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News from France: One of the few remaining rivals to DJI, Parrot, has launched a racing drone: The Mambo FPV. Although it’s most likely extra exact to say that Parrot has launched a number of equipment that make its unique Mambo – a $100, modular minidrone – appropriate for flying …

Skyguide, Switzerland’s air navigation service supplier, and its challenge companions demonstrated as we speak in Geneva how drones will be safely and effectively built-in into the prevailing airspace.  The companions say that the demonstration reveals that drone integration is prepared for deployment in Europe now. The group of companions included AirMap, …

Thanks to the Wright Brothers’ well-known maiden voyage, North Carolina is called the First in Flight State. True to the motto, the Tarheel State (which is a very totally different origin story!) continues to take the lead in drone innovation. The state Department of Transportation launched a feasibility research final …

Earlier this week a Chinese agency, Foxtechhobby, claimed it had set a drone world document with a flight of three hours. The document didn’t stand lengthy. Skyfront, a California startup, is reporting that its multirotor drone, the Skyfront Tailwind, has claimed that document with a flight of 4 hours and …

A staff at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), a Swiss college specializing in engineering, has developed a foldable, origami-style supply drone that encloses its package deal and has inside propellers for safer transport. It’s been labeled as a drone for “last-centimeter” supply.  Last-centimeter Delivery When studying concerning the thrilling potential …

Last week’s InterDrone convention noticed a lot of recent and modern merchandise introduced.  One of probably the most fascinating was the results of a partnership between CA-based FlightWave Aerospace Systems, Inc. and UK-based Intelligent Energy: the hydrogen-powered Jupiter-H2. The Jupiter doesn’t appear to be lots of the different drones on …

  By Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough [Public domain] Leading navy and industrial drone firm AeroVironment, Inc. introduced a brand new product in the present day – as The Drone Girl Sally French, writing for MarketWatch, factors out that the corporate’s inventory has doubled within the final yr. The new product is …

from winner “Poseidon”Air Reel ProductionsUSA Last week’s InterDrone convention hosted among the best drone movie festivals within the business – and the work on show was superb. This 12 months’s contest had 7 classes and supplied one thing spectacular for everybody, in all places, thinking about drones. In the Natural …

California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control says that hashish and hashish merchandise might not be delivered by “aircraft, watercraft, rail, drones, human powered vehicles, or unmanned vehicles.” The information is disappointing to some drone supply startups who deliberate the service.  On April 1st of this yr – observe the date – …

Honeywell has launched its first business unmanned aerial automobile (UAV) inspection service, the Honeywell InView inspection service, to assist industrial prospects enhance crucial construction inspections whereas serving to enhance staff’ security from most of the dangers related with these often-dangerous working circumstances. The Honeywell InView inspection service will mix the …