Drones in the News

Percepto Granted FAA Approval for Highly Automated BVLOS Operations by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider Percepto announced that its drone-in-a-box solution has been authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct highly automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (HA BVLOS) inspection …

Napoleon Bergstrom, GLOBHE Deputy CEO and COO GLOBHE: Scaling Access to Actionable Drone Data All images used with permission, courtesy GLOBHE. Stockholm-based startup GLOBHE was started only 7 years ago – but they have already achieved a place in the Guinness Book of World Records (largest album of drone-collected images) …

Dedrone Announces Acquisition of Aerial Armor by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Smart airspace security leader Dedrone announced its acquisition of counterdrone systems and drone detection leader Aerial Armor. This new acquisition will allow Dedrone to provide the leading technology platform to meet the rising demand for airspace security …

Stellantis to Manufacture Archer eVTOL Aircraft, Provide Strategic Funding by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Stellantis N.V. and Archer Aviation Inc. announced that they are expanding their partnership in order to manufacture Archer’s Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Continue reading below, or listen: The partners will …

Etc., the incubation team in BT Group’s Digital unit has partnered Altitude Angel in a £5 million deal to scale BVLOS drone flight in the UK – including the development of the UK’s drone superhighway. Altitude Angel is an unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform, designed to help drones integrate into commercial airspace …

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO)  has announced that their DroneGun Tactical™ was used to neutralize four drones at Brazil’s presidential inauguration ceremony – before the suspicious aircraft got close to President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue reading below, or listen: Lula da Silva, a 77 year-old who already served as Brazil’s president from …

Anduril Counter Drone “Science has not yet mastered prophecy,” said legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong.  “We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next ten.” Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · 3 – Predictions – For – The – Drone – Industry – …

Earlier this month, drone research company DRONEII published their annual report of top drone manufacturers.  While some things stayed the same – DJI is still the world’s biggest drone manufacturer – there have been some noticeable changes since last year’s report, and there are likely to be even more changes …

EHang stock (NASDAQ:EH) has been named one of the Chinese stocks with the Best Investment Value, as the company celebrates a number of wins in 2022. Ehang [NASDAQ:EH] is one of the holdings in the AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF [NYSE ARCA:UAV], the only ETF dedicated to the drone economy. For …

Ever since Amazon first announced the concept of drone delivery in 2013, somebody – somewhere – has asked when the holiday gifts would be delivered by drone.  This holiday season was the one, as Amazon drone delivery begins in two U.S. communities as of last Friday. Continue reading below, or …