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It takes more than just a Part 107 to be a good drone service provider: customers require expertise in production, too.  If you’re confused about camera formats for drones and some of the newest options on the market, we’ve got you covered with this deep dive.  UAS expert and industry …

Vantis, North Dakota’s statewide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) network, is expanding: and with it, North Dakota’s drone ecosystem. North Dakota has invested heavily in the drone ecosystem, putting significant money and resources behind drone businesses.  Vantis is designed to be the nation’s first statewide UAS beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) network: the Grand Sky …

Yesterday, drone delivery heroes Zipline began drone delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to selected health facilities within its service area in Ghana. “This makes Ghana the first country in the world to deploy drones on a national scale to deliver COVID-19 vaccines,” says the press release. It’s a first on a number …

Drone service providers need drone data management – and they need to keep finding new customers.  The Optelos DSP Inspector™ Program is designed to meet those needs, in a partnership that helps both parties to grow. As the drone industry grows, Drone Service Providers (DSPs) offer crucial services for the …

Source: DJI Chinese drone giant DJI is flying into a new drone category with the announced release today of the DJI FPV. According to a corporate release, the new model combines: “The first-person view and high-speed performance of racing drones The cinematic camera sweep of traditional drones The safety and transmission technology …

Businesses recognize the need for diversity in the drone industry.  In this article, Dawn Zoldi of the Drones at Dawn Podcast and P3Tech Consulting interviews Jason San Souci on the importance of neurodiversity in the workplace. Neurodiversity is a Super Power Elevating Drone Businesses! By: Guest Contributor, Dawn Zoldi Diversity …

Source: DroneShield Australian counter-drone firm DroneShield has inked a deal with the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to research drone detection mitigation technology. Deploying its DroneSentry and DroneSentry-C2 systems, the project will leverage RF, radar, infrared and acoustic sensors to help detect, classify, identify and track rogue drones. DroneSentry …

Funding for U.S. drone manufacturers has just broken through another record, as Skydio investment soars by a $170 million Series D round.  The Series D round was led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund. The announcement is the latest chapter in the stunning Skydio story.  Introduced in 2019, Skydio’s autonomous platform …

Joby Aviation aircraft Joby Aviation hasn’t operated in stealth mode, but nor have they tended to make large announcements about product development.  Now, for the first time, Joby has released video footage of the Joby Aviation air taxi in flight.  (See the flight video and the CEO merger announcement below.) …

The award-winning State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks, is the first in the NBA to use drones for disinfection, as the arena prepares to host the annual NBA All-Star Festivities and start the second half of the 2020-21 season. State Farm Arena has brought on Lucid Drone Technologies to …