It’s a tough topic for the drone industry – should recreational flyers be held to the same rules that commercial pilots must follow? The Academy of Model Aircraft (AMA) doesn’t think so. In comment to the “UAS Safe and Secure” Announced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) the AMA has released …
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Image from INVOLI UTM, air traffic awareness, remote ID and tracking, and collision avoidance are all hot topics in the drone industry. As these frameworks and technologies develop, risks will decrease, regulations will ease, and the applications that commercial drones are regularly able to perform will expand dramatically. There is …
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Continuing our roundup of European companies we met at this week at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe is this interview with Ivanka Koster, CEO of Netherlands-based SkyTools. SkyTools is a full-service drone company: but their unique business model addresses the issue of outside service providers competing with the growth of …
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This week, Google spin off Project Wing featured in two big pieces of news in the drone industry. First came the news that the company had won the approval of the Australian aviation authorities for their drone delivery program – something that Wing discussed in detail at last fall’s Amsterdam Drone …
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From the distance comes a high-pitched whining. It sounds horrible, like a giant mosquito. Or maybe a herd of angry mice screaming in a wind tunnel. It is in fact a flying burrito. And it’s flying courtesy of Wing’s ambitious drone delivery program. That’s right: Google/Alphabet’ Project Wing has been …
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One of the great aspects of being present at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe, held this week in Amsterdam, is the opportunity to speak directly to some of the thought leaders in the global drone industry. DRONELIFE spoke with Marc Kegelaers: pilot, thought leader, CEO of Unifly, and an important player in …
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image courtesy DroneBase Thermal imaging giant FLIR is continuing to show their commitment to helping the commercial drone industry grow. Today, commercial pilot network DroneBase announced that FLIR has made a strategic investment in the company, which will help them to scale their themal imaging services. FLIR will be the …
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The public service sector is one of the fastest growing verticals for the commercial drone industry. As departments invest in drone technology – and train more and more of their personnel to use them – the use cases for drones are continually expanding. At today’s public service sector sessions of …
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Commercial UAV Expo has established itself as one of the drone industry’s major events, and Commercial UAV Expo Europe – taking place this week in beautiful Amsterdam – is a premier event for the commercial drone industry in Europe. This morning, the team announced that the 2020 show will be …
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image courtesy SimActive Three drone industry leaders have joined forces for shoreline mapping on France’s Pink Granite Coast as part of a conservation project. Altimedias, a drone data collection and processing firm, is using the senseFly eBee combined with mapping software SimActive to create 3D textured models of the sensational …
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