Skydio Inspires Next Generation of Women Drone Pilots with Youth Fly Day by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Images, courtesy Skydio. Drone manufacturer and leader in autonomous flight Skydio recently held its Youth Fly Day, an event that brought together 75 Freshman students from ICA Cristo Rey All Girls …
Read More »8 Women in the Swiss Drone Industry on Diversity
Switzerland is known for technology innovation, and many of the leading drone companies are based there. Here, 8 of the top women in the Swiss drone industry comment on the progress we’ve made and challenges we face in improving diversity in the drone industry. During this week while we celebrate …
Read More »U.S. Drone Soccer Inspires Diversity in Future Workplace
As we celebrate International Women’s Day today, we applaud the efforts of those in the drone industry that continue to make a difference to welcome all types of people into our community. Over the past several months, we’ve seen a deliberate movement to change terminology to reflect that welcoming stance, …
Read More »Women to Watch in UAS 2021 Announced
Women and Drones has celebrated its 5th Anniversary Women To Watch (WTW) in UAS Global Awards 2021 CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The drone industry, like aerospace in general, has fewer women. Women and Drones began the “Women to Watch” awards 5 years ago to recognize and elevate those women, making …
Read More »Women to Watch in the Drone Industry, the 2020 Awards
The following is a Women and Drones press release. The 2020 Women to Watch List is an international group of women leading the drone industry in a variety of sectors. Women and Drones is proud to once again recognize women who represent the business leaders, innovators, mentors and visionaries …
Read More »Women and Drones Humanitarian Award
Women And Drones continues the work of recognizing outstanding drone organizations, despite the current pandemic which prevents the awards from taking place in person. Today, the organization announced that the Women and Drones Humanitarian Team Award Honoree for this year is Kenya Flying Labs. “The Humanitarian Award recognizes co-ed teams, organizations …
Read More »Women and Drones Fox Piloting Innovation Award
Women and Drones CEO Sharon Rossmark created the Women and Drones Global Awards four years ago, in hopes that shining a spotlight on some of the exceptional women in the drone industry would inspire many more. It’s been a great success: and as the drone industry grows and matures, diversity …
Read More »Diversity in the drone industry: Skydio steps up
The Skydio 2: Affordable autonomy U.S. drone manufacturer Skydio is stepping up to help boost diversity in the drone industry, hiring two highly qualified women to key leadership roles. Devon DiPietro has been named Director of Marketing, and Jacqueline Sharma has been hired as Vice President of People Operations. The two new …
Read More »Headed to AUVSI Xponential Today? Here are Some of the Booth…
julie corsi from Palos Heights, IL, USA [CC BY 2.0 ] If you’re headed to AUVSI’s Xponential in Chicago today, get ready for a huge show of all things unmanned. Xponential is one of the biggest shows in the industry, with so much to see and hear that attendees are spoiled …
Read More »DRONELIFE Exclusive: Why Women are Important to the Drone In…
DRONELIFE honors talented people and innovative companies of all types – and we try to do our part to promote diversity in the industry. March 8, 2019 is International Women’s Day, so we reached out to women and men in all areas of the industry to get their thoughts …
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