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By Strebe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ] A brand new drone market analysis report makes the largest and boldest prediction but for the drone trade, which the report predicts will exceed $50 billion in the subsequent 7 years.  Researchers anticipate that North America will lead the market this 12 months. …

Firefighters could quickly get one other software within the drone arsenal, as Thrush Aircraft and Drone America from an alliance to start growth of the world’s first autonomous air tanker. The Best of Planes and Drones Thrush Aircraft manufactures small manned planes; Drone America designs and manufactures business drones.  “The …

Credit: U.S. Marine Corp A brand new U.S. Marine Corps challenge reveals promise as the following step in drone evolution – remodeling surplus army helicopters into autonomous drones. Last week, the USMC accomplished a profitable demonstration of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System, a challenge that transformed a decommissioned UH-1H Huey …

French drone firm Elistair has signed an settlement with the DGA – French Defense procurement Agency – to finance its AIRWATCH venture, a tethered drone for surveillance and telecommunications. The DGA will finance Elistair’s analysis and growth in the AIRWATCH venture via the RAPID program, supporting improvements with a powerful …

  By Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough [Public domain] Leading navy and industrial drone firm AeroVironment, Inc. introduced a brand new product in the present day – as The Drone Girl Sally French, writing for MarketWatch, factors out that the corporate’s inventory has doubled within the final yr. The new product is …

Insitu and BNSF officers launch ScanEagle for the historic first flight. Military and industrial drone firm Insitu introduced that their platforms have flown 1,000,000 hours final week – a significant milestone for the 23-year-old firm. “…I believe we are just getting started,” mentioned Insitu’s president and CEO, Ryan Hartman. The …

The drone trade continues to be within the early levels of progress, nevertheless it appears to have progressed previous the very first section of bleeding edge expertise and to be transferring – quickly – in direction of confirmed answer.  As enterprises ramp up adoption of drone expertise, drone producers who began promoting …

 Sponsored by MMC.  While navy and industrial drones are normally thought of as two totally separate classes, the 2 are beginning to look extra alike – every taking the perfect new applied sciences from the drone business for a “best of breed” method.  Tech reporter Cadie Thompson from CNBC says it this …