wp-image-43354″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_5015-1024×575.jpg” alt=”Commercial UAV Expo” width=”331″ height=”186″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_5015-1024×575.jpg 1024w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_5015-300×168.jpg 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC_5015-768×431.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px”/>In the world of drone conferences and shows, the Commercial UAV Expo stands out this year – demonstrating that businesses across sectors recognize that drones can be a valuable piece of their operating strategy. …
Read More »5 Skills You Need to Get a Drone Job
target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> wp-image-42446″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-1024×575.jpg” alt=”drone job” width=”420″ height=”236″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-1024×575.jpg 1024w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-300×169.jpg 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tremco-Roofing-SKyBEAM-UAV-768×431.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px”/>With the enactment of Part 107, the US expects thousands of new commercial drone operators to enter the market this year. The FAA predicts that 90% of those new operators will be small …
Read More »Drones Help Hurricane Victims File Insurance Claims Faster
Two of the largest insurers are processing millions of property claims following Hurricane Matthew more efficiently by using drones. The hurricane, which rampaged through the Caribbean and several Southern Seaboard states, was responsible for an estimated 1,300 deaths and $6.91 billion in damage. Allstate and Travelers deployed several drones over …
Read More »Intel Incoming: Tech Powerhouse Enables Innovation Throughout the Drone Ecosystem
With each wave of technological innovation dominant players emerge. With PCs, there were Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple. With the internet, Google, Facebook, and Amazon became dominant. With mobile phones, there was a resurgent Apple, adaptive Google, and emerging Samsung. As these waves recede, one-time major players can get washed …
Read More »Commercial Drone Companies: Making Drones an Integral Part of Industrial Practices
Guest post by Efrat Fenigson, Head of Marketing at Airobotics (Autonomous Drones) It took a tease and a bold prediction from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to get the general public to begin thinking a couple of years ago about the ways in which drones might change the business landscape forever. But …
Read More »Why Copyright Law is “Mission Critical” to Drone Service Companies
Guest Post – Enrico Schaefer (Dronelaw.pro) There are certain mission critical skills that every drone pilot must know in order to get off the ground. Some are obvious. Of course, you need your aircraft, remote controller, payload, Remote Pilot Certificate and you must comply with Part 107 during flight operations. …
Read More »DroneDeploy Unveils Flight Logs Solution to Streamline Regulatory Compliance, Insurance and Fleet Maintenance
DroneDeploy, the cloud-based drone software platform, today unveiled its new flight logs solution, available now with partners: Airnest, Drone Complier, Drone Logbook, Healthy Drones, Kitty Hawk, NV Drones and Skyward. Direct access to actual flight logs enables operators to eliminate the manual data entry process for capturing flight data, and …
Read More »Drones, Microsoft Help Fly Police Data Into the Cloud
Microsoft wants to bring law enforcement into the “cloud” and drones can help lift them to new heights. On Monday, the software giant demonstrated Microsoft Cloud for Government at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego. The software bundle provides secure cloud computing to government agencies and …
Read More »British MoD Will Deliberately Crash Drones into Planes – Just to See What Happens
Photo: Lynn Greyling The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) will pay £250,000 (about $304,000) to have drones deliberately smashed into passenger jets, the UK’s Daily Mail reports. The crashes are part of a testing program that the Daily Mail calls “secretive,” designed to show what would happen if a drone collided …
Read More »The Karma and Why Consumer Products Matter to the Commercial Market
Mike Winn, the CEO of DroneDeploy, recently spoke with DRONELIFE.com on a variety of drone matters. We first discussed GoPro’s announcement of the Karma. Winn described the Karma launch as “exciting.” With the Karma, GoPro has created an “interesting product. The bundles they have recreated are part of a system. …
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