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As the U.S. drone industry continues to develop, new developments in commerce regulations may make it easier for U.S.-based drone manufacturers to access the global marketplace. Flexibility is the Key to Airpower: More Developments in Drone Export Controls  By DRONELIFE Guest Contributor Dawn M.K. Zoldi* On January 12, 2021, the …

Bantec’s Drone USA Receives Purchase Orders to Supply Atlantic City’s Fire and Emergency Management Department with Drones LITTLE FALLS, N.J., Jan. 14, 2021 — (PRNewswire) —  Bantec, Inc. (OTCPINK: BANT) (“Bantec” or the “Company”), Bantec, Inc., a product and services company, announces that its subsidiary Drone USA received purchase orders to supply …

COMMENTARY It’s time for a tactical LiDAR satellite By David R. Shedd Jan 14, 2021 Confronting potential threats emerging from the rise of great-power competition dictates new approaches to collecting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). The U.S. is on the right path by making large new investments in conventional …

Icarus Swarms drones During CES 2021, French drone manufacturer Icarus Swarms announced a new UAS product line targeting security and emergency first-response industries. A company spokesperson says the new line is “based on a pioneering technology using intelligent pathfinding algorithms and microdrones coordinated in a swarm.” Icarus officials hope the …

Dive Brief: UPS will team up with Verizon and its subsidiary, Skyward, to deliver retail products with drones through its Flight Forward division at The Villages in Florida, Verizon announced in a press release and its CES 2021 keynote this week. The partnership will examine the use of 5G networks for …

Sony Airpeak Drone Sony is lifting its cameras to new heights with a drone project. At CES 2021, the Japanese electronics giant this week announced the release of a new drone called Airpeak. The company says it’s capable of “dynamic filming and precise, stable flight, and aims to contribute to the …

Source: Verge Aero As the U.S. prepares for a new president, industry stakeholders wait to see what will change with the new administration.  Here, industry leader Lisa Elllman discusses how drone technology could be used to address some of the problems the U.S. – and the world – now face. …

A drug-drone has stirred the public’s imagination and caught the drug squad Ykan off guard with concerns that new drug smuggling methods are being used. Speaking to CyBC TV on Wednesday morning, Ykan chief Stelios Sergides said it was a seemingly new method being employed to smuggle drugs and one which …

Source: Skydio California-based drone startup Skydio is flying high after receiving the 2021 Best of Innovation Award for Drones and Unmanned Systems at CES for the company’s Skydio X2. Given ahead of CES’s first-ever, all-digital expo on Jan. 11-14, the award is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in …

Keynote speaker on the first night of tech conference laid out possibilities that are opening up through the new broadband cellular standard. In the opening day keynote for the virtual CES conference, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg laid out how the communications giant expects 5G wireless connectivity to be a catalyst …