Drone News

Automated Drone Landing Moving Vessels

UAV Navigation Introduces Fully Automatic Landing on Moving Platforms for Maritime Operations by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Flight control solutions specialist UAV Navigation has incorporated fully automatic flight deck UAV operations into its flight control system, enabling Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to autonomously land on moving platforms. The …

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Utility Line Inspections by Drone Phoenix Air

Phoenix Air Unmanned logs 13,000 miles of BVLOS utility line inspections by drone By Jim Magill After about three years of operations, Cartersville, Georgia-based Phoenix Air Unmanned announced it has logged more than 13,000 miles of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights, inspecting utility transmission lines for Xcel Energy. …

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DroneUp Training Center – DRONELIFE

Courtesy of DroneUp The new DroneUp training, testing and research center is supporting rapid growth for the company and a career path for drone pilots.  A DRONELIFE Exclusive interview, from the floor of Commercial UAV Expo. by Paul Rossi, DRONELIFE Contributor and Chief Operations Officer and Chief Pilot at Nine …

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Matternet’s Type Certification – DRONELIFE

Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification The drone industry learned of Matternet’s type certification in a surprise announcement by David Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (Acting) Aviation Safety, during the Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes earlier this week.  The type certification is the first of it’s kind …

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The ROI of Commercial Drone Programs Skydio

Real World ROI: Unlocking the Future of Successful Drone Adoption  At this morning’s Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes,  Commercial UAV Expo Editor Jeremiah Karpowitz and Skydio Co-Founder and CEO Adam Bry discussed how the concept of automation and reliability inform the ROI of commercial drones. Continue reading below, or listen: Skydio’s …

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Matternet FAA Type Certification – DRONELIFE

Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification Matternet M2 Becomes First Non-Military Drone in US to Achieve FAA Type Certification by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Today, leading commercial drone delivery system developer Matternet announced that its Matternet M2 drone has been granted Type Certification …

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Draganfly New Drones and Long Range LiDAR

At Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, commercial drone company Draganfly unveiled three new products: a Long Range LiDAR system which can be used as a mobile LiDAR system on drones, manned aircraft, or mounted to another vehicle or backpack; a North American-made Heavy Lift Drone, and the smaller “Swiss …

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