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The FAA and AUVSI will co-host this year’s FAA UAS Symposium on June 3-5 at The Baltimore Convention Center. This year’s Symposium is expanding even further, as the FAA and their partners, AUVSI, work to increase communication and education with the drone community.  With the tag line: “The FAA is …

In The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, author Malcolm Gladwell defines the tipping point as “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point”.  It’s hard to say exactly when the tipping point for the commercial drone industry will be, or what in particular might cause …

Joe Ravi [CC BY-SA 3.0] In light of recent drone incidents at airports – including yesterday’s news about air traffic closure in Frankfurt and the Gatwick disaster that happened during last year’s holiday season – the FAA is working hard to communicate with airports about what can and can’t be …

“Partnership” may be the best way to describe the recent AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 conference in Chicago. Across the expo, hundreds of UAV-centric groups and companies found new ways to collaborate to make an already-vibrant industry more effective. In the arena of drone-issue public education, perhaps no relationship is stronger than …

https://www.flickr.com/people/turtlemom_nancy/ [CC BY-SA 2.0 ] The FAA has released their annual aerospace forecast – and the drone industry figures are both impressive and surprising.  We’ll dive into different areas of the forecasts in future articles: in this one, we’re looking at the numbers.   DRONELIFE has reported on FAA Aerospace …

Wednesday at AUVSI’s Xponential conference in Chicago kicked off with another keynote address – this one carrying the theme of “The Power of Execution.”  In addition to David Albritton, President of General Motors Defence LLC; and Mike Fields of insurance giant State Farm, the morning introduced Carl Burleson, the second …

One of the highlights of AUVSI’s Xponential each year is getting to see major thought leaders in the industry.  This morning’s keynotes were no different: with the tagline “The Power of Progress.” Hosted by Airbus’ Travis Mason and introduced by AUVSI President Brian Wynne, the morning was about looking ahead. …

As a designated FAA UAS Test Site, the city of Reno, Nevada is hosting a range of trials this year. DJI has partnered with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) to support the safe exploration of drone technology in the area.  DJI donates equipment to Reno UAS test program  …

Wing, the Alphabet (Google) spin off, has quietly overtaken Amazon and other consumer drone delivery programs to be first to the finish line in the U.S. and around the globe. Earlier this month, Wing announced that the Australian government had given the company permission to move beyond their drone delivery …

CC0, Maxpixel.net News and Commentary. The comment period has closed on the FAA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the Safe and Secure Operations of Small UAS, and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems over people.  Major manufacturers, community-based organizations, and …