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Image of Orlando Convention Center by iKHutchi from Pixabay We’re excited for AUVSI’s Xponential 2022, taking place next week in Orlando, FL at the beautiful Orlando Convention Center.  The show will be the first big international drone show since pandemic restrictions have (mostly) lifted, and the schedule and the show …

New Research Indicates Florida Government Drone Programs Need More Time to Transition to Blue UAS 95% of agencies surveyed cite “negative impact” in the near term from creation of the Florida Approved Drone Manufacturers list The following is a guest post by Christopher Todd, President of the AUVSI Florida Peninsula …

Don’t miss Skywatch.AI on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday April 20 at 11:00 AM.  Skywatch.AI was early to drone insurance – developing technology and plans designed specifically for the industry. This week, the Dawn of Drones podcast continues “Thought Leaders” month with special guest Elad Shalev, Marketing Manager at Skywatch AI, …

TruWeather and Iris Automations to Provide Weather Data for Flight Operators by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Weather data analytics provider TruWeather Solutions today announced a partnership with safety avionics leader Iris Automation for the integration of TruWeather’s micro weather services and weather sensors into Iris Automation’s Casia G …

DJI Mavic 3 Review – The Best Drone (Without a Thermal Sensor) Currently Available by Paul Rossi, DRONELIFE Contributor and Chief Operations Officer and Chief Pilot at Nine Ten Drones. Throughout the year of 2021 we watched as the top drone manufacturers took the most advanced flying payloads and downsized …

Italy’s EuroLink will  launch Beluga Mini-Drone at Xponential 2022. EuroLink Systems has decades of industry experience and strong customer following: and at next week’s Xponential 2022 in Orlando, the company will launch the Beluga mini drone, a dual-use aircraft ready to deploy anywhere from the desert to the arctic. Loaded with …

AstraUTM Awarded 3 Major ISO Certifications by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned Traffic Management player AstraUTM has announced today its acquisition of 3 major ISO certifications for ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1, pertaining to Quality Management Systems, Information Security Management & IT Service Management, respectively. “We are …

Freefly Systems Alta X Named to DIU Blue sUAS 2.0 List by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, American drone developer Freefly Systems Inc. has announced that its Freefly Systems Alta X unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been authorized as a trusted drone platform following its successful completion of …

Black Swift Technologies’ S2 UAS ready for take off in support of soil moisture mapping Black Swift Technologies Delivers First-Of-Its-Kind UAS-Plus-Soil Moisture Sensor to Commercial Market: sophisticated drones for water management On April 4th, Boulder, Colorado-based Black Swift Technologies (BST) initiated the commercial launch of an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) …

ConOps for eVTOL: Wisk Aero and Skyports Partner to Integrate eVTOL Operations at Vertiports Today, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) leader Wisk Aero announced a partnership with vertiport leader Skyports for the integration of autonomous, electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations at vertiports (landing sites for eVTOL aircraft) and …