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In a significant move towards making flight over people more available to companies with commercial drone applications, the FAA has announced that they have issued the Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Greeley, Colorado, a Part 107 waiver to operate a DJI Phantom 4 drone equipped with a parachute over people.  The …

Despite headlines to the contrary, the group Airprox Reality Check finds that there is absolutely no proof that drones are flying too close to manned aircraft in the U.K. Airprox Reality Check (ARC) “was formed as a response to the misrecording of drone airproxes in the UK, and the resulting …

Until June 16, IBM will be giving away 1,500 DJI Tello Drones – and they’ll help you program them to do something amazing. “Through IBM’s Code and Response initiative, along with non-profits, aid agencies, and local governments, IBM is putting open source technologies developed as part of coding challenges such …

© Brandlab / Skyports / Volocopter / GRAFT Urban air mobility (UAM) is more than just a cool idea.  At drone conferences around the world, UAM is a hot topic as both regulators and communities seek for a way to address an increasingly significant urban problem: traffic.  For many cities …

image courtesy ANRA ANRA Technologies, a global company with offices in the U.S. and India, has been a major player in unmanned traffic management (UTM) systems testing since the beginning of the NASA program.  While Technical Capabilities Level 4 (TCL4) testing and the transfer of the UTM project from NASA …

Since DJI launched their drone developer platform, the Manifold, at the end of 2015, both commercial drones and compute power have evolved.  Industrial applications for drones have expanded significantly, to include advanced operations in more remote and difficult to reach areas.  Computing power has expanded also, with artificial intelligence and …

It seems to be the season for funding announcements: and a recent spate of press releases from drone companies indicates that the sector is still desirable. The drone industry has seen some noted consolidations and exits in the last few years.  Commercial drone solutions provider Airware shut down last year …

Image @jeshoots at Pexels Yesterday, DJI, announced that they would equip all drones with AirSense ADS-B receivers as of 2020.  (You can read about that here).  The announcement is just part of DJI’s plan to equip hardware with technology-based safety features in order to address the needs of regulators – …

Image courtesy of Zipline Last week, drone delivery service Zipline announced $190 million in new financing, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.2 billion dollars.  In the world of commercial drones – or any startup – that’s a big number, and a big achievement.  With drone delivery not yet fully implemented …

photo courtesy PrecisionHawk The FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) has been instrumental in helping to form commercial drone regulations, and the best example in the drone sector of industry working in collaboration with government.  On Friday, the FAA and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that PrecisionHawk CEO Michael …