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Archer Aviation Reveals Midnight Production eVTOL Aircraft by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Archer Aviation [NYSE:ACHR] is one of the holdings in the AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF [NYSE ARCA:UAV], the only ETF dedicated to the drone economy. For complete list of holdings click here.  The AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF …

Two community colleges in CO collaborate to shoot drone footage for a regional Toyota commercials. The commercials were filmed in May and October 2022.  The project was made possible through a unique partnership between  the Community College of Aurora’s Colorado Film School (CFS) and a contract with the Saatchi & …

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week November 18.  Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: Volatus Aerospace announced that it has finalized its acquisitions of Synergy Aviation of Edmonton …

ANRA Technologies Obtains FAA Contract for Broadcast Remote ID Project by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Airspace management solutions provider ANRA Technologies has announced the award of a contract to demonstrate the ability to gather Broadcast Remote ID (B-RID) messages and convert and retransmit them as Network Remote ID …

Vertiport Testbed for UAM Testing Launches in Paris by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Images courtesy Volocopter Groupe ADP, Skyports and Volocopter have together commissioned Europe’s premier fully integrated vertiport terminal for the urban air mobility (UAM) industry at the Groupe ADP, RATP Group and Choose Paris Region-run Re.Invent …

CC BY-SA 3.0 PG&E Obtains California-wide BVLOS Waiver by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Public safety and critical infrastructure UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting announced that it has successfully assisted Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in acquiring a Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver under a Part 107 …

G B_NZ, CC BY-SA 2.0 Altitude Angel Partners with Mopiens for UTM Deployment in South Korea by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unified Traffic Management (UTM) technology provider Altitude Angel has announced that Mopiens, Inc. and Synerex, Inc. have joined its Global Partnership Programme. Continue reading below, or listen: …

From Zipline Drone Industry Insights (DRONEII) has named this year’s top drone service providers. Continue reading below, or listen: Winners were divided into two categories.   “…to rank the best drone service companies in the world, we used the size, growth and public attention as reference to determine companies’ performance,” …

Don’t miss Five-Alpha on Dawn of Drones this week, Wednesday November 16 at 11:00 AM EST! Stream below: Rex Alexander, President and CEO of 5-alpha joins Dawn this week on the Dawn of Drones podcast, we continue our “Global Industry Leaders” month, sponsored by MissionGO. Infrastructure will build out the …

Higher, Farther and Safer: AURA Network Systems Enables Autonomous Aviation in Controlled Airspace By: Dawn Zoldi (Colonel, USAF Ret.) They say communication is key. This adage applies not only to life in general, but also to integrating uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading …