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Drones and Urban Air Mobility: Porsche Teams up with Boeing …

In a continuing exploration of the concept of a flying car,  Boeing has signed a letter of agreement to explore joint relationships with luxury car manufacturer Porsche.  Here is a concept video published by World News that shows some idea of what that might ultimately look like. Flying cars – …

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How Key Technology Changes May Revolutionize Urban Transport…

Part 2 of a 2 Part Series on innovative drone delivery and software company Aha.  See Part 1 here, to read about how small retailers are taking on delivery giants like Amazon. Maron Kristófersson is the CEO of Aha, a company that both provides a delivery service utilizing drones in Iceland; and …

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BREAKING NEWS: FAA Announces Proposal – Remote ID for Drones

After several delays, the FAA has announced the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Remote ID for drones. Remote identification of drones, and connection of that identification with the operator of the drone, is considered a key component of an unmanned traffic management (UTM) system and enforcing drone rules.  The …

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This Company is Proving Drones and Manned Aircraft Can Be an…

While most of the bad publicity around “rogue drones” comes from a perceived (and sometimes real) danger of interference between unmanned and manned aircraft, French company Donecle is proving that the manned aircraft industry can benefit from drone technology too. We first saw a demonstration of airplane inspections by drones …

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Kespry’s George Mathew on Automation, Enterprise Scale, and …

image: Kespry Kespry has always been an enterprise-focused drone solution.  The company realized early that ease of use was key to adoption: and they offered one of the first automated, no-joystick flight solutions.  As the industry matures and automation becomes more available – and more sophisticated – we interviewed Kespry …

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This Drone Company May Change the Way You Think About Take-O…

This Irish startup is trying to totally change the way that you think about takeout. Manna.aero, which the company describes as “the world’s first aviation-grade B2B drone delivery ‘as-a-service’ company” has just raised about $5 million to get off the ground. Founded in 2018 by Bobby Healy, former CTO of …

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