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International drone services company Hojung Solutions is successfully reaching beyond borders despite the COVID crisis. Hojung Solutions is a respected South Korean engineering firm with a well-developed drone program, using the award-winning Remo-M fixed wing mapping and inspection platform.  They’ve formed strong international partnerships across the globe: in Africa, in …

by DRONELIFE staff writer Jim Magill Manatee County, Florida may become the first local government entity in the country to use its emergency 9-1-1 system to dispatch the delivery of emergency medical supplies by drone for people suffering from heart attacks or other serious medical emergencies. On September 15, the …

MBS, which is home to the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, partnered with Charlotte-based company Lucid Drone Technologies to use its D1 disinfecting drones to sanitize key areas in the arena, according to a news release. The technology has been tested as part of the sanitization process as the …

California’s Freefly Systems introduces a new commercial drone for the enterprise: The Astro.  The Astro Enterprise Drone Solution is a collaboration with Auterion, the largest open source drone software platform.  The Astro is a multi use enterprise drone for utility, telco, and infrastructure companies, as well as drone service providers and first …

The following is a Women and Drones press release.  The 2020 Women to Watch List is an international group of women leading the drone industry in a variety of sectors.   Women and Drones is proud to once again recognize women who represent the business leaders, innovators, mentors and visionaries …

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has ordered an investigation into allegations Canadian technology is being used in drones that are targeting Armenians in the ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “Canada is deeply concerned by reports of large scale military action along the line of contact …

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, has unveiled the EHang 216L.  EHang’s heavy lift drone is ideal for short-to-medium-haul air logistics – both in cities and rural areas. The EHang 216L can carry a payload of 200kg – about 440 pounds …

File image Despite a slowdown in the consumer drone market over the past few years, new research shows the COVID-19 pandemic may fuel modest interest. Earlier this month, drone research and consulting firm DroneAnalyst released two reports delving into the rise, fall and stagnation of the UAV consumer market DroneAnalyst research …

AUVSI has announced one of this year’s AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards.  The world’s largest drone manufacturer, DJI, sponsored the 2020 AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian and Public Safety Award for drone missions that help people, animals, and the environment. “Six organizations that pioneer new ways to use drones for good are winners of …

Flash Forest uses drones, aerial mapping software and ecological science to reforest areas at a … [+] rapid pace. Flash Forest Flash Forest There is more than one reason that we need to reforest Planet Earth. Less than a fifth of Earth’s original forests have survived the rise of humans …