Drone

Joshua Goldman/CNET This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide 2020, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. Drone popularity continues to (sorry) soar, as flying is a fun activity you can do from the comfort and social safety of your own yard. There are plenty of …

The Los Angeles Fire Department inspectors will begin using drones to determine brush clearance compliance checks on residential areas amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the department announced Friday. Last year, the Fire Department began using drones to do brush inspections at government-owned properties in the city, but was recently approved …

According to a report by Reuters, the US is seeking to reinterpret the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a 1987 arms control agreement, so as to permit the sale of US drones to more countries where makers such as Israel and China, which are not governed by the treaty, dominate …

Source: Flytebase California-based startup FlytBase recently partnered with Romark Logistics to deploy inventory drones at warehouses and distribution centers amid coronavirus disruption. As a provider of third-party logistics (3PL) ecosystem, Romark had already invested in inventory-management tech such as very narrow aisle (VNA) racking, swing-reach trucks, robots and cloud-connected information systems. Company …

Enterprise adoption of drone technology – either outsourced or in-house – is a great development for the industry.  Enterprise programs, however, require high levels of operational oversight and regulatory compliance.  Some programs have had to develop – and then endlessly upgrade and maintain – their own systems to accommodate.  Others …

image: Wing COVID-19 has brought consumer drone delivery to the attention of many looking for ways to receive critical supplies without personal contact.  The drone delivery of library books might be one of the best applications yet. Google spin-off Wing was the first company in the U.S. to receive authorization to …

Heisha Technology wants to be the go-to charging component for autonomous drone solutions: and they’re well on the way.  With it’s C500 Plus release, the company is targeting drone system integrators with their new charging platform. As the drone industry matures, end-to-end solutions now often use a variety of components, …

By Express News Service CHENNAI: The State Development Policy Council is exploring the possibility of making Tamil Nadu a drone manufacturing hub, using the technology developed by Anna University. A meeting to discuss ‘setting up of drone corporation in Tamil Nadu’ was held under C Ponniyan, vice-chairman, State Development Policy …

North Carolina AUVSI‘s Educational Series in Unmanned Systems continues next week with a free online event focused on jobs in the drone industry, to be held June 17 at 2 pm EST. The event boasts an amazing panel for the Educational Series in Unmanned Systems episode 2, Preparing the Future …

New technology drives new ideas in every industry: and in this guest post, a young architect’s passion project imagines how drone technology and architecture can combine to offer a response to the current – and any future – crisis.  This innovative concept of an urban droneport and the motivations behind …