Daily Drone News – Thursday December 17, 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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USING DRONES AND AI TO DETECT SOYBEAN MATURITY WITH HIGH ACCURACY – Checking on soybean maturity manually is an arduous and labor-intense process. However, researchers from the University of Illinois can predict the soybean maturity date within a two-day-range using drone images and Artificial Intelligence.

NORDIC UNMANNED AS COMPLETED SUCCESSFUL HYDROGEN DRONE FLIGHT – Nordic Unmanned AS completed a successful hydrogen drone flight with the fuel cell-powered Staaker BG-200 unmanned aircraft in Scandinavia.

INCREASING CRITICISM OF SURVEILLANCE BY POLICE DRONES; BELGIUM STARTS PRIVACY RESEARCH – The use of Police drones to enforce corona measures or to monitor demonstrations is increasing resistance. According to privacy experts, the risk of invasion of privacy is increasing. In Belgium, the Minister of Justice has even protested against the intention of the police to use drones to monitor compliance with corona measures during New Year's Eve.

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Other drone news

• FAA Slaps Drone Pilot With $182,000 Proposed Fine
• Russia is developing a helicopter drone to destroy other drones
• New drone footage shows ONE Apus loss could be worse than feared
• FBI investigating illegal drone flying at 4,000 feet near Charlotte's airport
• Skyfire increases officer and community safety through new drone as first responder program
• Skydio and Arris will implement Additive Molding in drone design and manufacturing
• Drone maker Percepto gets regulatory nods
• TransGrid deploys drones to perform power line work
• Sharing The Land Initiative Resolves Land Disputes In Africa
• Drones can make Covid vaccine delivery a success — if Modi govt can just tweak its policy
• XAG Unveiled New-gen Agricultural Drone and Ground Robots, to Open the Age of Unmanned Farms
• Brookhaven Police Will Use Unmanned Drones To Respond To 911 Calls
• By flapping its ‘wings', this drone soars above the rest

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