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A well known Japanese investor has began a $9M fund to encourage drone startups in Japan. Japanese information supply The Bridge stories that investor Kotaro Chiba joined Kamakura Investment Management to determine the 1 billion yen (about $9M US) DroneFund.  Chiba, a co-founder of Japanese gaming and site companies platform Colopl, …

Drones get a number of credit score for his or her pioneering potential throughout numerous industrial sectors. From inspection and upkeep to aerial images and agriculture, there’s no finish of use circumstances and excited adopters. But, as we’ve written about earlier than, the identical know-how can also be revolutionizing the environmental …

A current article printed on Recode.web speculated that the privatization of air site visitors management, as introduced by President Donald Trump earlier this week, might really velocity up drone integration – and the business purposes that may’t be utilized till it’s full, like drone supply. “The proposal to privatize air traffic …

By EspartacoPalma (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ] State and Local drone legal guidelines have turn into much more difficult in latest months.  With problems with FAA preemption in query, states are proposing drone rules at a frequently growing price.  Current proposals in Congress which might shield states’ rights to legislate …

Skyward’s Co-President Mariah Scott Mariah Scott thinks that drones might be ubiquitous sometime – and that’s factor.  Scott shares the high spot at Skyward, the main drone operations software program firm acquired by Verizon earlier this yr.  DRONELIFE interviewed the Co-President and obtained her tackle Skyward’s – and the trade’s …

President Trump mentioned this morning that he would push for privatization of Air Traffic Control, taking the practically 30,000 workers from underneath the authorization of the FAA in what’s known as his “Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative.” The proposal isn’t a brand new concept.  Much of Trump’s plan appears to be taken …

SkyPixel, an aerial images neighborhood run in cooperation with DJI,  kicks off its first aerial video contest of the 12 months right now. The 2017 SkyPixel Video Contest runs by August 2 and welcomes all drone customers to submit their movies in any of three classes: Nature, City, or Sport. The …

A significant world automobile firm is launching a drone giveaway it hopes will launch larger gross sales within the small SUV market. Nissan just lately introduced the European-market X-Trail X-Scape small SUV will now ship commonplace with a Parrot Bebop 2 quadcopter. Retailing for round $450, the Bebop 2 is …

Edgybees has introduced that its new augmented actuality drone sport will probably be obtainable to play for DJI drone pilots utilizing the Epson Moverio BT-300 Drone Edition good glasses. Once downloaded onto the Moverio glasses, the Drone Prix AR app allows pilots to fly their DJI drones by way of …

Portland, Oregon-based Radio Hill Technologies (RHT) has not too long ago accomplished a contract for sale of a lot of Block three Dronebuster hand-held counter-drone detection and jamming system for the US Air Force. Contracting was executed through the Air Force’s Installation Contracting Agency at Barksdale, LA with deliveries beginning …