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Wing delivery drone crash causes power loss for thousands of Australians
A residential area of 2,000 households in a suburb of the Australian city of Logan was without power for hours on Thursday after a Wing delivery drone accidentally landed on a power line and caught fire. The drone of Google’s…
EASA reports significant decrease in (near) drone collisions
The European aviation authority, EASA, recently published the annual Safety Review. In that report, all incidents and incidents related to aviation in Europe are listed. The report shows that the number of (near) drone collisions has fallen sharply since 2018.…
Aquiline Drones lays off almost half its employees
Aquiline Drones, a drone manufacturer in Hartford, CT, has laid off almost half of its employees. The company points to pandemic-related travel restrictions and difficulty in acquiring materials as the main causes for the layoffs.
Zipline expands drone delivery of Covid-19 vaccines in Ghana
Zipline is expanding drone delivery of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines in Ghana, thanks to a donation from the United Kingdom.
DJI Hong Kong flagship store will shut permanently
The DJI Hong Kong flagship store at Tower 535 in Causeway Bay will be shut permanently as of August 16 due to stricter rules for flying drones recreationally, a notice at the main entrance reads. DJI Hong Kong flagship store…
Zipline drones delivers corona vaccines for first time in Ghana
A great first in the worldwide fight against the coronavirus: in Ghana, a shipment of corona vaccines from AstraZeneca was delivered by Zipline drones to a remote village in the middle of the country in early March. The flight was…
Zipline to deliver COVID-19 vaccines in Nigerian state Kaduna
The drone delivery company Zipline has partnered with the Nigerian state Kaduna to deliver COVID-19 vaccines by fixed-wing drone.
Pfizer wants to distribute COVID-19 vaccines by drone
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has partnered with the NGO WeRobotics to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in hard-to-reach areas. The industrial DJI M300 drone is taken as a starting point. WeRobotics will have the system adapted by its Flying Labs department so…
Swoop Aero and Skyports to offer UK-wide drone delivery service
Australian drone-startup Swoop Aero has partnered with Skyports to create a UK-wide drone delivery service to transport urgent medical supplies and test kits to remote locations and help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aviation regulators need to get their acts together
To fully benefit as a society from what drones can bring us, aviation regulators, such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) need to get their acts together and create a single-point-of-truth to…
DJI Black Friday deals and more on Amazon
This year, Black Friday is expected to bring record online sales as most people will refrain from physically visiting stores due to the coronavirus. We took a look at some great DJI Black Friday drone deals on Amazon and found…
Drones help Goldman Sachs close billion-dollar deals now
Due to coronavirus travel restrictions, investment banks such as Goldman Sachs are using drones to provide clients with a bird’s eye view of the companies they’re bidding on, says Stephen Feldgoise, the bank’s global co-head of mergers and acquisitions.