Guest Commentary by Terry Holland — wp-image-32995″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/FAA_logo.gif” alt=”part 107 test” width=”157″ height=”150″/>And once again, everything changes. With the FAA opening the sky to commercial drone use with the roll out of Part 107 (providing a clear and specific set of guidelines and regulations concerning the use of drones for …
Read More »NZ Drone Test Range Is First of Its Kind
Researchers in New Zealand are hoping a drone test range will open up new horizons for the nation’s growing UAV industry. At the University of Canterbury’s Spatial Engineering Research Centre, a partnership of academic and commercial players recently launched a specialized test range. Officials see the complex as a way …
Read More »Commercial Drone Alliance Announces Leadership
The Commercial Drone Alliance, a non-profit education and advocacy group founded earlier this year and led by key players in the industry, has announced it’s leadership. The roster is impressive, and speaks to the urgency that business leaders feel to work together to support the burgeoning commercial drone industry. The Alliance hopes to …
Read More »Drone Company CyPhy Works Shakes Up Management in Effort to Accelerate Lift Off
Lance Vanden Brook Current CEO and founder Helen Greiner will now be the firm’s CTO. Brook comes to CyPhy from Pilot Thomas Logistics where he served as the senior vice president of their Energy and Industrial Group. Prior to that he was at Kiva Systems, a provider of fulfillment center …
Read More »The Black Market in Drones: Why Commercial Operators Need the FAA
wp-image-42274″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black.png” alt=”black market in drones” width=”253″ height=”253″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black.png 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black-150×150.png 150w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black-45×45.png 45w” sizes=”(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px”/>Commentary. The FAA predicts that there may be as many as 600,000 licensed drone operators in a year, since Part 107 was enacted at the end of August. But that number may be …
Read More »3DR Site Scan Maps Dallas Skyscraper
According to a recent Interdrone white paper, “of the total global spending over the next five years on drones in the commercial market, about $11.2 billion will be generated by the construction industry, with $1.3 billion in the U.S. alone.” Dallas-based Austin Commercial is contributing to the billions spent on construction …
Read More »Floating Drones: Saildrone Gets $14 million in Funding
While most people think of drones in the air, CA-based Saildrone Inc., is using drone technology on the ocean. Saildrone doesn’t call themselves a drone company, but rather “a provider of ocean data collected by a fleet of unmanned, autonomous sailing drones.” Used by NOAA as part of their drone exploration program, …
Read More »Senator Optimistic About Drone Inspection Sector
While the winds of politics continue to buffet the future of drone use, at least one legislator looks forward to blue skies for UAVs Virginia Sen. Mark Warner recently witnessed a demonstration of an unmanned aerial inspection at a quarry in Culpeper, prompting the veteran Democrat to express optimism about …
Read More »Top 5 Industries Hiring Commercial Drones Now
With the enactment of Part 107, the Small UAS Rule, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said in a press conference that the government estimates there will be over 600,000 new commercial drone operators licensed this year. But will there be the demand to match the supply? Here are the top 5 …
Read More »Palm Beach Drone Laws Illegal, Officials Now Realize
Michael Kagdis – Proper Media Group CC by-SA 3.0 The Palm Beach drone laws adopted last June are illegal, town officials now realize. Finding that the FAA claims sole jurisdiction over the airspace, the Town Council will have to rescind or rewrite the regulation, which all but outlawed recreational drones in their town. …
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