Drones in the News

CAL International Partners with AirSeed Technologies for Drone Reforestation Initiative, planting trees with drones. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Smart tech and engineering firm CAL International has formed a partnership with Australian green tech company AirSeed Technologies for a major climate change project that will employ aerial platform …

(Photo by Kari Greer). Original public domain image Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, August 26.  Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: DJI Mavic 3 Earns C1 EU …

AUSVI and Fortress Information Security partner to establish voluntary standards around cybersecurity for drones and other uncrewed vehicles. Continue reading below, or listen: by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Fortress Information Security announced the launch of an industry-wide partnership concentrated on …

Don’t miss Greater than Tech on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday August 24 at 11:00 AM EST.  Stream below: Join Dawn and special guest Jasmine LeFlore, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Greater Than Tech (GTT), as we continue Developing Industry Leaders Month on the Dawn of Drones podcast, sponsored by Skydio. …

Original public domain image U.S. Navy Provides WPI Researchers with Funding for Underwater Drone Tech by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby The U.S. Navy has awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers Nikolaos Gatsonis and Michael Demetriou with $347,843 for the development of a computational model utilizing data from a …

United Pays $10M Pre-Delivery Payment to Archer for 100 eVTOL Aircraft Archer Aviation [NYSE:ACHR] is one of the holdings in the AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF [NYSE ARCA:UAV], the only ETF dedicated to the drone economy. The AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF is a thematic investment strategy seeking to capture the growth …

Leading manufacturer of stabilizing gimbals Gremsy introduces AEVO, a heavy lift gimbal for industrial drone use cases. Continue reading below, or listen: AEVO is  “the heavy lifting carbon gimbal with the highest payload capacity ever for industrial applications,” says the company. Designed by Gremsy’s world class engineers for stabilization and reliability, …

Don’t miss Airversity on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday August 10 at 11:00 AM EST! Stream below: Join Dawn and Bronwyn Morgan, CEO and Founder of Airversity, as we continue “Developing Industry Leaders” Month on the Dawn of Drones podcast, sponsored by Skydio. Airversity has locations in 11 cities across the …

German Manufacturer Quantum-Systems Will Supply Long Endurance Vector drones for Ukraine by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby German drone manufacturer Quantum-Systems has accepted a commission from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the distribution of the company’s Vector reconnaissance drones. Continue reading below, or listen: A portion of …

“Dark, dirty, and dangerous” describes the ideal job for a drone.  With Drone Delivery Canada’s (DDC) newest approval, the company can add “dangerous goods” – which can include certain medical supplies – to their Drone Transport Initiative delivery program. Combined with DDC’s approvals to fly beyond visual line of sight …