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An op-ed from former Reps. Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Jeff Denham (R-CA), published in Morning Consul today, spoke directly to drone legislation which seeks to limit purchases of drones based on country of origin or other broad criteria. Republished in full below with links, the article is strongly critical of …

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) announced its EHang 216 two-seater passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) had completed its maiden flight in Korea. “It is Korea’s first time to launch a flight of an autonomous “air taxi” over a densely populated downtown area,” says a company press release.  The flight, which …

The marketplace of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) drones may have a new player.  A new Sony drone could be in development, according to company teasers about a project Sony calls Airpeak. Details are very few.  A new section of the Sony website, Airpeak,  appears to be a placeholder for …

image courtesy Fire Weather Research Laboratory, San Jose State University Drones becoming a useful tool in wildfire meteorology, the effort to understand weather that leads to fire risk. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill As wildfires continue to rage across vast swaths of the western United States, researchers are developing …

SimActive‘s new version of Correlator 3D, version 8.6, is feature-rich – making mapping from aerial images easier and more accurate all the time. Canada’s SimActive is a photogrammetry software that began as a solution for aerial images from satellite and manned aircraft.  The inclusion of drone data in the solution …

Source: DroneSense Public-safety UAV software provider DroneSense is teaming up with drone manufacturer Autel Robotics to create a supercharged platform for public-safety operators using Autel’s EVO drone series. The partnership will marry the Autel EVO II Dual with DroneSense’s out-of-the-box solution for police, fire and rescue agencies designed to build, manage and …

In a sign that the drone industry has reached a new phase in its evolution, drone companies are moving beyond drones.  Photogrammetry solution provider Pix4D has launched Pix4Dcatch, a new app for getting ground images from iOS devices like iPads and iPhones. The new app means that operators can use …

On the heels of recent U.S. government efforts to ban Chinese drones for official use, Japan this week announced a similar plan. According to a Reuters report, several government insiders say the initiative would shut out China from selling any drones to Japanese agencies in an effort “to protect sensitive …

Source: SkySensus SkySensus, a Canadian drone research project, is flying high after it was selected to fulfill Canada’s official Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Traffic Management Service Trials. SkySensus will partner with Belgium-based Unifly, one of Europe’s big names in unmanned traffic management (UTM). Funded by national-security firm Peraton Canada, …

How do you scale drone deliveries?  Zing drone delivery may have the answer, with a platform that allows licensed drone pilots from around the country to use their DJI drones, a Zing delivery kit, and an app to accept drone delivery jobs from consumers.  Now, FL-based Zing announces that they …