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Skyportz Opens Global Vertiport Database, Reveals Modular Vertiport Design by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby This week, electric air taxi developer Skyportz opened its property partner database globally, allowing for registrations from potential vertiport locations anywhere in the world. Continue reading below, or listen: Additionally, the World Air Taxi …

Don’t miss Workhorse on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday September 14 at 11:00 AM EST.  Stream below: This week we continue Market Use Cases Month on the Dawn of Drones podcast, sponsored by Prestige Air Group / Global Aerial Management Group, with Rob Heber, Director of Government Programs for Workhorse Group …

UK Drone Delivery Network CAELUS Launches by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland), a consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to establish the UK’s premiere drone-based medical distribution network, closed £10.1 million in funding from the Future …

UAV Navigation Introduces Fully Automatic Landing on Moving Platforms for Maritime Operations by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Flight control solutions specialist UAV Navigation has incorporated fully automatic flight deck UAV operations into its flight control system, enabling Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to autonomously land on moving platforms. The …

Phoenix Air Unmanned logs 13,000 miles of BVLOS utility line inspections by drone By Jim Magill After about three years of operations, Cartersville, Georgia-based Phoenix Air Unmanned announced it has logged more than 13,000 miles of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights, inspecting utility transmission lines for Xcel Energy. …

Courtesy of DroneUp The new DroneUp training, testing and research center is supporting rapid growth for the company and a career path for drone pilots.  A DRONELIFE Exclusive interview, from the floor of Commercial UAV Expo. by Paul Rossi, DRONELIFE Contributor and Chief Operations Officer and Chief Pilot at Nine …

Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification The drone industry learned of Matternet’s type certification in a surprise announcement by David Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (Acting) Aviation Safety, during the Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes earlier this week.  The type certification is the first of it’s kind …

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, September 9.  Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: Zipline and E-Commerce Platform Jumia Begin Retail Drone Delivery in Africa Africa led the …

Flyability funding got a major boost this week as the company celebrated a  15 million Swiss Franc (CHF) Series C funding round, augmenting their previous CHF 7 million.   (CHF 22 million is currently about $22, 645,000 USD.)  The companies unique Elios 3 collision safe platform for indoor inspection was …

Air6, Consortiq, Wonder Robotics win “Pitch the Press” at Commercial UAV Expo 2022 It’s always a favorite event: Pitch the Press at Commercial UAV Expo, where new companies get only 2 minutes to impress a panel of journalists, who choose the most innovative and interesting products.  This year I was …