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US drone companies receive millions in recovery funds from Department of Defense
US drone companies receive millions in recovery funds from the Department of Defense. On Friday, the department announced that it will issue US$84.4 million in funding through the Defense Production Act to small drone makers, shipbuilders, and a space company.…
FAA approval for Chula Vista Police Department to fly beyond-visual-line-of-sight
The Chula Vista Police Department is the first in the nation to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly Skydio 2 drones beyond-visual-line-of-sight.
Skydio 2 software update offers many new features
After the drone maker resumed production and shipping, they also kept busy and now offer a Skydio 2 software update with many new and highly requested features.
Skydio 2 production has restarted and shipping resumes
The spreading coronavirus has impacted many drone manufacturers such as DJI, Autel Robotics, and also Skydio. The latter had stopped the production of the autonomously flying Skydio 2 drone a few months ago. However, today we are happy to report…
DJI’s ‘Game of Drones’ culture threatens to break up the drone maker
Against a background of growing distrust of China in the United States, DJI is under significant pressure from the Federal Government that questions the company’s intentions and alleges that its drones spy for the Chinese government. The intensifying focus on…
U.S. Department of Transportation announces technology partners for Remote ID development
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of Remote Identification (Remote ID). Remote ID will enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly…
Skydio donates US-made drones to first responders across the country
Skydio Inc. supports first responders and frontline medical workers during the COVID-19 outbreak, facilitates delivery of one million pieces of PPE and donates U.S.-made drones to first responders across the country.
Skydio is currently unable to ship drone orders
In a message on the Skydio website, the company says that as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic their local manufacturing in California has temporarily halted operations.
Skydio 2 firmware update explained in video
In this video on YouTube, Billy Kyle explains in detail the improvements (or lack thereof) to the Skydio 2 drone with the latest firmware update, version 6.0.38. Some smaller improvements were good, but for the majority of this update, Billy…
Skydio releases iOS firmware update for the Skydio 2 drone – Version 6.0.38
After a short wait, the Apple app store is a lot more strict and thus slower to approve new apps, it is finally here. A new iOS firmware update (version 6.0.38) for the self-flying Skydio 2 drone. The firmware update…
Skydio 2 drone counts warehouse inventory with Ware
Ware, a San Francisco-based technology company, has launched the first warehouse inventory automation system built on Skydio 2, the world’s smartest drone. Tracking and counting inventory cost-effectively is one of the $1.9 trillion warehousing industry’s greatest challenges. Ware’s product was…
Welcome to DroneXL – We cover all that is new in the drone industry!
Hello, and welcome to DroneXL! After two and a half years and publishing more than 2,500 articles on DroneDJ, it was time for something new. So, here we are with a brand new website. What can you expect from DroneXL?…