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Terra Drone Financing on a Roll: $70M in Series B Funding by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Drone and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) leader Terra Drone Corporation has announced that it has closed $70 million USD (8 billion Japanese yen) in its Series B funding round, receiving investments from …

INVOLI Launches Remote ID Drone Tracker by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Air traffic solution provider INVOLI has released the LEMAN RemoteID, an innovative drone tracker created to meet the newest CE/FCC regulations.  See the Remote ID Drone Tracker at work: Made to be simple to use for all …

On Saturday, March 26, 2022 the FAA named Asociate Administrator for Aviation Safety Billy Nolen Acting FAA Administrator.  Nolen will step into the role when Trump-appointed Administrator Steve Dickson leaves at the close of March.  Dickson, appointed in July of 2019,  has stepped down before the end of his 5 …

Optelos and Skydio form Technology Partnership for Autonomous Asset Inspection by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, asset inspection software provider Optelos and drone manufacturing and autonomous flight leader Skydio have announced a technology partnership that will benefit customers using drones to enhance their asset inspection programs. Pairing Optelos’ …

Swoop Aero, Skyports, BD Rowa Partner to Integrate Air Logistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, drone service and technology leaders Swoop Aero and Skyports and pharmaceutical product provider BD Rowa announced the formation of a strategic partnership that aims to overhaul health supply …

Public safety drone experts BRINC has donated drones and training to pilots in the Ukraine, as an in-depth article in the Washington Post reveals. All images courtesy BRINC Drones, used with permission. For the last several days, the BRINC team has worked just over the Ukrainian border at a secret …

Draganfly Medical Response, Search and Rescue Drones to Ukraine by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, drone solutions and systems developer Draganfly Inc. announced that it has received an order for its Medical Response and Search and Rescue Drones from temperature-sensitive delivery leader Coldchain Delivery Systems to be immediately …

Percepto Remote Drone Operations in Israel by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, leading autonomous inspection solution provider Percepto announced that it has been granted Beyond Visual Line of Site (BVLOS) approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) for the operation of drones at three industrial sites …

The Blue sUAS list was designed to provide secure platforms for U.S. defense agencies – but use of the list has spread, causing confusion in the commercial and public safety drone sectors.  A recent move by the state of Florida to limit public drone use to Blue sUAS has added …

Don’t miss Promo Drone on Dawn of Drones this week: Wednesday, March 23 at 11:00 AM EST.  Stream below!   This week, Dawn chats with special guest Jamar Williams, CEO of Promo Drone, a San Diego-based company that has modernized the concept of advertising banners by using drones for flying marketing …