Drone

DJI brought a lot to the table with its original Mavic Air that launched back in 2017. It was a step up from DJI’s entry-level Spark, but not quite as feature-packed and robust as the Mavic Pro. In other words, Mavic Air struck a nice balance in between the aforementioned product bookends with …

Despite – or maybe even because of -the current pandemic, drone industry investment continues to grow.  The latest announcement comes from Easy Aerial, a leading provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions.  Easy Aerial announces a Series A round of $6.15 M, led by the same private investment group that funded …

Drone Delivery Canada announced this week the successful launch of its second cargo drone route with DSV Air and Sea Inc. Canada using the Toronto-based company’s drone delivery platform. DDC initially captured the contract with DSV –  a subsidiary of Danish conglomerate DSV Panalpina A/S – back in June. Last year, DDC announced …

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) – An international electronic warfare company has acquired a drone technology company in southern Montana for $350 million. CACI International purchased Ascent Vision Technology earlier this month, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported. Ascent Vision Technology develops and builds drone technology for military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance based …

In order to keep its $20-billion rust problem under control, the U.S. Navy will use drones and artificial intelligence to help keep an eye on the situation, Defense One reports. According to the outlet, the Navy spends $3 billion a year monitoring rust and whether it is causing corrosion on …

Last year at Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, DRONELIFE got to see two amazing products at work.  Demonstrated by the Las Vegas Police Department and Sundance Media Group, the Autel Evo II flew over a mock nighttime crime scene for evidence documentation: and Pix4Dreact, Pix4D’s real-time mapping solution for …

image: public domain, PXfuel In the final keynote address of DJI Airworks 2020, DJI’s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman spoke about the direction U.S. government drone regulation is taking – and spoke out against fear-based policies. U.S. government drone regulation has increasingly focused on security, with drones …

From left Mr Piyurach, Tomohiro Nagura, SYMR co-general manager, and Jetsada Fuangwut, SYMR manager of sales and planning, present Fazer R, Thailand’s first UAV agricultural helicopter. Siam Motors has diversified its business to agriculture, hoping to benefit from the state policy to promote farming innovations under the Agriculture 4.0 policy. Siam …

Well after sundown, when the night slides into early morning hours, Chris Healy and his team will send out a drone that will soar far from sight. They fly over areas less accessible to humans and map out large swaths of land where wildfires may be burning. By morning, the …

Unmanned Systems Pentagon advances domestic drone plan By Mark Rockwell Aug 26, 2020 The Defense Department’s technology innovation unit announced five small U.S.-based drone vendors to develop rival products to cheap Chinese-made unmanned aerial systems under an accelerated development program at the agency. The move is part of a …