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Drone News: Drone Layoffs, Cessna 172 Drone Crash, and Investors for Airbus’ Zephyr Project
This week in Drone News, we have three stories for you. Amazon and other drone companies are laying off employees. This is sad news, a follow-up on a crash that happened between a drone and a Cessna 172. There’s more…
Amazon Prime Air lays off 80% of flight operations personnel
Today, we learn that Amazon Prime Air, the drone delivery business, laid off around 80% of its flight operations personnel without a proper warning. According to a now-former Amazon employee, personnel in all of Amazon’s drone delivery business locations, including Lockeford,…
Former Amazon manager claims he lost his job over drone safety concerns
Cheddi Skeete says he was fired from Amazon Prime Air, the company’s drone delivery business, less than two years after he started working there as a manager. Skeete claims he was fired because he raised drone safety concerns. Shortly after…
Drone News: Amazon Manager Fired, World’s Fastest Drone, Stranded Boater Saved!
This week in Drone News, we have three stories for you. The first one is a question of whether Amazon fired someone for voicing safety concerns about the drone program, a new world record for the fastest drone, and yes,…
Ring Always Home Cam demonstrated at CES 2023. Price and release date unknown.
At CES 2023, the company Ring demonstrated a home security drone that they named the Always Home Cam. The concept for this drone was first introduced by Amazon in 2020. This Ring security drone is intended for use in monitoring…
Almost 10 years after Bezos’ infamous statement, Amazon Prime Air drone delivery takes off in College Station
While Jeff Bezos infamously stated in 2013 that drone deliveries would be commonplace by 2018, we are only now seeing Amazon Prime Air take off in College Station. The Aerial Perspective Drone deliveries were said to change the way people…
Score a heavily-discounted DJI FPV Combo this Cyber Monday!
Today, you can score a DJI FPV Combo for only $899, a discount of 31%, during the drone maker’s Cyber Monday deals on the official DJI store or Amazon. The DJI FPV offers a ready-to-fly (no soldering necessary) and totally…
DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo discounted to $509 on Cyber Monday
In search of DJI camera drone bargains for Cyber Monday 2022? The DJI Mini 2 Fly More Combo is now available from the official DJI Store on Amazon for only $509 instead of the usual $599. The DJI Mini 2…
Autel EVO Nano+ and Lite+ discounted in Black Friday deals
Deals for the Autel EVO Nano+ and EVO Lite+ drones from Autel Robotics have been announced for 2022’s Black Friday. In the US, these popular camera drones are up to 35% cheaper. The unmanned aircraft systems from Autel are offered…
Wing expands drone deliveries to drone-friendly Dublin, Ireland
As the European Union is becoming more drone-friendly, Wing, a subsidiary of Google, will begin drone deliveries in Dublin, Ireland, with plans to bring this service to more European communities. In Ireland, the Wing drone delivery business will go up…
Privacy watchdog EFF concerned about drones flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)
Privacy watchdog, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is very concerned about the advance of drone flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) of the pilot. According to the EFF, there is a risk that low-flying drones will collect all kinds…
DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo discounted ahead of Amazon Prime Day deals
Ahead of the Amazon Prime Day deals, the DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo is discounted by $260 (20%), bringing the price down to only $1,039. This may very well be the next DJI drone you can buy right now…