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ANRA Wins Raytheon Contract for Airspace Management and Data Services by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby ANRA Technologies will be providing Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI & S) with access to its SmartSkies™ suite of technology solutions as part of a new contract between the two companies. Continue reading …

Blue sUAS drone manufacturer Inspired Flight has introduced the IF1200A heavy lift drone, setting standards in flight endurance and payload capacity. Continue reading below or listen: The latest offering from U.S. drone manufacturer Inspired Flight ticks all of the boxes for enterprise drone projects. Inspired Flight’s heavy lift hexacopter was …

University of Alaska Fairbanks Completes Alaska’s First Civilian Large Drone Operation from an International Airport by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Continue reading below or listen: Last Sunday, the University of Alaska Fairbanks flew an unmanned aircraft from the general aviation area of Fairbanks International Airport, marking the first …

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the drone news of the week, May 27.  Click on the links below to read or listen to each story in full. Continue reading below or listen: Will People Pay for Fast Drone Delivery? Smarty Survey Reveals …

Flytrex Partners with Unilever for Drone-Delivered Ice Cream by Dronelife Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Today, Unilever’s digital storefront The Ice Cream Shop announced a partnership with drone delivery leader Flytrex for an ice cream drone delivery service available in all of Flytrex’s U.S. locations, which include Holly Springs, Fayetteville …

As a revenue source, Urban-Air Port will offer charging as a service for non-aeronautical vehicles at vertiport sites. Continue reading below or listen: Urban-Air Port has selected Osprey as a preferred EV charging provider for the AAM Hub Network. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby Fresh off the heels …

The D50 is HEISHA’s smallest drone dock yet, providing an automated charging solution for a wide variety of commercial off-the shelf drones for remote operations. Continue reading below or listen: The D50 provides a drone-in-the-box, fully autonomous drone charging solution for a wide variety of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) drones using 2S-4S …

Ramòn Roche is General Manager of the US-based, non-profit Dronecode Foundation, which will host the PX4 Autopilot Developer Summit 2022 June 23 – 24, 2022 in Austin, TX. Continue reading below or listen: DRONELIFE spoke with Roche about the exponential growth of open source drone projects – and why he’s looking …

Source: Skydio Skydio and Axon Respond: Integration Announced for Public Safety Agencies by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Axon and autonomous flight leader Skydio have announced that public safety agencies utilizing both Skydio drones and Axon’s real-time operations platform, Axon Respond, will be able to access drone live-streams for …

It’s one of the biggest announcements about commercial drone operations in the U.S. to come out in years.  Amazon first announced a drone delivery program in 2015.  Since then, regulators, manufacturers, service providers and corporations have worked to establish delivery at scale.  The many pioneering drone delivery trials and limited …