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Drone logistics startup Matternet today announced the launch of a delivery pilot at Labor Berlin Charité Vivantes, a health system in Berlin, Germany. The program kicked off on November 17, with permanent operations expected to begin next year. It creates what Matternet claims is the first urban beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) medical …

Source: Chicago from the Air Fans of Chicago (the city, not the band) will soon be treated to a unique, drone view of the Windy City with the release of the PBS film Chicago from the Air. Narrated by WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer, the film will take viewers on a FPV …

Source: Flyability In 2019, Switzerland-based Flyability had a mystery to solve at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Was nuclear waste still present in one of the plant’s decommissioned reactors? “At the time of the disaster, the fifth block of the Chernobyl Plant was under construction and nearing completion,” a Flyability spokesperson …

ANALYSIS/OPINION: For the first time in history, a war has been won almost entirely by unmanned aircraft — by what are technically called “armed drones” or Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, guided autonomously). On Nov. 10, Armenia surrendered to Azerbaijan, ceding control of the disputed enclave …

Source: Citadel Defense Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense recently launched a new AI and machine-learning software release for its Titan system. Company officials say the software-hardware combo represents an evolution of the tech after more than 27 months of “successful deployments across multiple combatant commands and hundreds of unique environments.” The counter-drone system …

Airspace Link builds digital drone highways in the air By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill Just as cars and trucks do their jobs better when they have highways to travel on, as the number of unmanned aerial vehicles delivering packages or transporting medical tests expands, those drones will need highways …

Muslim Pro users are posting negative reviews about the popular prayer and Quran app after a report revealed that it was selling users’ personal data to companies that then gave it to the US military. In a bombshell report by Vice’s Motherboard, it was shown that the US military had purchased …

Source: Robonomics Aquatic drones are taking to the high seas to fight against contaminated drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people worldwide drink contaminated water due to pollution – a problem that will only worsen as demand is projected to spike by 30 percent …

DRONELIFE talks to Jon Damush about the place of onboard detect-and-avoid in the complex system of drone safety. Drone startup Iris Automation offers a cutting edge solution for a foundational problem: how to prevent drones from running into anything.  Iris’ onboard detect-and-avoid system, Casia, offers a new layer of safety …

What happened Shares of Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) gained 12% on Tuesday after the hedge fund run by legendary investor Steve Cohen disclosed a purchase of 29.9 million shares. The stock has climbed steadily since its late September debut, and Cohen’s Point72 fund is apparently bullish the data analytics stock can …