Drone News

Photo courtesy of Arizona State Forestry Safety officials across the country continue to warn drone users “Don’t fly aircraft over wildfires.” This week, Arizona State Forestry officials spotted a drone over the Coldwater fire – a blaze that has burned more than 6,000 acres of the Coconino National Forest since being …

Israeli drone provider Airobotics is partnering with one of Japan’s largest non-life insurance companies to optimize the insurer’s drone-based inspection and disaster-management efforts. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance will use the Airobotics platform to digitize multiple sites, enable detailed change detection, and optimize current workflows. TMNF became aware of the …

Precision agriculture is reaching new heights.  Agriculture has been a major vertical for commercial drones since the industry took off: and now, sophisticated analytics and software combine with evolved drone solutions to allow for new breakthroughs. At the annual ISF World Seed Conference held next week, French drone solution company …

German UAV industry analyst firm Drone Industry Insights has today launched its US Drone Market Report alongside an article outlining five headline points from the American drone market. The report provides an outline, analysis and forecast of the US commercial drone market, including: US commercial drone market size, shares and …

The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for “eye in the sky” technologies: personal reconnaissance drones that can give soldiers on the battlefield a situational advantage. In an effort to uncover the next-generation of short-range Reconnaissance drones for the U.S. Army, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Army’s Maneuver …

From Keen AI Here at DRONELIFE, we get to meet a lot of interesting people doing interesting things.  Last month at Commercial UAV in Amsterdam, we met Amjad Karim, the CEO and founder of Keen AI.  Keen AI is a UK-based software company working on bringing AI to the inspection space. DRONELIFE: Tell …

Yes, we’re tooting our own horn – and expressing our appreciation.  As the drone industry grows, so are we!  DRONELIFE’s marketing team announced today that the number of impressions – the number of people who sees our content – grew by  over 65% for the period ending from the end …

What’s not to love about hydrogen? It’s the most abundant element in the universe; it’s the vital fuel that keeps the sun burning for a few trillion years; and it holds the number-one position on the periodic table. And, as it turns out, hydrogen can also keep drones in the …

Photo courtesy of DroneShield Australian counter-drone firm DroneShield has released a wearable UAV detection product that weighs just over 2 pounds. RfPatrol is designed for use by military, law enforcement, security and VIP customers. Since it doesn’t emit jamming signals, it’s legal in more jurisdictions than many other counter-UAS products. Rogue …

Photo courtesy of Citadel Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense Company this past week won another government contract – snagging a U.S. Airforce agreement to deploy the Titan mobile anti-drone system. Rogue drones present a new threat to military personnel in a myriad of battle scenarios – especially from aircraft launched by terrorist groups such …