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Today, drone delivery Flytrex has announced that their long-time partner Causey Aviation Unmanned has been granted Part 135 Certification. Continue reading below, or listen: The FAA’s Standard Part 135 Air Carrier Certification is the means that the FAA uses to certify commercial drone delivery services.  The process is adapted from the …

NVIDIA Releases Jetson Orin NX 16 GB Module by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Continue reading below or listen: Starting today, the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB module is available for purchase worldwide. Unrivaled in performance and efficiency for compact, low-power robots, the module is ideal for products such as drones …

Andrew Fell of TTP Holds New Iris Terminal Inmarsat and TTP Partner to Propel Integration of UAVs into Commercial Airspace by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby This week, Inmarsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the development of a compact satellite terminal for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as …

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week of January 27, 2023.  Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: Amazon plans the largest headcount reduction in its history, slashing 18,000 jobs …

SkyDrive Announces U.S. Market Entrance, Plans for AAM Ecosystem in South Carolina Continue reading below, or listen: by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today at the 2023 annual VFS eVTOL Symposium in Mesa, Arizona, leading Japanese eVTOL manufacturer SkyDrive announced its plans to enter the U.S. market and establish …

Choctaw Nation BEYOND Program Granted FAA BVLOS Approval with uAvionix Installation by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby UAvionix has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) Beyond Program approval for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations at the Emerging Aviation Technology …

Pixhawk v6 offers a robust, feature rich set of standards designed to support innovation through interoperability – and help manufacturers get new aircraft to market. The Dronecode Foundation (DF) is the organization behind the Pixhawk FMU (Flight Management Units) Open Standards, with contributions and participation from the Pixhawk Special Interest …

Percepto Drone Receives Canada’s First Approval for Drone Flight Beyond Visual Line of Sight: BVLOS Without Visual Observer by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: Today, leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider Percepto announced that its Percepto Air Max drone-in-a-box solution has been approved …

Regulus Cyber Launches Ring Counter-UAS System Using GNSS Manipulation by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Software-based GPS/ GNSS security expert Regulus Cyber is launching Ring, the first fully-operational, compact counter-UAS system. Continue reading below, or listen: Ring utilizes unique GNSS manipulation technology in order to pacify all manner of …

DOE Site Uses Flyability’s Elios 3 drones to Map Radioactive Waste Storage Vault by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Flyability’s Elios 3 has successfully completed a 3D mapping operation of a radioactive waste storage vault following more than a year of preparation and research. The information obtained in the …