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The new proposed FAA Reauthorization package has been made public.  It’s wordy, complex, and confusing – and the headlines haven’t made understanding what’s inside easier.  There are several points of critical importance for the drone industry to understand.  The proposed Repeal of Section 336, the Integration Pilot Program, the “Safeguarding …

SkyWatch.ai, a new player in the drone insurance market, offers the energy and flexibility of a high tech company – combined with the security of big insurance. Brandon Packman, left, and Tomer Kashi InsurTech is a relatively new word – and nobody embodies the fusion of technology and insurance better …

Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to reading the drone industry.  In 2018, Parrot has evolved from a consumer electronics company to a drone solutions provider offering an impressive range of products. In a late 2015 article in Forbes magazine, Seydoux predicted …

With the U.S. bracing for another major hurricane as Florence bears down on the Carolinas, the drone industry is getting ready to help.  Drones have emerged as a significant tool for disaster response, and leading industrial and government drone manufacturer CyPhy Works has stepped forward with PARC: the Persistent Aerial …

DJI‘s Mario Rebello took the stage at InterDrone this morning to talk about drones, data and security. Rebello met the issue of drone security head on.  DJI  suffered a major blow from the U.S. Government last year when, at the end of 2017, the Department of Homeland Security accused the …

In recent years there have been plenty of headlines highlighting the use of drones to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons. And that’s fair enough. It’s a new, interesting challenge for authorities to deal with. And fear gets clicks. Last year in the UK, for example, police monitored and …

Guest Post: This article published with permission from our partners at DroneII, Drone Industry Insights. Starting Point “Actionable Data” is next to a powerful and reliable drone probably the most important driver of the drone industry. Drones often generate large amounts of data – sometimes more than we can handle. …

By Cargyrak (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0] The following is a guest post from Dustin Price, licensed land surveyor and operations manager at Landpoint: a surveying, aerial data and technical services provider. There has been an influx of new and, in some cases, game-changing surveying technologies that have popped up …

Image: SimActive InterDrone – held Sept. 5-7 in Las Vegas this year -is getting close.  There is so much to see and learn at the biggest commercial drone event in North America that planning is a good idea.  We surveyed our partners to see what they were offering this year …

The UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) is getting underway, as the chosen partners begin their trials.  North Dakota is starting their trials of flight over people with a unique safety tool: Parazero‘s parachutes for drones. North Dakota is a leader in the drone industry.  With the Grand Sky Business Park, …