Don’t miss Accucode on Dawn of Drones this week, July 12 at 11:00 AM EST. Stream below: Join Dawn and special guest Kevin Price, the CEO and Founder of Accucode, leaders in disruptive technology and custom outside-the-box solutions to solve the toughest challenges, as we continue “Innovation” Month on …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Drone News of the Week July 8 DRONELIFE Headlines
Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, July 8. Click on the links below to read or listen to each story in full. Continue reading below, or listen: SimActive and Phase One IIQ Integration: Faster Processing, Easier …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Dominion Energy Skydio Drones BVLOS for Inspection
Dominion Energy Obtains Waiver for Operation of Skydio Drones by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Today, Dominion Energy and Skydio announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the energy company an approval to operate Skydio drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for the inspection of power …
Read More »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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