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Skyfish M4 As we look forward to 2022, it’s time to reflect on the drone industry 2021.  Despite chip shortages, new regulations, an ongoing global pandemic, and the challenges inherent in a growth sector, the drone industry came out on top in 2021.  We asked our sponsors and partners to …

D-Fend Solutions counter-UAS system protects against a drone attack on the Pope during open-air worship By Jim Magill As the number of commercial and consumer drones increases worldwide, and as drones become more sophisticated in their abilities to carry potentially dangerous payloads as they fly virtually undetected through sensitive airspace, …

Vo2019, CC BY-SA 4.0  The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge offers more than $3 million USD in prizes.  This year, the Maritime Robotics Challenge is designed to bring emerging technologies together to tackle previously unsolvable challenges facing the maritime industry. The following is a guest post by Dr. Art Morrish, …

Meet Zing Drones.  This Florida drone delivery start-up plans to offer Uber-like deliveries. By Jim Magill Everyone is familiar with delivery services such as Door Dash and Uber Eats, which allow consumers to order deliveries of food by accessing an app on their smart phone. Now, a small Florida-based start-up …

How Looser Federal Drone Regulations Could Help The Supply Chain Backlog The following is a guest post by Dan O’Toole, founder and CEO, DRONEDEK: creators of a drone delivery mailbox.  DRONELIFE neither accepts nor makes payment for guest posts. The global supply chain backlog is at best an inconvenience for holiday …

Gray Watson, CC BY-SA 3.0  Using drones for residential solar: DroneDeploy software allows Sunrun to conduct roof inspection without risk to workers By Jim Magill Drone technology is spurring the growth of another innovative industry, the residential solar power industry. Beginning in 2019, Sunrun, the leading home solar system installer …

Parrot says consumers can expect the ANAFI Ai available in January by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Leading European drone company Parrot has announced that the release of its ANAFI Ai model drone is on the horizon. The new drone will start shipping this coming January, with prices from …

Jud McCranie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Unleash live teams with Musk’s Starlink to enable remote drone flights By Jim Magill Unleash live, an Australia-based creator of video data analytics platforms, has teamed up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink to connect with and navigate drones in real-time via a …

DroneUp acquires AirMap: combining global airspace management with DroneUp’s network, fleet, and infrastructure. Tom Walker, DroneUp’s CEO, doesn’t do things by halves. DroneUp has grown swiftly as a drone services provider; developing proprietary software, infrastructure, and a robust, well-trained pilot network.  They’ve been instrumental in defining the boundaries of what …

Drone services provider Skyports has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Aeronautics Division to bring drones to Cape Cod. Cape Cod is a popular vacation spot in New England, but includes many islands, peninsulas that can be hard to reach, especially in the winter: including the well-known communities of …