DRL and Draganfly Create New STEM Program with Woz Ed and Robotify by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby The world’s leading drone racing property, the Drone Racing League (DRL), announced today an expansion of their DRL Academy STEM program in partnership with industry leader Draganfly, the leader in demand-driven …
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What’s next for drone regulation in 2022? A new report from Drone Industry Insights says the commercial industry can expect progress globally. DRONEII Editor Ed Alvarado writes that around the world, drone regulations – and the regulatory framework – are evolving rapidly. “This is a very welcome development given that the …
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Drying nature: SkyPixel 2017 SkyPixel and DJI Call for Entries for one of the biggest aerial photo and drone video contests around: the SkyPixel 7th Anniversary Aerial Photo & Video Contest. Compete for prizes that total more than $97,000 USD – and the glory. Find contest rules on SkyPixel here. …
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How Looser Federal Drone Regulations Could Help The Supply Chain Backlog The following is a guest post by Dan O’Toole, founder and CEO, DRONEDEK: creators of a drone delivery mailbox. DRONELIFE neither accepts nor makes payment for guest posts. The global supply chain backlog is at best an inconvenience for holiday …
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San Diego-based SkySafe, an airspace security and management technology company, has announced a $30 million Series B investment to accelerate growth. The Series B investment led by Kingfisher Investment Advisors “with participation from new investors Gaingels, and MIT alumni investment fund Castor Ventures. Previous investor Andreessen Horowitz, who led the seed …
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Axon Invests in Dedrone, leading a $30.5 Million Series C Round to Protect Airspace Against Unauthorized Drones Leading counter drone solution company Dedrone announced a Series C financing round led by Axon, the global leader in connected public safety technologies. The counter drone space has had a banner year: Dedrone says that …
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Gray Watson, CC BY-SA 3.0 Using drones for residential solar: DroneDeploy software allows Sunrun to conduct roof inspection without risk to workers By Jim Magill Drone technology is spurring the growth of another innovative industry, the residential solar power industry. Beginning in 2019, Sunrun, the leading home solar system installer …
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Azur Drones has won a major award at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE.) Only a few weeks after launching, Azur’s Skeyetech – DIZI, an autonomous solution to detect radioactivity, has been recognized as a game-changer in drones for nuclear site inspections. Radiation detection is an ideal application for autonomous drones: …
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2022 will find Swoop Aero in Namibia, expanding medical drone delivery and logistics services to increase access to healthcare. Swoop Aero‘s award-winning drone logistics platform is serving many communities in Africa, as the continent continues to lead the way in demonstrating medical drone delivery applications at scale. “Our vision is …
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Mapping with Thermal Drones: Teledyne FLIR Talks Best Practices Teledyne FLIR are the world leaders in thermal imaging. Mapping with thermal drones equipped with longwave infrared (LWIR) cameras – whether for solar farm or roof inspections, or for search and rescue or security missions, is getting more critical as drone flight beyond …
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