI USA.  Now, the launch of a Parrot bug bounty program with YesWeHack shows the company is making a …

In the last few years, US drone companies have gained significant ground.  Among those companies is American Robotics, which in January 2021 became the first company to be approved by the FAA to operate automated drones without any human beings on-site.  DRONELIFE discussed the resurgence of US drone companies and …

Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) has taken a leadership position in helping agencies and companies across the state adopt drone technology.  Now, public safety drone organization DRONERESPONDERS and NUAIR have strengthened their partnership to assist agencies in New York state to integrate drone technology, using the significant resources of …

Subterranean at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0  A recent Michigan Court Ruling touches drone privacy: and could lead to major problems for the commercial drone industry. An article in JDSupra (worth a full read) explains how the decision developed and why it could have a significant impact on commercial drone operations …