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Airspeeder drone crashes near residential homes after climbing 8,000 feet
A scale model of an Alauda Airspeeder Mk II racing drone weighing 210 pounds became uncontrollable, climbed to an altitude of approximately
Wiebe de Jager
Wiebe de Jager is the founder of Dronewatch and author of several bestselling books about drone photography. Wiebe is a certified drone pilot and has a full ROC license.
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Dutch border patrol to use thermal drones to fight human trafficking
The Dutch border patrol wants to use drones to support border security. Its purpose is to track down strangers hiding in trucks and containers. To this end, the border control agents want to use drones with thermal imaging cameras. With these specialty cameras, stowaways can be observed from the air at night.
EHang
Shares drone taxi maker EHang crash after Wolfpack report
Chinese drone taxi manufacturer EHang's stock plummeted yesterday after US investment analyst Wolfpack Research released a damning report
Netherlands
Skytools will market fixed-wing drones from C-Astral
The Netherlands-based company Skytools has signed a distribution agreement with the Slovenian drone manufacturer C-Astral Aerospace.
DJI FPV Drone
More details leaked about DJI FPV drone, may be called “DJI Flash”
Chunks of information have been leaked regarding DJI's upcoming FPV drone. Or rather: the DJI Flash, if we are to believe the rumors...
DJI
DJI pulls out all stops in “Best of 2020” showreel
To underline that diversity, DJI recently published the video Stronger Together: Best of 2020, a showreel that will blow you away.
Drone Delivery
Canadian company demonstrates ultra-quiet drone propellers
The Canadian company Delson Aeronautics is working on a solution to this problem, in the form of ultra-quiet drone propellers.
Drone Research
Scientists set up “uncrackable” quantum connection between two drones
A team of scientists at Nanjing University in China has succeeded in realizing a quantum connection between two hovering drones. A distance...
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