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Despite the fact that the mall crush probably won’t happen this year, there are great Black Friday drone deals  – like these from DJI and thermal imaging leader FLIR.  It’s not only the holiday season, it’s a great time to equip your commercial drone programs with discounted equipment. DJI has …

French drone manufacturer Elistair, a leading provider of tethered surveillance drone solutions, has announced their newest offering: the Orion 2 tethered unmanned system for military, government, and industry users. “Unlike other multi-rotor drones, the Orion 2 hexacopter delivers round-the-clock surveillance for up to 24 hours at a time, making it …

Source: Skyfront A long-endurance hybrid-electric Skyfront Perimeter drone just set a new maritime milestone, completing the first ship-to-submarine delivery via small unmanned aircraft. Taking off from a moving surface vessel, the delivery drone ferried supplies to the crew of the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson …

Part of an occasional series, “Things the FAA Wishes More Pilots Knew.”  This article explains what drone flight over people really means, and when it is – and isn’t – allowed. This fall, DRONELIFE had the privilege of speaking on a panel with representatives from the FAA.  After some discussion, …

Source: Verge Aero After President-elect Joe Biden launched his victory speech on Nov. 7, Strictly FX launched a drone show to celebrate the former vice president’s win. With UAS provided by Verge Aero, Strictly FX produced a pyrotechnic and drone show over the celebration in Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Del., …

Japan’s SkyDrive is moving fast to put commercial flying cars into the air over Osaka Bay.  The company, which launched a cargo drone this spring and flew their first flying car test flights this summer, plans to launch their air mobility product commercially by 2023.  It’s an ambitious timeline, but a …

Source: Chicago from the Air Fans of Chicago (the city, not the band) will soon be treated to a unique, drone view of the Windy City with the release of the PBS film Chicago from the Air. Narrated by WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer, the film will take viewers on a FPV …

Source: Flyability In 2019, Switzerland-based Flyability had a mystery to solve at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Was nuclear waste still present in one of the plant’s decommissioned reactors? “At the time of the disaster, the fifth block of the Chernobyl Plant was under construction and nearing completion,” a Flyability spokesperson …

Source: Citadel Defense Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense recently launched a new AI and machine-learning software release for its Titan system. Company officials say the software-hardware combo represents an evolution of the tech after more than 27 months of “successful deployments across multiple combatant commands and hundreds of unique environments.” The counter-drone system …

Airspace Link builds digital drone highways in the air By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill Just as cars and trucks do their jobs better when they have highways to travel on, as the number of unmanned aerial vehicles delivering packages or transporting medical tests expands, those drones will need highways …