Drone

Despite the current COVID crisis, there has been a lot of good news from the drone industry lately – and one is that LAANC use is accelerating.  This piece of positive data comes from drone operations platform Kittyhawk, developers of the FAA’s first mobile app, B4UFly.  In a blog post, …

In 2018, Silicon Valley, like Hamlet’s engineer, was hoist with its own petard. Citizens were panicking about data privacy, researchers were sounding alarms about artificial intelligence, and even industry stakeholders rebelled against app addiction. Policymakers, meanwhile, seemed to take a renewed interest in breaking up big tech, as a string …

Matternet’s M2 Drone System Enabling New U.S. Hospital Delivery Network at Wake Forest Baptist Health Matternet and UPS have expanded their ground-breaking hospital delivery network, adding North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Health medical campus to their operations. Matternet’s M2 drone system is enabling the new hospital delivery network, in collaboration with …

Every time we write about them, someone wants to know: Are passenger drones real?  The answer is yes – not only do they exist, but they’re being used successfully. Autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV) are not a topic of future science fiction: they are in use today.  EHang, the world’s leading …

Two drone compliance software companies have joined forces to make U.S.-Canadian cross-border operations easier.  U.S.-based drone compliance solution DroneLogbook and AirMarket, Canada’s commercial compliance and airspace management solution, have released a new, integrated platform so that companies operating in both countries can utilize a single compliance solution. The joint solution  – …

NTT Docomo Ventures has invested in Skydio, a developer of autonomous drones based on AI technologies. No financial details related to the amount of the investment have been disclosed. Skydio is developing drones based on its 10-year experience pioneering autonomous flight. The company commercialized a new drone dubbed ‘Skydio 2’ …

File photo   A groundbreaking survey of public safety agencies reveals new data about the use of drones during the COVID crisis and data security concerns surrounding their current UAV programs. Commissioned by the non-profit Airborne Incident Response Team in conjunction with its parent group DRONERESPONDERS, the study surveyed 300 …

DRONELIFE Exclusive.   Skydio, the Redwood City, CA startup, is flying high.  Skydio’s X2 drones were announced today, along with an $100 million in Series C funding – which follows a $4 million investment that the U.S. Department of Defense announced this weekend. $100 million may be the largest funding …

In a narrowly focused and carefully crafted survey, almost 300 U.S.-based, law enforcement, fire and emergency services personnel answered some critical questions about how public safety drone programs in the AIRT and DRONERESPONDERS Spring 2020 Public Safety UAS Survey. In a media briefing this morning,  Christopher Todd, Executive Director of …

Vodafone UK said it has partnered with Skyports and Deloitte to transport medical supplies for NHS Scotland using drones. The drone flights will be live later in 2020 and will use Vodafone’s 4G network and Skyports’ space-based technology.  The newly announced project will support the NHS response to Covid-19, with …