Drone News

In our most recent DRONELIFE Minute Survey, we asked some of our followers to share their outlook for business in the near future. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official forecasts for the drone industry.  The DRONELIFE Minute Survey makes no …

File photo An architectural/engineering firm is using survey drones to make Colorado highways safer. Engineering firm Felsburg Holt & Ullevig brought in Woolpert to complete drone surveys for a right-of-way project in Castle Rock, Colo. Using a process known as InRoads Terrain Modeling Survey System, the Colorado Department of Transportation project …

Image by Charles J Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Locusts are invading India and other parts of the world in large numbers.  The locusts do tremendous crop damage when they swarm, consuming all of the crops in their path.  Spraying pesticides is the primary …

Source: XAG One of China’s largest agricultural drone companies is helping to overhaul the rice-farming industry. XAG recently launched a rice-seeding demonstration of seeding via drone at Happy Farms, an agricultural park in Guangdong province. The demo showed how an agricultural drone would fare against human labor. Two workers were tasked …

Source: EHang Passenger drone manufacturer EHang obtained the world’s first commercial license from the Chinese government to test a passenger-grade drone. Company officials say this makes the Chinese startup “the world’s first [autonomous aerial vehicle] company approved by a national aviation authority to carry out commercial pilot operation for the category …

ICYMI: this is the best drone ad that we have seen in a while. The drone space is not devoid of humor.  There is this piece from  the FAA did using Jedi language to get their point across.   Lastly,  related to TV show, “The Office”, here is a reminder of …

Source: Citadel Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense is mounting a novel defense against spoofing tactics. The company today announced the release of new software incorporating deepfake neural networks to defend against adversarial spoofing tactics. The software can – according to a company release —  “combat growing enemy tactics that attempt to confuse …

Image by Public Domain Ever wonder how drone services are priced?   In this DRONELIFE minute survey, we report what some DRONELIFE followers had to say about how much and how drone services are priced. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official …

Here is a short video that shows the USS Portland downing a drone using a on-board laser.  This illustrates one of the ways that the US Navy can shoot down a drone (or other things).    Maybe something that you do not to be on the wrong side of. As …

The Headless Horseman located at the Smithsonian American Art Museum It is a little early for Halloween, but this gif file with a drone in flight just screams out for a remake of the headless horseman or at least a scene in a zombie movie.  See below. Drones are being …