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Drones excel at taking over jobs that are dark, dirty and dangerous – and mapping the sewerage underground electricity tunnels that lie under a city certainly meet that description.  Now, a team from Indonesia has demonstrated that it a drone equipped with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) can be used to …

License: cc0 With a wide and global customer base, drone mapping platform DroneDeploy is continually identifying new uses for drone technology.  Precision agriculture was one of the early adopters of drone technology: and now, more vineyards are adopting drones to make better wine. It’s not the romantic view of the …

The Skydio 2 Drone manufacturers around the world are struggling to meet production schedules as the coronavirus continues to impact Chinese manufacturing systems. U.S.-based Skydio assembles drones in the U.S.: but the company is suffering from the supply-chain disruption caused by the slowdown in manufacturing of the component parts.  Advance customers …

Brücke-Osteuropa / CC0 Drones continue to cause costly delays and confusion at European airports.  The latest event halted traffic at Frankfurt Airport yesterday morning for almost two hours, according to German language media. A federal spokesperson said that a pilot spotted a drone at about 11:15 am, at which point …

image public domain The comment period for the Remote ID for Drones NPRM closed yesterday.  There were more than 50,000 comments posted on the NPRM, including and 89 page comment by the world’s leading drone manufacturer, DJI.  While DJI has been active in developing and implementing technology that could simplify …

Remote ID has been a charged topic in the industry.  While some stakeholders feel that the proposed rule must be completely reworked, others have taken the more hopeful view that the rule is a good start towards a workable solution. As part of our continuing coverage of the FAA’s Notice …

Drone journalist Chris Karody is known for his in-depth analyses of thorny issues confronting the drone industry – like the Remote ID Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM.)  In our continuing series on Remote ID, we’ve published viewpoints from all areas of the industry.  This piece, republished with permission from Chris …

image: Wing While discussions and arguments over how to implement retail drone delivery have been going on for years, Google spin-off Wing has been quietly making it happen.  With the receipt of the first FAA certification as an air carrier for drone delivery in 2019, Wing has taken a leadership …

In the continued discussion of how best to implement Remote ID for drones – which purportedly is designed to enhance the security of the airspace – major manufacturers like DJI have an important role.  Whatever the final decision is, DJI and other manufacturers will have to comply: and to meet …

image public domain We’ve gotten a lot of questions and comments about Remote ID for Drones – and with good reason.  This regulation is important: it has the potential to impact all drone operations in the country.  It’s also technical, and challenging to understand. This guest post is a longer …