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Source: Amazon PrimeAir The FAA has cleared the regulatory skies for Amazon to launch its long-awaited drone delivery service. The agency announced Monday the retail giant can operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones – a project that’s been seven years in the making. Amazon Prime Air “uses autonomous …

Source: Liteye Colorado counter-drone firm Liteye Systems has announced the release of the Trailer Anti-UAS Defense System. The platform can detect and neutralize RF controlled and silent flight drones during mobile operation as well as transiting from on-the-move to static in less than two minutes. According to a Liteye spokesperson, T-AUDS …

Johan Vanderhecke is a professional drone photographer based out of Belgium.  He’s traveled the world for the perfect shot – and now, he’s developed the Drone Adventurer Master Class to share his skills with drone enthusiasts and pros who want to up their game.  Here, Johan shares his top three …

Source: Fotokite Tethered drone provider Fotokite struck an exclusive deal this week with Axon, a public-safety tech provider. The agreement will integrate Fotokite drones with Axon’s digital evidence management solution, Axon Evidence. This will allow Axon law-enforcement customers to view live-stream, aerial footage and manager or share video evidence via Fotokite’s …

Despite – or maybe even because of -the current pandemic, drone industry investment continues to grow.  The latest announcement comes from Easy Aerial, a leading provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions.  Easy Aerial announces a Series A round of $6.15 M, led by the same private investment group that funded …

Drone Delivery Canada announced this week the successful launch of its second cargo drone route with DSV Air and Sea Inc. Canada using the Toronto-based company’s drone delivery platform. DDC initially captured the contract with DSV –  a subsidiary of Danish conglomerate DSV Panalpina A/S – back in June. Last year, DDC announced …

Last year at Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, DRONELIFE got to see two amazing products at work.  Demonstrated by the Las Vegas Police Department and Sundance Media Group, the Autel Evo II flew over a mock nighttime crime scene for evidence documentation: and Pix4Dreact, Pix4D’s real-time mapping solution for …

image: public domain, PXfuel In the final keynote address of DJI Airworks 2020, DJI’s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman spoke about the direction U.S. government drone regulation is taking – and spoke out against fear-based policies. U.S. government drone regulation has increasingly focused on security, with drones …

Source: DJI For many religions, the chant “Om” conjures up feelings of peace and wellbeing. For Chinese drone giant DJI, the word will hopefully translate into smoother, steadier smartphone images with the release of the DJI OM 4 smartphone stabilizer. Although not directly related to the company’s main drone product …

John McClain, Chief Drone Pilot, Shell Deer Park Refining (Source: DJI) Drone giant DJI is partnering with energy multinational Shell Oil to deploy a drone project at Shell’s Deer Park Manufacturing Complex. As a “Solution Development Partner,” Shell and DJI  will develop and test advanced drone solutions, like the DJI …