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Image credit: Skylogic Research As public safety programs around the country adopt drone technology to keep their teams and their communities safer, many struggle with how to get started.  In these free resources developed by top drone analyst Colin Snow, departments of every size can take advantage of the lessons …

Photo courtesy of Citadel Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense Company this past week won another government contract – snagging a U.S. Airforce agreement to deploy the Titan mobile anti-drone system. Rogue drones present a new threat to military personnel in a myriad of battle scenarios – especially from aircraft launched by terrorist groups such …

The Delair UX11 is a lightweight, professional grade fixed wing designed to cover more ground – and recent sales for mining and quarry environments indicate that customers are adopting it as a tool of choice. The recently released FAA Aerospace Forecast said that consumer grade drones used for commercial purposes (average …

Drone industry leader DJI has confirmed the launch of a new product on May 15th. The teaser has some distinctly underwater vibes and is offered with the tagline “Unleash your other side.” It doesn’t look as though a Phantom 5 is on the cards. The imagery also seems to suggest …

“Partnership” may be the best way to describe the recent AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 conference in Chicago. Across the expo, hundreds of UAV-centric groups and companies found new ways to collaborate to make an already-vibrant industry more effective. In the arena of drone-issue public education, perhaps no relationship is stronger than …

The five winners of the second annual XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award have been announced at AUVSI XPONENTIAL.  The award was once again sponsored by DJI.  Image courtesy of Zipline More of our AUVSI Coverage: Drones for Good: The Winners The 2019 AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award was dedicated to celebrating drone operations …

This week at AUVSI’s Xponential, Textron company Bell Helicopters showed off a prototype of an urban air mobility vehicle – a drone taxi – and we’d ride in one without hesitation. First introduced at this year’s consumer electronics show (CES), the BellNexus is definitely in the prototype stage, although staff …

Swiss startup Drone Harmony has launched a data capture platform for drone service providers and enterprise customers, which will work in tandem with its established flight planning tools. Drone Harmony users can now count on cloud storage of mission data and a web-based flight planning interface that can be used …

This is one of the coolest things we got to experience at this year’s AUVSI Xponential: finding a drone in the sky through Hololens augmented reality glasses. Here it is: imagine that you’ve secured an area of airspace around your drone operation.  The Echodyne system has identified a drone in …

(But still claim no affiliation to the Mota Group) Their drones may be little more than a bunch of rebranded year-old models from China’s High Great, but at least Drones by US (DBUS) are continuing to deliver creative marketing ploys worthy of any cutting-edge manufacturer. If you’ve been following our …