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image: Cambodia, PI (CC 2.0) UK-based insurtech firm Flock is joining the fight against coronavirus.  The company has pledged £10,000 of free drone insurance to pilots working on COVID-19 crisis response.  Pilots can learn more and find out if they are eligible here. In an extraordinary show of additional industry …

Boston is home for DRONELIFE.  Here is some drone footage from the online version of the Boston Globe.   You will see that the video of empty streets is becoming eerily familiar as Boston follows other cities in China, Italy, France, and Spain.  We can assure you that traffic is typically …

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 …

UK-based UTM provider Altitude Angel is partnering with Swiss INVOLI. The combination of Altitude Angel’s airspace and ground hazard data with INVOLI’s low-altitude air traffic awareness data will provide “an unrivalled picture of airspace,” says an Altitude Angel press release. The two companies have worked together informally on several projects, …

Image Provided by SkySkopes Drones have been used in the power industry for a few years now, but in the U.S., power line stringing is a relatively new application.  It’s an application that offers massive cost and time savings – and is one that could permanently change the way power …

Photo provided by Heisha. Drone autonomous security System Heisha systems corporation has just released a new version of their next generation charging systems, the C500, for use with DJI drones. The company explains that Heisha charging pads are part of a low-cost autonomous drone solution for a variety of applications.  …

AirMap is a well-known name in the drone industry, providing airspace management services since 2015.  AirMap continues to be a presence in the space, moving forward with new initiatives in Europe and Latin America. U-Space Together As the French Civil Aviation Authority (DSNA) launches their “U-Space Together” project, AirMap is …

Image by Harald Landsrath from Pixabay “It is important for startups to pursue their business, given the current global situation,” writes Delair’s Laurence Collet.  We couldn’t agree more.  In a far from normal environment, business still continue to form partnerships that will drive both the drone industry and other sectors …

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that the project announced in October with  DSC Air & Sea will go live in March.  It’s a big step for the drone delivery company, which produces both hardware and software: and an even bigger move for the logistics and shipping industry – which …

Nheyob / CC BY-SA Saint Patrick was believed to be a fifth-century Christian missionary and first bishop  in the country of Ireland. He is the primary patron saint of Ireland, and his day is usually celebrated here in the U.S. with an Irish-American theme, fun, crowds and lots of green. …