Drone

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – An official investigation into reports of large drones flying in groups over the western U.S. plains in the hours after sunset has confirmed nothing illegal or out of the ordinary, a finding of little solace to folks who say the truth is still out there. Investigators …

In an article published by DJI today, the manufacturer’s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs, Brendan Schulman, has come out strongly against the FAA’s NPRM on Remote ID, calling it “deeply flawed” and “a complex, expensive, and intrusive system that would make it harder to use drones in America.” That …

Courtesy of Verge Aero UAV event specialist Verge Aero illuminated what the Philadelphia company is calling Mexico’s first-ever  drone light show. Working with partner Sky Precision, Verge Aero launched an array of 150 drone-mounted lights, creating dancing, multi-color images in the sky during the Festival Internacional del Globo hot-air balloon …

Amid growing skepticism among experts, Colorado officials are scaling back a statewide investigation of enigmatic drone sightings. The alleged mystery began on Dec. 23 when northeastern Colorado residents reported fixed-wing drones traveling in what appeared to be a steady pattern over several counties. A multi-agency task force formed two weeks later to investigate …

Gremsy‘s advanced gimbals make work easy for commercial operators. Compact, lightweight, and feature-rich, Gremsy’s Pixy series have made a major impact in commercial applications from videography and mapping to thermal inspections.  Now, by popular customer demand, Gremsy introduces the Pixy WS: a gimbal designed specifically for the Workswell WIRIS security …

PLUS expects about two million vehicles to ply the highway during the Chinese New Year holiday, an 18 per cent increase from 1.7 million on weekdays. — Picture by Hari Anggara PETALING JAYA, Jan 14 — Plus Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) will use drone technology to monitor traffic movements in several locations …

Whether the hype cycle is really over for the drone industry, interest in the commercial drone industry and industry news is still going strong.  Thanks to all of you, DRONELIFE is growing too: 2019 was a great year for us. DRONELIFE reached a record-high audience for 2019, with over 2 …

Simplified Pixabay License Police are no closer to finding out why a swarm of drones keeps allegedly appearing over Colorado and Nebraska despite ramped-up efforts, leading some pundits to question if the mystery is even real. The hubbub took flight over Christmas when Colorado residents and police reported at least 17 fixed-wing …

When a product launch makes a big splash in the drone industry, either the bar has been raised or an unlucky pilot has flown a GoPro Karma too close to a lake. Bold first impressions are hard to come by because new drones tend to be iterations. Small and steady …

Reminiscent of Hasbro’s Transformer™ toys – little robots that transform from superhero to supervehicle and back – the Pegasus™ and Pegasus Mini™ drones transform from an unmanned aerial vehicle to an unmanned ground vehicle to expand use cases dramatically.  They’re a new class of hybrid drones that the makers, US-based …