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Drone tech provider PrecisionHawk, has purchased inspection service Uplift Data Partners. Uplift provides turn-key inspection services for construction and building information management (BIM) as well as for real-estate. The company’s nationwide network of commercially trained drone pilots will join PrecisionHawk’s Droners.io network which consists of more than 15,000 drone pilots, …

If you fly a DJI Matrice 200 or Inspire 2, it’s probably come to your attention during the past two weeks that both drones’ batteries have been compromised. DJI and the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority have issued safety warnings, indicating that in some cases the commercial models have been falling …

When I had the opportunity to meet Marc Langley at this year’s InterDrone conference, it was clear that he’s a man with a passion.  Not just for his own company – he is CEO of national drone services provider Airborne Works – but for the non-profit he founded this year – the …

Researchers at cybersecurity company Check Point have today shared details of a vulnerability in DJI’s infrastructure that could have given hackers access to consumer and corporate user accounts, personal data, flight logs, photos, videos, and – if the user was flying with DJI’s FlightHub application – a live camera feed …

One of Europe’s largest car makers is teaming up with the world’s largest drone company to again launch one of the world’s largest drone film competitions. This week, Peugeot announced the third annual Peugeot Drone Film Festival, with a final event to be held in Frankfurt in April. Contestants may …

NASA drone projects and their acronyms are starting to look like a language of their own – but the agency is moving forward steadily on projects to integrate drones into the airspace for everything from drone taxis to delivery drones. Today, NASA and California-based NextNav annouced that NASA will use …

You’ll remember that a couple of years ago Zero Zero Robotics launched the Hover Camera Passport, a drone that looked to be the solution to all those stories of people flying indoors to get a selfie and ending up with fingers missing. The drone got so much attention that Apple started selling …

Sometimes we just have to share.  One of the most exciting aspects of being part of the drone industry is being able to watch it grow – and growing with it.  DRONELIFE published its first post in December of 2013.  In the almost five years since then, we’ve published 5,393 …

November 2, 2018: The rockettes perform part of the brand-new finale scene showing off the 100 Intel drones and Obscura’s digital projections at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Intel® Shooting StarTM mini drones have been a part of many celebrations this year, from the Winter Olympics to …

A new study reveals what the public really thinks about using drone technology to increase public safety.  Published by commercial drone platform provider Cape, the study was the result of a survey of over 684 U.S. consumers.  The study offered several interesting insights, but one theme is clear – communities …