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Drone trade chief AeroVironment acquired an extravagant reward within the ol’ company stocking this 12 months – nationwide media publicity. CEO Wahid Nawabi appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money final week to tout the wonders of Quantix, a $16,000 hybrid plane designed to be used by farmers and different agricultural execs. …

Christmas got here early for Alabama legislation enforcement after a non-profit donated a search-and-rescue drone final week. According to a report within the Montgomery Advertiser, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s workplace acquired a DJI Inspire drone from the Alzheimer’s and Autism Outreach Group to help the division in emergency responses – …

Credit: U.S. Marine Corp A brand new U.S. Marine Corps challenge reveals promise as the following step in drone evolution – remodeling surplus army helicopters into autonomous drones. Last week, the USMC accomplished a profitable demonstration of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System, a challenge that transformed a decommissioned UH-1H Huey …

DJI has launched a brand new product designed for skilled pilots and digicam operators: DJI Battery Station. The battery station has been constructed for DJI’s Intelligent Battery TB50, which is suitable with the Ronin 2, Inspire 2 and the M200 collection. According to the drone trade’s hottest producer, the transfer …

As we attain the top of 2017, it’s not possible to not look again on a 12 months within the drone trade with out recognizing the ups and downs of main producer, DJI. Most of the ups have in fact been product-related: The Spark hit the market, as did the …

A brand new examine by the Pew Research Center signifies that youthful Americans are rising extra accepting of drones – whereas a majority nonetheless really feel drones shouldn’t be flown round personal properties. A Pew Research Center survey signifies that eight% of Americans say they personal a drone , and …

The FAA has demonstrated a sense of humor of their newest marketing campaign to teach new drone operators on flight security. “In the U.S. airspace, not so far, far away, #drones are taking to the skies,” tweets the FAA. “Before your next flying adventure, listen to the #force and follow …

As drone options proceed to develop inside public-safety sectors – police and firefighting – many within the UAV business are monitoring new and higher methods for these businesses to save lots of lives from above. One such firm, California-based Dronefly not too long ago launched one other informative infographic that …

Over the previous couple of months the 2017 Drone Film Festival ANZ (Australia and New Zealand) has been on tour. Sponsored by SanDisk, the competition has simply introduced the successful movies for 2017 after 6 weeks of exhibits and screenings throughout Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch and …

French drone firm Elistair has signed an settlement with the DGA – French Defense procurement Agency – to finance its AIRWATCH venture, a tethered drone for surveillance and telecommunications. The DGA will finance Elistair’s analysis and growth in the AIRWATCH venture via the RAPID program, supporting improvements with a powerful …