Could hospital logistics be one of the first commercial applications for eVTOL? European Medical Drone signs Purchase Agreement with Dufour Aerospace European Medical Drone is a Swedish drone services provider: focused on transporting critical supplies like blood,...

Louisiana based drone services provider FlyGuys has scored a $10 million Series A funding round to scale their SaaS solutions platform and expand their nationwide presence. It’s a positive indicator for the US drone industry.  Founded in 2014, early player FlyGuys has...

Appeals court decision re-instates controversial Texas drone law By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill In a blow to the rights of Texas journalists to use drones in their reporting, a federal appeals court panel has reversed a lower court ruling that had found the...

The U.S. Senate today confirmed President Biden’s pick for a new FAA Administrator, Mike Whitaker, in a unanimous bipartisan vote of 98-0. In welcome news for the aviation industry, Mike Whitaker has been confirmed as the next FAA Administrator.  After a unanimous...

The second in an occasional column on bringing products to market in emerging technologies, by industry marketing expert Amy T. Wiegand: Go-to-Market Propeller.  The deep dive on how buyer behavior has changed for drone industry startups- and what to do about it to...

Amazon to add medicines to items deliverable by drone in Texas city By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill Amazon has expanded its drone delivery service in College Station, Texas to include the delivery of prescription drugs. The company, which chose the Texas city...

AAM and Drones Are Climbing Fast with NBAA At this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Business Aviation Conference and Expo (BACE) in fabulous Las Vegas, the organization doubled-down on its commitment to sustainability by announcing a new public...

From the floor of Intergeo in Berlin last week, DRONELIFE speaks with Andreas Nordansjö, CMO of drone data and impact tech firm GLOBHE about using drones and drone data to improve outcomes in global health. Continue reading below, or listen: GLOBHE gets results by...

Mollyrose89, CC BY-SA 4.0  Researchers study use of AED-carrying drones to save lives By DRONELIFE Feature Editor Jim Magill In responding to medical emergencies, such as when a person is suffering a heart attack, seconds count. Shortening the length of time between...

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....