image: public domain, PXfuel In the final keynote address of DJI Airworks 2020, DJI’s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman spoke about the direction U.S. government drone regulation is taking – and spoke out against fear-based policies. U.S. government drone regulation has increasingly focused on security, with drones …
Read More »DJI Releases OM 4 Smartphone Stabilizer
Source: DJI For many religions, the chant “Om” conjures up feelings of peace and wellbeing. For Chinese drone giant DJI, the word will hopefully translate into smoother, steadier smartphone images with the release of the DJI OM 4 smartphone stabilizer. Although not directly related to the company’s main drone product …
Read More »AirWorks: DJI Launches Inspection Drone Project with Shell O…
John McClain, Chief Drone Pilot, Shell Deer Park Refining (Source: DJI) Drone giant DJI is partnering with energy multinational Shell Oil to deploy a drone project at Shell’s Deer Park Manufacturing Complex. As a “Solution Development Partner,” Shell and DJI will develop and test advanced drone solutions, like the DJI …
Read More »Drone Program Pitfalls [Free Chat Room]
AUVSI North Carolina Chapter & DRONELIFE are back again this Friday, August 28 2020 from 4pm- 6pm EST with ‘Lets Talk Drones’, a FREE and open chat room for unmanned aviators and enthusiasts. This virtual public forum is held on the last Friday of every month, for anyone & everyone …
Read More »DJI Drone LiDAR: Introducing Livox and Avia
“LiDAR is an important piece to the puzzle of accurate models,” said Arjun Menon, DJI’s Engineering Manager, at this morning’s AirWorks keynote. “The challenges of LiDAR have always been in the category of production,” he notes – a highly functioning, lightweight and inexpensive LiDAR appropriate for drone use has been …
Read More »Dual Thermal for DJI Matrice Series: FLIR Introduces Vue TZ2…
DJI Airworks 2020‘s opening keynote address this morning was titled “Innovation Through Change:” and FLIR’s Randall Warnas was there to present FLIR System’s latest: the Vue TZ20 Dual Thermal Camera Drone Payload, dual thermal for DJI Matrice Series drones. “Plug-and-Play Gimbal System for the DJI Matrice 200 Series and Matrice 300 …
Read More »DJI AirWorks Keynote: Integration, Interoperability DRONELIF…
image: Public Domain DJI’s AirWorks 2020 Virtual Conference started today: one of the first of the fully virtual drone events to take place this year. AirWorks has become one of the major conferences for the drone industry, offering updates and information from the world’s largest manufacturer on new products …
Read More »Enabling Public Safety Drone Programs
DAVID HOLT / CC BY-SA Last week, at the FAA UAS Symposium, the FAA unveiled the new Public Safety Tactical Beyond Visual Line of Sight (TBVLOS) waiver for first responders. The Tactical BVLOS waiver provides public safety professionals with permission to fly beyond visual line of sight when it counts most …
Read More »Crowded Space Drones Protects York Racecourses from Rogue Dr…
image public domain Whether it’s spying on trainers or just trying to take unauthorized photos, drones aren’t generally welcome at the racecource. So at the four day Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, held at York Racecource, Crowded Space Drones worked with the North Yorkshire Police to deal with numerous illegal …
Read More »Unifly Unites UTM Platform with the EVA Drone Station
Source: Unifly One of Europe’s big names in unmanned traffic management (UTM) is joining forces with a global leader in the drone station arena. Belgium-based Unifly last week announced a partnership with EVA, a drone-station and robotics developer. Unifly will marry its UTM tech with EVA’s portable, vertical drone stations. According …
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