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Source: Wingcopter German UAV startup Wingcopter is collaborating with UPS Flight Forward to develop a next-generation delivery drone solution for packages. “Drone delivery is not a one-size-fits-all operation,” said Bala Ganesh, vice president of the UPS Advanced Technology Group. “Our collaboration with Wingcopter helps pave the way for us to …

Source: DJI Website France is using drones to battle the coronavirus by using the drones as a tool to remind people of the restrictions on movements currently in place. Drones will be used to help keep people confined, in particular to keep an eye on the banks of the Seine …

By Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons A U.S. senator is asking the FAA to explain how counterdrone testing would work at the state and local level. Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Edward Markey, a ranking member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, this …

Our sister publication, DroneFlyers, recently published a helpful resource for drone fans stuck at home. Ever thought about pursuing FAA certification? Check out this post: As public officials continue to urge people to stay home and practice social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak, many are seeking novel ways to pass the time behind …

Flash Alexander (publicdomainpictures.net) A conversation with leading data protection expert Michael Bruemmer, VP of Data Breach Resolution at Experian, multinational consumer credit reporting company.  We talked to Bruemmer about a hacker’s favorite tool, “smishing”, and what consumers can do to protect themselves. The Pineapple Drones are a useful tool for …

Boston is home for DRONELIFE.  Here is some drone footage from the online version of the Boston Globe.   You will see that the video of empty streets is becoming eerily familiar as Boston follows other cities in China, Italy, France, and Spain.  We can assure you that traffic is typically …

Gremsy is a sponor of DroneLife.com.   No drone payload can work well without a gimbal to carry it on the aircraft.  Gremsy, a leader in industrial gimbals, has just released the heavy lift T7 for use in the commercial marketplace.  We asked Gremsy’s Rosy Nguyen about heavy lift gimbals for larger …

Image Provided by SkySkopes Drones have been used in the power industry for a few years now, but in the U.S., power line stringing is a relatively new application.  It’s an application that offers massive cost and time savings – and is one that could permanently change the way power …

This image of Earth was captured during the spring equinox in 2011 by the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat-9 satellite. (Image credit: NASA) from Space.com The 2020 vernal equinox will bring the earliest spring to the United States in 124 years. It is defined as“the …

Nheyob / CC BY-SA Saint Patrick was believed to be a fifth-century Christian missionary and first bishop  in the country of Ireland. He is the primary patron saint of Ireland, and his day is usually celebrated here in the U.S. with an Irish-American theme, fun, crowds and lots of green. …