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In good news for Mavic fans, DJI attorneys have responded to recent news about Autel’s lawsuit against DJI, saying that sales are unlikely to be affected.  International patent attorneys Finnegan provided the latest updates to the long running legal battle. Earlier this month, attorneys for DJI competitor Autel Robotics claimed that …

Image by Public Domain Ever wonder how drone services are priced?   In this DRONELIFE minute survey, we report what some DRONELIFE followers had to say about how much and how drone services are priced. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official …

Source: Wingcopter UAV startup Wingcopter is flying high this week after being named one of nine winners of Germany’s top global hackathon to kick-start humanitarian drone delivery. The autonomous delivery drone manufacturer partnered with UNICEF and the African Drone and Data Academy to develop a concept to deploy humanitarian drone delivery …

Source: Flirtey UAV startup Flirtey announced the granting of a new drone delivery patent the company says will make the process safer and more precise. According to a press release, the drone-delivery patent “describes a combination of hardware and software that enables the delivery of packages by a drone, potentially …

Mapping and GIS applications are one of the largest business verticals in the drone industry, and mapping drones represent a significant market.  The South Korean manufactured Remo-M is an award-winning and unique mapping solution – and if you haven’t yet seen it, you’ll want to.  As a recent winner of …

Imagine a system that operates as a mobile phone application and/or computer program, which displays a map of an area with restricted areas marked, and which also displays real time data on drones currently in the air. For authorities, it is a system that enables them to enforce flight safety …

The DJI Mavic Pro The big headline over the last few days has been about the latest results in the ongoing DJI Autel lawsuit – an epic legal battle over intellectual property between two Chinese drone manufacturers that dates back to 2016 or before.   Last week, the Chief Adminstrative …

We’ve all been missing the opportunity to meet colleagues and mentors in person – but the free, online Unmanned Leadership Forum is your chance to meet 14 industry leaders and ask your questions. Today  at 1 pm EST on Facebook live The Unmanned Leadership Forum will have a 2-hour live, …

Image Provided by the Centrum Search and rescue drones have been used for several years now, and are incredibly effective at finding missing persons.  Using thermal imagery, searches for missing persons can continue in the dark and under ever more challenging conditions. This new search and rescue drone solution covers …

Business is not as usual – but just how bad is the coronavirus effect on drone business?  In this DRONELIFE minute survey, we report what some DRONELIFE followers say. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official forecasts for the drone industry.  The …