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Chinese drone manufacturers Walkera have made the move from racing drones to public services and enterprise solutions – but their deep engineering expertise is still at the core of the business.  In China, Walkera claims the lead in the public services sector.  DRONELIFE spoke with Webber For, Walkera’s VP of …

Heads up drone pilots – as of January 13, the FAA is going to make major changes to the way that it handles testing.  All applicants will now need to create a profile and get an FAA tracking number before testing. If getting your airman certificate or remote airman certificate …

Courtesy of Wingcopter A German drone start-up is flying high this week after winning a multi-million-dollar seed investment from a Singaporean company. Corecam Capital Partners injected an undisclosed, seven-figure funding round to Wingcopter, a UAV firm dedicated to providing “drones for good” to assist at-risk nations. Company officials say they …

Courtesy of the FAA The FAA is tapping a select squad of drone experts to weigh in on pilot testing and certification. The federal agency last week announced the selection of 12 corporations and groups to advise the agency in developing “test administration requirements for the recreational Unmanned Aircraft Systems …

Courtesy: NOAA Drones may someday become the first line of defense in hurricane forecasting. A NOAA research paper in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society reveals that disposable UAS could be used to gather data from a hurricane’s lower eyewall – the most dangerous part. “It’s where the storm draws …

CompTIA is a name that many have heard of, even if they aren’t sure what they do.  As the world’s largest tech trade association – and the second largest certifying body – CompTIA has been smoothing the way for new technologies to establish training and certification standards for years.  Now, …

Courtesy of Citadel Defense Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense continues to reach new heights with key American agencies. The California-based company has completed a six-month deployment of its anti-drone solutions for three undisclosed agencies, according to a recent Citadel press release. The company adds that the deployment meets “regulatory, safety and critical …

France’s Azur Drones offers a truly autonomous, drone in a box solution for security.  It’s a powerful and sophisticated system designed to secure critical infrastructure – and with European approval to fly autonomously beyond visual line of sight, Azur is poised to be Europe’s leading player in security drones. Azur …

Anurupa Chowdhury [CC BY 3.0 ] India’s government is taking steps to regularize commercial drone use, as it begins to build and deploy a nationwide unmanned traffic management (UTM) architecture. India’s current drone regulations, Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) 1.0, lists very specific software and hardware requirements which most imported drones, including …

India’s drone industry is on the rise – and investors, service providers, drone ecosystem companies and customers who are interested in what could be one of the world’s biggest markets can get an insider’s view at the Drone Festival of India, held January 6 and 7 in New Delhi.  Register …