Drone News

Golf balls raining from above is not normally par for the course at the annual Rotary Golf Tournament in Littleton, Colo. – until now. Last week, drone company Multicopter Warehouse deployed a DJI Matrice 600 Hexacopter to drop 150 golf balls at the start of the charity event. The numbered …

As companies are working to integrate Drones into the US commercial airspace,  Drone delivery company Flirtey has moved this forward by conducting its first drone flights in Reno, Nevada, as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned (FAA) Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program on September 12.  It is one of …

“Drone Pioneer Award” (DPA) is  a German based non-profit that helps to bring small unknown drone projects to the surface by providing support and a 5,000 Euro award for the project selected with the goal of making the world a better place using drones.  Applications are accepted until September 15th. …

An Australian company has developed a powerful solution to provide drones with a better view from above. Sentient Vision Systems has launched a miniaturized drone-sensor system known as Kestrel that optimizes autonomous object-detection especially designed for security and military use. According to a company press release, the scalable system integrates …

A Colorado-based firm is shedding new light from above on vital data for the oil and gas pipeline industry. SolSpec has developed an online asset management tool that allows users to visualize and extract information specific to pipeline construction and operations. The drone system has already mapped 3,000 miles of …

Industry studies suggest the drone mitigation (or anti-drone) market will to grow to a billion-dollar industry within six years with predicted compound annual growth rate of 23.89 percent across 2018-22. For two counter-drone firms, recent good news stakes their claims to a piece of that fiscal pie. DroneShield Australian-based DroneShield …

Teams Will Now Compete for One of Five Investments; $1 million Top Prize and Four awards of $500,000 Each  GENIUS NY , a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, today announced a new investment structure for round three of the innovative GENIUS NY unmanned aerial systems (UAS) business …

Drone mission-software provider UgCS (or SPH Engineering) is partnering with Airborne Response to enhance UAV-led search and rescue efforts. UgCS software enhancements includes customizable search patterns such as the “expanding square” and “creeping line” that can be used in both search operations and on other missions. “Based on the flight …

Swiss-based, indoor-drone developer Verity Studios has announced a partnership with rapper Drake to provide an autonomous, swarm-based drone show to the artist’s Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour. A company press release describes the micro-drone choreographed event: “Elevate, a song on Drake’s new album Scorpion, opens with the micro drones …

AI startup Clobotics has raised $11 million in funding in a continuation of its Series A round of financing, bringing total funding to $21 million. The company will use the funds to expand AI, machine learning and data analytics into the wind-power industry allowing customer to deploy autonomous drones in …