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At Commercial UAV Expo this morning, a panel of the top players in drone delivery came together to discuss drone delivery in the pandemic.  Commercial Drone Alliance Executive Director Lisa Ellman moderated a panel of representatives from top drone delivery companies. Margaret Nagle, Head of Regulatory Affairs for Wing; Conor …

Source: Valqari Chicago drone delivery startup Valqari recently launched what the company calls its “largest solution to date.” The Drone Delivery Station is a UAS landing solution with six separate storage units to accommodate multiple deliveries or pickups. According to a Valqari press release, the platform is another addition to …

Since Parrot announced the ANAFI USA drone earlier this year, the French drone manufacturer has formed a slew of strategic partnerships with major and minor drone companies in the U.S.  Today,  Parrot and Skyward, a Verizon Company, a leading enterprise drone solution provider, announced a partnership that will provide a …

Source: Sky Drone UAV-tech firm Sky Drone is taking flight with Hong Kong-based China Mobile HK to navigate the sky path from 4G to 5G. Under the agreement, CMHK and Sky Drone will promote 5G drone solutions to government agencies and large corporations seeking autonomous UAV systems. Solutions will include infrastructure …

Image: Zipline Walmart drone delivery programs advanced today with the announcement that the retail giant has partnered with drone delivery heroes Zipline. Zipline operates the world’s largest – and first broadly implemented – drone delivery network.  Zipline has been operating medical delivery services in Rwanda and around the world.  They’ve …

Skydio‘s next level autonomy has been making waves in the drone industry since the CA-based company introduced their first aircraft in 2018, the culmination of development that began with the founders’ graduate work at MIT.   The Skydio Autonomy™ engine and deep learning algorithms that allow Skydio aircraft to avoid …

FAA lanza contenido Web Drone Source: FAA Press Release The Federal Aviation Administration has launched a pilot program to translate into Spanish select web content for users of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS commonly referred to as drones). The program is expected to reach the nearly 25.6 million people living in the United States with Limited English …

Source: University of South Australia When we think about a drone, we think about raptor wings cutting across blue skies or dragonfly rotors buzzing high over a cityscape. But flapping? Like a cardinal? Or a crane? What a bird-brain concept … or is it? According to a research team from …

 The proposed Remote ID rule was several years in the development – but as the FAA reviews the thousands of comments it received on the rule, industry stakeholders still hope that changes to accommodate non-commercial interests will be made. Today, drone industry stakeholders incuding the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), …

North Dakota and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) have been a hot spot for the commercial drone industry since the industry started to grow.  With agriculture, military installations, and the oil and gas industry all represented, the state is an ideal place to test new commercial applications.  Now, North …