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New FAA Administrator Phil Washington

Phil Washington in 2015, by Eric Garcetti, CC BY 2.0 President Biden has appointed Phil Washington to be the new FAA Administrator. Continue reading below, or listen: If approved by the Senate, Washington will step into the position vacated by Steve Dickson at the end of March, roughly halfway through …

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Volcanic Survey by Drone HexaMedia

Japan’s HexaMedia has completed a survey of a live volcano, using a drone.  The volcanic survey was sponsored by the Japan Meteorological Agency as part of a larger disaster mitigation program. This article published in collaboration with JUIDA, the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association. Continue reading below, or listen: HexaMedia …

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Dronecode and PX4 Open Source Drone Platform

Dronecode Foundation PX4 Developers Summit PX4 is an open source flight control software for drones and other uncrewed vehicles, hosted by Dronecode, a Linux Foundation non-profit. The project provides a flexible set of tools for drone developers to share technologies to create tailored solutions for drone applications. Annually, the Dronecode …

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Iris Automation and Sagetech Avionics Partner

Iris Automation and Sagetech Avionics Partner for Cooperative/Noncooperative Detection by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Iris Automation and Sagetech Avionics have announced a partnership in order to establish a turnkey solution for cooperative and noncooperative detection that will integrate detection systems from the two companies. Continue reading below, or …

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Optelos Digital Twins Immersive Data Visualizations

Beyond Drone Data: Optelos on How Digital Twins and Immersive Data Visualizations are Transforming Business Optelos is a respected name in the drone industry: but drones have never been their only focus.  The company understood “it’s not the drone, it’s the data,” long before that phrase became a theme in …

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Spright Drones Choose Elsight’s Halo

  Spright chooses Elsight’s Halo to ensure connectivity on manned and unmanned platforms. Continue reading below, or listen: Spright, an Air Methods subsidiary, is performing critical missions in North America, providing emergency medical services to more than 100,000 patients across 48 states.  Spright is their drone division – created to …

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American Robotics to Acquire Airobotics

American Robotics Announces Intent to Acquire Airobotics by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Ondas Holdings Inc., the parent company of Ondas Networks and American Robotics, announced that it has signed a term sheet to acquire leading Israeli unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developer Airobotics. Continue reading below, or listen: The …

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