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Former DJI Enterprise Business employee, David Benowitz joins DroneAnalyst
Many of you will know David Benowitz as one of the driving forces behind DJI’s Enterprise Business division here in the U.S. Last week, David left DJI to join DroneAnalyst. He brings a wealth of drone and drone industry knowledge…
Israeli startup, StoreDot can charge batteries of commercial drones in five minutes
As I’m writing this article, I am literally waiting for my Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic Air 2 batteries to charge so I can fly my drones later today. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the technology from Israeli startup, StoreDot…
Global drone market is set to grow ten-fold in the next five years
A landmark white paper that was presented to the UK government this week says that ‘drone technology will transform our immediate and long-term future. Recently, Barclays predicted that the global drone market will grow ten-fold in the next five years.
Former FAA executives start AccelerātUM to expedite drone operations
Former senior FAA executives launched AccelerātUM to expedite drone operations. On the website, it says that the company is “an inclusive, non-partisan, privately funded collaborative developing consensus-based solutions for the unmanned mobility industry by bringing together commercial end-users, municipalities, emergency…
Drone News – Tue June 16, 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…
Aerones abandons industrial drones in favor of robotics
Aerones announced that it has abandoned its plans to use large industrial drones to clean wind turbines. The turnaround comes as a surprise as Aerones had raised $3.6 million to date and moved its offices from Latvia to the San…
Honeywell starts new business unit to enter drone industry
Major supplier of aerospace products, Honeywell International Inc. announced on Monday that it will launch a new business unit to enter the drone industry. The new department will focus on the autonomous aviation space, including drones, air taxis, unmanned cargo…
Parrot’s new Anafi announcement: “Do you trust DJI drones?”
In a series of emails to media folks, the PR agency for the French drone maker Parrot has announced that they will be releasing a new drone on June 30th, 4 p.m. CEST. However, that is not what stood out…
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…
DJI’s Brendan Schulman talks about drones, DJI, China, data security in this must-listen podcast
In this podcast, Brendan Schulman, Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs at DJI, talks about drones, the history of DJI, China, data security, regulatory challenges, and a host of other issues. If you are active in the drone industry…
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?…
Remote ID, Drone-to-Phone and Pilot Location – DJI Explains
One of the most debated topics of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NPRM for Remote ID for Drones is the pilot’s location. DJI recently posted this video on YouTube (see below) explaining how remote identification for unmanned aerial systems (UAS)…