Ted Eytan, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 The process of appointing an FAA Administrator continues, as the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation moved the nomination of former FAA Deputy Mike Whitaker unanimously through committee....

Start-up’s AI-enabled system teaches drones to help fight wildfires By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill Continue reading below, or listen: When responding to wildfires, time is critical. Response commanders need to be able to rapidly access data to answer vital...

JOUAV Unveils VTOL Hangar at Intergeo 2023 Intergeo 2023 is the place to see innovative new technology.  This year, the JOUAV VTOL Hangar, a drone dock enabling remote operations for a fixed wing, long endurance drone was on display.  The JOUAV VTOL Hanger is “an...

Dedrone Launches Drone as First Responder (DFR) Solution: Dedrone Beyond by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb Virginia-based Dedrone recently announced the launch of Dedrone Beyond, an all-new platform designed to help state, local, territorial and tribal (SLTT)...

aqua scissors, CC BY-SA 2.0 At the annual DroneDeploy user conference in Denver, an inside look at one of DroneDeploy’s 3 pillars of development: automation.  Nick Dryer, Field Operations Manager of the UAS Program at BNSF Railway provides an inside look at their...

App for Requesting Drone Deliveries Launched in Korea by Skyports Drone Services with new aircraft partner RigiTech by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Walker Robinson Skyports Drone Services has partnered with RigiTech to announce the launch of an app for requesting drone...

On the second day of the DroneDeploy conference in Denver, an enterprise panel discussed what automation means on the jobsite – capturing data with automated drones, ground robots, and more. This year’s DroneDeploy conference has been exciting – not only is the...

Alon Marcus, CC BY-SA 4.0  Regulators, insurers, advanced drone operators and community members all want to know: what’s the real risk of a falling drone?  From the floor of Intergeo 2023: how to quantify the risk. Laura Gonzalez Combrink Laura Gonzalez Combrink of...

Today, at the InterGeo Show in Berlin, DJI Enterprise featured their new Zenmuse L2 drone Lidar: expanded range, even more accuracy. In a session led by DJI Solution Engineer Kyle Miller, the L2 was on display.  With a lot of improvements over the L1, the L2 ups the...

Announced at the UP.Summit  Zipline will deliver sandwiches, salads and more from Mendocino Farms in select locations, beginning in 2025. Zipline, pioneers in medical drone delivery, have expanded their services to offer delivery of consumer goods in the US.  The...