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Guest Post: This article published with permission from our partners at DroneII, Drone Industry Insights. With the industry maturing, the drone job market within it is becoming increasingly complex and more difficult to navigate – companies are competing not only to develop the latest UAV technology, but also to grab …

A British man has been sentenced to five years in jail after attempting to deliver contraband to Liverpool prison using a drone. Anthony Cheeney was caught after he crashed the drone, a Yuneec Typhoon H, close to HMP Liverpool back in August 2017. Merseyside Police officers recovered drugs, mobile phones and …

French drone company Delair is taking artificial intelligence to a new altitude with the launch of the Delair Aerial Intelligence platform, a solution the company says will convert UAS-gathered images into “actionable business insights.” The platform provides custom analytic models for industries such as mining, construction, and agriculture to “enable …

In the days leading up to the NFL Championship Game in Atlanta last weekend, FBI officers confiscated six drones flying closer to the stadium than temporary flight restrictions allowed. With local drone pilots either not aware or deliberately ignoring the flight ban, there were no doubt concerns that the Super …

Japanese drone provider Terra Drone Corporation has teamed up with Japanese telecommunications and security firms, KDDI and SECOM, to demonstrate a new drone security system that can detect and identify suspicious people at one of Japan’s largest stadiums. Integrating Terra Drone’s drone software solutions and KDDI’s Smart Drone octocopters, the UAVs …

The new year is taking off rapidly for Toronto-based Drone Delivery Canada. Over the past two weeks, the company made three major announcements. On Jan. 30, DDC publicized new test flights for its latest cargo delivery drone, the Falcon. With a lifting capability of 50 pounds and a wingspan of …

If you were one of the millions of people around the world to catch the Super Bowl yesterday, you will have seen Intel’s drones play a part in lighting up the Halftime Show. It’s not the first time the company has added a futuristic feel to a major sporting event. …

A Swiss drone company is joining forces with the European Space Agency’s initiative to rocket high-tech startups into successful orbits around the business world. Drone Harmony of Luzern, Switzerland has joined the ESA Business Incubator Switzerland, allowing the start-up to upgrade its UAS missions-planning platforms using satellite data. Created three years …

DJI is taking active steps to respond to the media firestorm resulting from their internal fraud investigation. Earlier this month, the company announced its findings that internal employee theft had led to huge company losses estimated at $150 million. Now the company has released an open letter responding to the …

Two leading drone data software solutions are joining forces at DistribuTECH this week to show utility professionals and commercial drone operators a complete workflow system – delivering world class drone maps with context and AI-driven image intelligence. DistribuTECH is the utility and energy industry’s leading technology conference.  It’s a growing …