1910 Rover Six As the drone industry anxiously watches federal drone laws unfold – slowly – it’s important to remember that we are at the very beginning of an emerging technology. Drone laws may seem draconian now, as the federal government struggles to focus on safety and state and local lawmakers wrestle with …
Read More »FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee Met for the First Time – Here’s What Happened
Image: Aswan, CC 3.0 The FAA’s new Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) met last Friday for it’s inaugural meeting in Washington, DC. The committee’s purpose is to provide recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration about fully integrating drones into the NAS. The committee’s membership was announced last week; it includes representatives from government, …
Read More »GoPro Launches the Karma – Everything You Need to Know
The momentous day has arrived. Many months ago GoPro, a company that has until now had an interesting but distant relationship with the drone industry, announced that the Karma was coming. The Karma would be the first drone made by an industry outsider, and we all expected big things from …
Read More »Drone Market 14.9 Billion in 4 Years: Small Drones a Driving Force
A new report says that the drone market is expected to reach 14.9 billion by 2020 – just 3-4 short years away. The report also says that small drones will be a driving market force. “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market by Class… – Global Forecast to 2020” by Research and Markets …
Read More »With Part 107, Once Again, Everything Changes
Guest Commentary by Terry Holland — wp-image-32995″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FAA_logo.gif” alt=”part 107 test” width=”157″ height=”150″/>And once again, everything changes. With the FAA opening the sky to commercial drone use with the roll out of Part 107 (providing a clear and specific set of guidelines and regulations concerning the use of drones for …
Read More »Huge Step for DRL as Drone Racing Hits the Mainstream
There was a time when FPV drone racing was little more than a YouTube phenomenon. At one point it was just a few French guys flying around a forest. From there it progressed to parking lots and abandoned warehouses, before a hardcore community began to spring up all over the …
Read More »IBM Pumps Up Inspection Drones With AI
Big Blue is banking on a new deal with a Dutch drone company to launch the Internet of Things into bluer skies. IBM announced a deal yesterday to deploy its Watson IoT platform with Netherlands-based Aerialtronics drones to enhance aerial inspection services across several sectors – notably for wireless tower …
Read More »NZ Drone Test Range Is First of Its Kind
Researchers in New Zealand are hoping a drone test range will open up new horizons for the nation’s growing UAV industry. At the University of Canterbury’s Spatial Engineering Research Centre, a partnership of academic and commercial players recently launched a specialized test range. Officials see the complex as a way …
Read More »Commercial Drone Alliance Announces Leadership
The Commercial Drone Alliance, a non-profit education and advocacy group founded earlier this year and led by key players in the industry, has announced it’s leadership. The roster is impressive, and speaks to the urgency that business leaders feel to work together to support the burgeoning commercial drone industry. The Alliance hopes to …
Read More »Drone Company CyPhy Works Shakes Up Management in Effort to Accelerate Lift Off
Lance Vanden Brook Current CEO and founder Helen Greiner will now be the firm’s CTO. Brook comes to CyPhy from Pilot Thomas Logistics where he served as the senior vice president of their Energy and Industrial Group. Prior to that he was at Kiva Systems, a provider of fulfillment center …
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