Drone News

National Grid Drones: company trials automated corrosion inspection of transmission pylons, By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is conducting a trial of a system intended to fully automate the capture and processing of corrosion-related condition assessment data. The system, born out of a collaboration …

Don’t miss a deep discussion of vertical flight on Dawn of Drones this week, May 18 at 11:00 am EST.  Dawn hosts two expert guests: Mike Hirschberg of Vertical Flight Society and Jason Pritchard, Editor of eVTOL Insights.  Stream below: This week Dawn hosts special guests Jason Pritchard, Editor eVTOL …

Watts Innovations Drones: Small start-up company produces UAVs for film, other industries. By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill When Bobby Watts launched Watts Innovations six years ago, he could only imagine that his company, which once offered custom engineering solutions for everyday people, including custom-built toothbrushes and toilet seats, would …

PHOTO: Liteye’s Multi-Mission / Multi-Domain SHIELD System Liteye Systems Awarded $12.1M Contract for Air Defense Systems Colorado-based Liteye Systems, Inc. has won a $12.1M, multi-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) “to provide its entire portfolio of integrated multi-domain, multi-mission Air Base Surface and Ground Defense systems, including …

All of the DRONELIFE headlines and drone news of the week May 13: DJI, Autel, American Robotics and more. Continue reading, or listen here: Virginia Natural Gas First in State to Deploy Pipeline Inspection With Drones   Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) is set to become the first natural gas utility in …

AIR Showcases Personal eVTOL Prototype at Kentucky Derby, Announces Partnership with Aeroauto EVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft creator AIR showcased the prototype of its first vehicle, AIR ONE, at its kickoff event at the Kentucky Derby, where attendees were able to sit inside the aircraft for a virtual …

Autel EVO Nano and Lite Series Drones Receive Firmware Updates by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Autel Robotics unveiled several firmware and software updates for the EVO Nano and EVO Lite series, as well as for the Autel Sky App. These updates provide a variety of new features …

Don’t miss Skyway on Dawn of Drones May 11 at 11:00 AM EST!  Stream below: AAM and Vertical Flight Month (sponsor: Quantum Systems Inc.) continues this week on the Dawn of Drones podcast with special guest Clifford Cruz CEO of Skyway, leading the efforts in building the most secure automated …

Israeli company Strix Drones plans to begin manufacturing drone agnostic docking stations at its new plant in Dayton, Ohio by the end of this year. by DRONELIFE Feature Writer Jim Magill The company had a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the plant, its first U.S.-based manufacturing facility, last month. The factory will …

Spright and Wonder Robotics team to bring drones in for safe landings By Jim Magill Spright, a drone-based medical delivery start-up, will use a system designed by Israel-based Wonder Robotics that enables unmanned electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to safely land, either on a designated landing pad or …