Drone News

Military and emergency agencies may find the biggest aerial solutions are found in the smallest packages after the launch of new nano-drone system by an Oregon-based UAV firm. FLIR Systems recently developed the Black Hornet 3 nano-unmanned aerial vehicle – a new member of its Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System. …

At the recent GSX conference in Las Vegas, tether-drone firm Hoverfly Technologies unveiled the LIVESKY SENTRY UAV solution aimed at the security sector. The company describes the system as a “multiplier to augment labor costs by allowing control of multiple tethered drones from a single security operations center.” “We listened …

SwellProUSA recently announced The Spry:  which is a waterproof drone that can go underwater like a submarine,  float on the surface like a boat, and fly in the air at over 43 mph.  Clearly focused on the marine market on the consumer side,  it contains a 4K camera that can …

The Consumer Technology Association, a trade group representing the $351 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, is backing recently proposed FAA Reauthorization legislation for UAS. As noted by DroneLife Editor-in-Chief Miriam McNabb, “the proposed Repeal of Section 336, the Integration Pilot Program, the “Safeguarding the Skies” Act, the enforcement of drone laws and …

There are different approaches to flight: fixed wing, quad copter, etc.,  including flight using the same principles that a bird or insect uses to fly. The concept is not new,  Leonardo da Vinci drafted up a concept of bird in flight for human flight.  There have been toys such as …

A major Canadian delivery-drone firm is teaming up with remote Canadian villages to bring needed services and jobs to the residents. Drone Delivery Canada has built new UAV infrastructure in the towns of Moosonee and Moose Factory, Ontario as part of its Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Pilot Project. “We intend to …

The Australian based Telecommunications giant Telstra is trialing new drone technologies to help in disaster management scenarios. If you are not familiar with them,  Telstra currently has over 35,000 employees and does business in over 15 countries.  Telstra now joins a number of telecommunications companies including Verizon that are getting …

Global Energy Transmission (“GET”),  a US corporation with its development center in Russia has announced an inductive charging system that charges drone batteries in flight. The goal is to allow electric powered drones to extend the amount of time in the air,  on a theoretical level up to a very …

Anyone who has kids,  (ok maybe I have played a few games myself), knows that point and shoot video games can be fun.  In the video below,  Chinese drone company SZMID (“Beijing Shen Zhou Ming Da High-Tech Co., Ltd.”) shows off it drone jamming gun. The video below illustrates how …

A French-based drone provider just piloted its way into a lucrative funding round with the world’s largest processor giant. Commercial drone solution provider Delair closed an expanded investment deal with Intel Capital, following a year of collaboration on the Intel Insight Platform. The cloud-based, digital-asset management system will allow Intel to …