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American Robotics looks to get into the railway inspection business, with new Ondas acquisition of AI-Powered software company Ardenna By Jim Magill The CEO of American Robotics said a recent acquisition by its parent company, Ondas Holdings, will allow the developer of industrial drone solutions to add artificial-intelligence (AI) and …

Wing Drone Delivery in Texas Starts April 7, 2022. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Alphabet subsidiary Wing has announced that it will be launching its drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this Thursday, April 7th. The service – the first of its kind in a …

Flyability and WinCan Partner on Wastewater Inspection Solution by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Indoor drone provider Flyability has formed a partnership with sewer inspection software provider WinCan in order to make sewer inspections safer, quicker, and more cost effective. Wastewater inspection professionals are increasingly employing Flyability’s Elios 2 …

A new marketing video put out by DJI features the team at Shell using the M300 – and highlights DJI’s position in the energy industry. As Parrot introduces the new ANAFI USA and other manufacturers scramble to capture a meaningful share of the market, DJI’s industrial drones like the Matrice 300 …

Here at DRONELIFE, we make a living providing marketing opportunities and brand awareness for drone companies – so marketing plans are top of mind.  As the COVID-19 crisis continues, in-person trade shows and marketing opportunities fall to the wayside.  In this DRONELIFE Minute Survey, we asked what drone companies are …

EHANG 184 Like Lazarus, EHang has made a habit out of rising from what many believed for them to be dead.  First known as a Chinese-based consumer drone manufacturer with their popular Ghost drone, they pivoted several years ago to become a major name in passenger drones. Today, the company …

Reprinted with Permission from Fortune Business Insights The market for small drones is projected to reach $22.55 billion by the end of 2026, according to a report recently released by Fortune Business Insights.   In a paid analysis study titled “Small Drones Market Size,  Share & Industry Analysis, by Type (Fixed-Wing, Rotary-Wing, …

Image Provided by Ware The drone industry excels at addressing expensive and slow processes that can be dramatically improved with aerial assets.  One San Francisco startup has identified a major need in a $1.9 trillion industry, and they’re solving it with a combination of easily available commercial hardware and their …

Image Provided by Ware San Francisco drone startup Ware is using Skydio drones and sophisticated sftware to handle inventory tracking for the warehouse industry.  Inventory tracking is both labor intensive and time-consuming: making it a perfect target for robotic assistance.  The Ware solution uses a drone to capture images of …

From Simactive Canadian mapping software company SimActive has added additional capacity to be able to automatically assess multiple volumes of material (aggregates and other material) for projects and to report based upon the findings. If the same area is being flown, users can then compare the volumes and access differences …