Drone News

Japan’s global drone services powerhouse, Terra Drone, has invested in Dutch drone services company Skytools to create a major European drone hub in Rotterdam.  The new venture will include drone training facilities and a research and development center. Terra Drone Corporation provides commercial clients with end to end drone solutions, …

Source: Parrot European drone maker Parrot is expanding its partnership with swarm-drone light show producer Dronisos. The plan will develop new applications for drone flight automation leveraging Parrot’s  ANAFI UAV platform. Dronisos’ drone swarms deploy dancing drones and lights for a variety of clients, including Lancôme, Peugeot, FIFA and Oreo. “These shows …

Drone Delivery Canada Sparrow Drone Drone Delivery Canada is partnering with the Georgina Island First Nation (GIFN) to provide delivery services to the Ontario community. Working with sales agent Air Canada and the Pontiac Group, DDC will launch a two-way delivery flight route to the First Nation’s mainland community using …

Source: DJI Drone giant DJI today unveiled the RoboMaster EP Core, an all-in-one classroom solution that includes an educational robot. The first product of DJI Education, the new offering sports hardware capabilities, supplemental teaching materials and a competition database to introduce students to AI, engineering, programming and robotics. “Built to …

Source: Drone Harmony Switzerland-based Drone Harmony is upgrading its line of terrain aware flight planning platforms to better account for differences in elevation – a key requirement in many industries from surveying to mining inspection. Several drone systems gather 3D data geographic data for analysis and, with this growth, the …

Source: PrecisionHawk Drone companies like PrecisionHawk have led the industry in the inspection power distribution and transmission infrastructure like lines, towers, transformers and other components of the electrical grid – work that can be dangerous and costly for non-aerial inspectors. Drone tech has improved conditions for power workers by keeping them …

Source: Airial Gyrotrak German drone provider Airial Robotics this week unveiled a new drone carrier system known as Gyrotrak. A hybrid concept, Gyrotrak combines “tried-and-tested aerodynamic principles with the latest technologies,” an Airial statement notes. Company officials say the drone platform creates “a new class of drone that clearly exceeds …

Source: Lorenz Drone-solution provider Lorenz Technology this week insured its future success by partnering with insurtech startup Flock. Lorenz produces Lorenz AI-Link, an edge-computing device that deploys UAV preprogrammed flight routes, gathering video data in real-time. In addition, AI-Link archives data for incident reporting. The company’s Lorenz Hive software makes …

Who knew that the Moon was an Egg?  Or how about flying drone heads?  Dr. Who fans knew.  Just in case you needed something to help you to sleep at night. The moon being an egg is such a Doctor Whoy thing. I think people forget that sometimes the show …

If drones take inspiration from forms in nature, than this interesting video will update you on everything that you did not know about racing pigeons.  It talks about the history of pigeon racing,  and the run-up on prices of the most elite of the racers and why two bidders were …