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We caught up with Alex Pachikov, CEO of Sunflower about a month ago as he was getting ready for his announcement at CES this week. Here is what Alex had to say,  but first a little about his product from their recent press release. At CES 2020, Sunflower Labs will …

Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas today.  At one of the largest technology shows in the world, Bastian – named by Fortne magazine one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2018 – explained how the 94 year old company is …

public domain The Case of the Mysterious Colorado Drones keeps getting murkier. Over Christmas, Colorado police reported at least 17 fixed-wing drones with a six-foot wingspan flying what appeared to be a steady pattern over several northeastern counties. Earlier this week, the nightly drone sightings expanded to more Colorado counties …

As you’d expect, DJI has a big presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). But on top of showing off the company’s hardware lineup and handheld imaging systems, the drone industry’s leading manufacturer is introducing a success story from its Open Innovation Program: Livox.  Livox has big ambitions in …

GoPro officially exited the drone business in early 2018 after the disastrous launch of the action-cam manufacturer’s first and only drone: the GoPro Karma. This week, the company’s remaining pilots have been left grounded, struck by a related issue to what was last year dubbed the ‘GPS Week Number Rollover’ …

File photo An Australian prisoner found out not all Christmas presents dropped from the skies are from Santa’s Good List. Officials at Capricornia Correctional Centre in central Queensland reported two drones flew over the prison on Christmas Day, each dropping a package within the walls. An unidentified prisoner caught the …

File Photo: Example of a fixed-wing drone Editor’s Note: A number of media reports covering these sightings have included a stock photo of a quadcopter drone. This is an inaccurate depiction. The reports have stated the aircraft are fixed-wing.  A mysterious drone swarm first sighted in northeastern Colorado around Christmas …

Courtesy: SkyDrive Japanese flying-car developer SkyDrive has successfully launched test flights of a cargo drone, according to a company press release. “[This] could revolutionize the way heavy goods are transported and speed up the movement of equipment in remote locations.” The first test launched earlier this month in Toyota City, Japan. …

2019 was a year of change and progress for the drone industry.  What comes next – more consolidation and an industry slow down, or more exciting innovation and industry expansion?  We asked some of the industry’s leading voices for their 2020 predictions. DRONELIFE asked participants to comment on 3 important …

Courtesy: Altitude Angel British UTM provider Altitude Angel will be taking their business to new heights after agreeing to a partnership with flight-planning platform Airmate. The duo will exchange real-time aircraft telemetry data, developing an Unmanned Traffic Management system to enable manned aircraft and drones to detect each other. An Altitude …