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Volatus Aerospace with FlightOps OS Receives Canada’s First Certificate for BVLOS flight, no visual observers. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Volatus Aerospace, using the FlightOps OS, has become the first company in Canada to obtain a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC), authorizing …

CAL International Partners with AirSeed Technologies for Drone Reforestation Initiative, planting trees with drones. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Smart tech and engineering firm CAL International has formed a partnership with Australian green tech company AirSeed Technologies for a major climate change project that will employ aerial platform …

Introducing Global Mapper Mobile’s New GNSS Device Support via TCP/IP Communication Global Mapper Pro is a powerful geospatial data analysis program that contains tools for everything from raster image processing to photogrammetric point cloud creation with the Pixels to Points tool. Designed to work alongside Global Mapper Pro, the free …

Many operators have learned the hard way that landing drones on steep roofs is almost impossible. Now, researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke have developed landing gear that allows a quadcopter drone to land even on a steep surface – which could have major implications for the commercial drone industry. …

(Photo by Kari Greer). Original public domain image Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, August 26.  Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: DJI Mavic 3 Earns C1 EU …

DJI’s new FPV Drone: Introducing Avata, for the beginner market By Jim Magill Continue reading below, or listen: DJI on August 25 introduced its newest model drone, the DJI Avata, a rugged first-person view FPV drone, designed for both beginner and experienced UAV pilots. DJI’s new FPV drone is packed …

ANRA Technologies to Provide New York Power Authority with MissionManager Drone Operation Software: Drones for Power Line Inspections by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: The New York Power Authority will use drones for power line inspections, and airspace management leader ANRA Technologies has been chosen …

AUSVI and Fortress Information Security partner to establish voluntary standards around cybersecurity for drones and other uncrewed vehicles. Continue reading below, or listen: by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Fortress Information Security announced the launch of an industry-wide partnership concentrated on …

EHang Holdings Limited is one of the leading passenger eVTOL companies in the world. Continue reading below, or listen: At the EHang Q2 2022 earnings call last week, company executives talked about what’s next for the company pioneering aerial tourism and more in Asia. EHang Holdings Limited [NASDAQ:EH]  is held …

Don’t miss Greater than Tech on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday August 24 at 11:00 AM EST.  Stream below: Join Dawn and special guest Jasmine LeFlore, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Greater Than Tech (GTT), as we continue Developing Industry Leaders Month on the Dawn of Drones podcast, sponsored by Skydio. …