Drones in the News

The Warren County Community College drone program is one of the best of its kind, with the highest quality training along with the highest level of accessibility. The program is keeping safety at the forefront of the curriculum with an important new hire. Continue reading below, or listen: Excellence in …

Skypersonic Delivers Drones, Rover, and Piloting Platform to NASA’s Simulated Mars Missions Skypersonic is a subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings [NASDAQ:RCAT] one of the holdings in the AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF [NYSE ARCA:UAV], the only ETF dedicated to the drone economy. For complete list of holdings click here.  The AdvisorShares …

Israeli Police Deploy First BVLOS Drone as First Responder Using FlightOps OS by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby This past October, an experiment saw the Israel Police deploy their first autonomous beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone for command, surveillance and intelligence missions utilizing the FlightOps multi-drone operating …

Matternet M2 Drone Granted FAA Production Certificate by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, leading drone delivery system developer Matternet announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted it a Production Certificate for its Matternet M2 drone. Continue reading below, or listen: This comes after the news of …

The first Gremsy payload will hit the shelves this month.  The Zio is a 4k resolution stabilized zoom payload for industrial applications. Gremsy is known for their industry leading gimbal stabilizers for professional cameras and drones.  Zio is the first payload from the Vietnamese manufacturer: a tool designed to perform a …

Amazon Prime Air’s New Delivery Drone Features Increased Range and Temperature Tolerance, Ability to Fly in Light Rain by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Working for almost a decade to make drone delivery a reality, Amazon has developed fully electric drones capable of delivering packages under 5 pounds to …

VPorts Developing First International AAM Corridor Between New York and Québec by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure leader VPorts has announced the development of the first international electric AAM corridor between Syracuse Hancock International Airport in New York and VPorts’ vertiport in Mirabel (Québec, …

Don’t miss ConnexiCore on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday November 30 at 11:00 AM EST! Stream below: Join Dawn and special guest Frank Segarra, CEO of ConnexiCore as we continue “Global Industry Leaders” month, sponsored by MissionGO. ConnexiCore’s UAV and software technology experience are unmatched in diverse industries and locations across …

Highlander Partners Acquires C-UAS Leader Liteye Systems by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Leading private investment firm Highlander Partners, L.P. recently announced its acquisition of multi-mission defense company Liteye Systems, a developer of C-UAS (Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems). Continue reading below, or listen: Designed to neutralize hostile drone threats, …

Frequentis Partners with Austrian Federal Railways for Hanger-Based Drone Operations by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), one of Europe’s safest and most reliable railways, has signed an innovation partnership with Frequentis for the research of hangar-based automated drone flights in Austria. Continue reading below, or …