heavy lift drones

Inspired Flight Technologies Aircraft Join Blue sUAS Cleared List by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, commercial sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) manufacturer Inspired Flight Technologies, Inc., announced that it has received Blue sUAS 2.0 clearance from The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Continue reading below, or listen: Both of …

At Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, commercial drone company Draganfly unveiled three new products: a Long Range LiDAR system which can be used as a mobile LiDAR system on drones, manned aircraft, or mounted to another vehicle or backpack; a North American-made Heavy Lift Drone, and the smaller “Swiss …

Blue sUAS drone manufacturer Inspired Flight has introduced the IF1200A heavy lift drone, setting standards in flight endurance and payload capacity. Continue reading below or listen: The latest offering from U.S. drone manufacturer Inspired Flight ticks all of the boxes for enterprise drone projects. Inspired Flight’s heavy lift hexacopter was …

Watts Innovations Drones: Small start-up company produces UAVs for film, other industries. By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill When Bobby Watts launched Watts Innovations six years ago, he could only imagine that his company, which once offered custom engineering solutions for everyday people, including custom-built toothbrushes and toilet seats, would …

VA-based Zenith AeroTech is ensuring that it’s tethered heavy lift solutions meet National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) parameters and can be produced more quickly to meet growing demand.  The company announces a partnership with VIRTEX Enterprises to develop Zenith AeroTech drones manufactured in the U.S. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian …

Zenith AeroTech  has integrated an advanced flight radar, gimbaled EO/IR camera, and mobile ad hoc networking radio on the company’s US made tethered drone, the Quad 8. It’s a complex integration project that takes the term “flexible payload” to the next level – and expands the possible applications for the …

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, has unveiled the EHang 216L.  EHang’s heavy lift drone is ideal for short-to-medium-haul air logistics – both in cities and rural areas. The EHang 216L can carry a payload of 200kg – about 440 pounds …

Gremsy is a sponor of DroneLife.com.   No drone payload can work well without a gimbal to carry it on the aircraft.  Gremsy, a leader in industrial gimbals, has just released the heavy lift T7 for use in the commercial marketplace.  We asked Gremsy’s Rosy Nguyen about heavy lift gimbals for larger …