In the last few years, US drone companies have gained significant ground. Among those companies is American Robotics, which in January 2021 became the first company to be approved by the FAA to operate automated drones without any human beings on-site. DRONELIFE discussed the resurgence of US drone companies and …
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Israeli startup FlyTech will launch its gliders in the country’s two-year autonomous drone delivery initiative, a press release announced on Monday. The drones will act as unmanned delivery vehicles that will fly over Hadera and Haifa, just as they did in a trial last month, in Israel’s large-scale project to …
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Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) has taken a leadership position in helping agencies and companies across the state adopt drone technology. Now, public safety drone organization DRONERESPONDERS and NUAIR have strengthened their partnership to assist agencies in New York state to integrate drone technology, using the significant resources of …
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European drone regulations published a few months ago reflect a risk-based approach: last week, a panel of experts hosted by Commercial UAV News met to discuss how those regulations will impact the drone industry. European Drone Regulations – Expert Perspectives from Across the Pond By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Guest Contributor …
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SkyTask, Inc. Announces FAA Waiver Approval for BVLOS Remote Flight Operations at Colorado State University Drone Center DENVER — (BUSINESS WIRE) — April 5, 2021 — Remote UAV Flight Operations company SkyTask, Inc. announced today that it received its first FAA Waiver approvals for Beyond Visual Line Of Site (BVLOS) …
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DRONES are being used as part of the slew of measures to deter illegal crossings at the Guyana/Brazil border in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), amid pervasive concerns over the surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil. According to reports from the CNN, Brazil is …
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It took 10 days to find Muhsin Speri’s body. The 64-year-old had left his town in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan along with friends Hassan Sadiq and Safar Sini on a dry, windy day in December last year to fish and forage for wild honey and mushrooms. Life in the …
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A New Zealand company has developed what it says is a “world first” technology that enables audio capture on drones by blocking out the sound of noisy propellers. Dotterel Technologies chief executive Shaun Edlin said after working with customers on drone technology across various sectors it became apparent there was …
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Subterranean at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 A recent Michigan Court Ruling touches drone privacy: and could lead to major problems for the commercial drone industry. An article in JDSupra (worth a full read) explains how the decision developed and why it could have a significant impact on commercial drone operations …
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The company was founded by Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey and staffed with former employees and executives of the big data surveillance company Palantir. Over the past several years, Anduril built a steady business providing border surveillance towers for the Department of Homeland Security. But the company is eying a much …
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