Daily Drone News – Wednesday December 16, 2020

Here are today's most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you'd like to receive this in an email going forward, be sure to subscribe using the form below.

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A SWARM OF DRONES FLIES IN FORMATION THROUGH A FOREST [VIDEO] – Check out this video in which a swarm of drones flies autonomously through a dense forest while staying in formation. Imagine how effective Search and Rescue missions could be…

ROYAL MAIL DELIVERS FIRST PACKAGE BY DRONE TO SCOTTISH ISLE OF MULL – In the United Kingdom, the Royal Mail postal service delivered the first package by drone to the Scottish isle of Mull.

DJI GO 4 APP UPDATE – VERSION 4.3.40 – Yesterday, DJI released a small update to their DJI Go 4 App. We are now up to Version 4.3.40 for iOS. This latest release resolves some crashing issues to improve the stability of the app. However, more importantly, it also adds Local Data Mode to the DJI Go 4 App.

COUNTER-DRONE SYSTEM INSTALLED AT BELGRADE AIRPORT – To maintain air traffic security, a counter-drone system has been installed at the Belgrade Aiport, better known as the Nikola Tesla Airport, as well as nine security scanners from Rohde & Schwarz.

SKY DRONE JOINS NVIDIA INCUBATOR PROGRAM – The Hong Kong-based maker of drone connectivity units, Sky Drone joined the Nvidia incubator program to develop AI processing for 4G and 5G connected drones.

MISSING PERSON LOCATED WITH POLICE DRONE FROM STAFFORD SHERIFF'S OFFICE – In Fredricksburg, Virginia a missing person was found with the help of a Police drone from the Stafford Sheriff's Office on Saturday evening at around 8:30 pm.

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Other drone news

• XAG Unveiled New-gen Agricultural Drone and Ground Robots, to Open the Age of Unmanned Farms
• Drones help North Little Rock police catch criminals in the act
• Hydrogen drone flight completed in Scandinavia
• Drones and AI detect soybean maturity with high accuracy
• Canton Fire Department uses drone to find hot spots to keep fire crews safe
• $35,000 worth of drones donated to UT Martin
• Using drones to find and plug ‘orphan' gas and oil wells
• Skydio Announces The Availability of New Enterprise Software For Skydio 2TM and a new Training Program for Certified Skydio Pilots
• Dothan City School technology specialist is accused of stealing drone
• Brookhaven Police Will Use Unmanned Drones To Respond To 911 Calls
• Richland County man illegally entered SC prison to retrieve drone, authorities say
• NYPA Tests Drone Flights Using Private LTE Wireless Network to Inspect Power Lines
• Drones Are Destabilizing Global Politics

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