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It’s a proposal that doesn’t sit well with anyone in the drone industry – and could severely limit the drone industry and benefits to communities everywhere.  You can read an in-depth analysis of the  proposed “Tort Law Relating to Drones Act” – authored by a group of attorneys outside of …

News and Commentary.  In a new press release, the FAA has clarified the role of federal and state governments in drone regulation. The FAA has tried many times to emphasize the agency’s authority over the airspace, in a continual – and somewhat unsuccessful – attempt to curb the proliferation of …

The world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of UAS systems is taking a deep dive to speak for maritime drone interests. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International announced the creation of the Unmanned Maritime Systems Advocacy Committee. The committee will identify and advance policy positions for the …

As part of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy, innovation foundation Nesta has been exploring potential urban applications for drones as part of a pilot project, the Flying High Challenge. Nesta has been delving into many of the use cases we’ve seen elsewhere in the industry, including medical deliveries, traffic incident …

In a conversation with Fortune’s Alan Murray at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao says that drone integration is a top priority for the department. Chao emphasized, however, the “proper role of government,” which she says is to be a regulator, but not to attempt to …

Florida-based drone company Aeronyde is teaming up with Belgian Unmanned Traffic Management provider Unifly to build an integrated, autonomous drone system for public-safety agencies. The UTM system will empower emergency responders to customize drone systems to fit any mission profile and agency size. Emergency workers can deploy the on-demand dispatch of …

The following is a guest post attorney and drone pilot Andrew Elefant, Director of Policy at Kittyhawk.io, an enterprise drone software company in San Francisco, CA. In anticipation of the Uniform Law Commission’s Tort Law Relating to Drones Drafting Committee meeting on July 25 in Louisville, KY, some of the …

To mark the company’s 50th anniversary, technology giant Intel has set a new world record with a drone light show…again. This time, 2,018 LED-carrying drones took to the skies above the company’s base in Folsom, California. The results were pretty spectacular. This is What 2,000 of Intel’s Shooting Stars Look Like …

Ever donned a pair of VR goggles and flown your drone from a true birds-eye perspective? Researchers at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are taking that immersive feeling to the next level, designing a system that can control a drone with precision by registering the torso movements of the …

DJI has moved to improve the user experience of its enterprise users with improvements to its geofencing system. DJI said in a statement released today that “professional drone pilots with authorization to fly in sensitive locations can now use a streamlined application process”, which will provide them with unlocking codes …