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image courtesy Drone Racing League Two-time Drone Racing League Champion ‘Headsup’ reflects on career in the sport By Jim Magill All images courtesy Drone Racing League, used with permission. Piloting a high-speed, highly maneuverable first-person view (FPV) drone through a course of brightly colored obstacles and gates, “you truly think …

Drone laws can have a big impact on business and the development of future applications: BVLOS flight, drone swarms, automated systems, and advanced air mobility will all depend upon the way that drone laws and regulations evolve.  Businesses and investors need to understand how these laws will effect their operations. …

Iris Automation Granted FAA Approval to Fly BVLOS for City of Reno Fire Department by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby On behalf of the City of Reno and the Reno Fire Department (RFD), Iris Automation has been granted approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly a small …

Department 13 Unveils New Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Australia by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Drone technology company Department 13 has unveiled its first Remote Operations Center (ROC), built to help meet the increased demand for Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations throughout several industry sectors …

Australia sees Drone Delivery by Wing Every 25 Seconds; 200,000 Deliveries by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Alphabet’s Wing is providing the future of delivery to Australia. Drone delivery has been available in Canberra and Logan for some time now, but recently, it’s becoming increasingly incorporated into many people’s …

This week, Industry Diversity with Iris Automation on Dawn of Drones this week, Wednesday March 2 at 11:00 AM EST.  Stream below:   Join Dawn and special guest Lori DeMatteis, Global Vice President – Sales, Marketing and Customer Success, from our sponsor-of-the-month Iris Automation. The two will kick off a …

SkyeBrowse Raises $2.3M, Team Grows from 4 to 24 by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby In 2016, Bobby Ouyang was a junior at Rutgers University, where he started working with Dr. Peter Jin, a tenured professor at the Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, on a research project …

Elsight Delivers Connection Solutions for Multi-Domain Autonomous Operations Elsight, an Israeli-based company that provides artificial intelligence-enabled communications connectivity solutions is best known for its enablement of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations. Its seminal product, Halo, enables much more: one-to-many drone operations, multi-domain autonomous vehicle operations and even …

Texas Drone Workshop to offer practical instruction from UAS experts By Jim Magill Operators of Unmanned Aerial systems (UAS) from both within and outside of the Lone Star State will have a chance to sharpen their drone skills at the Texas Drone Workshop, to be held March 19-20 in the …

Skyfire Announces SF2 Drone for Public Safety and Critical Sector Missions Today, public safety UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting announced the launch of SF2, a versatile drone designed for public safety and critical sectors. The 22-inch mid-sized multirotor aircraft is payload-agnostic, and boasts a resilient design that enables it to …