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Beagle Drones is on track for $100K in sales and looks for funding
Dwight Neptune, a 22-year-old college dropout, founded drone startup Beagle Drones when he was 18 years old. Now his young company is on track for $100,000 in sales and is looking for funding to expand its business.
Alliance for Drone Innovation raises concerns around proposed ban on Chinese-made drones
In a letter to Congress this week, the Alliance for Drone Innovation (ADI) has raised concerns around the proposed ban on Chinese-made drones. The group said that such a ban would “hurt the drone industry” and would leave the federal…
What happened to the consumer drone market?
What happened to the consumer drone market? This is a question that seems to keep coming back. Where did the hobbyist drone pilot go? Looking at different sources of information, you could argue that the consumer drone market peaked somewhere…
RapidDeploy enters into agreement with Google to transform U.S. emergency response systems
RapidDeploy enters into agreements with Google, OnStar, ADT, Priority Dispatch and Rave Mobile Safety to transform U.S. emergency response systems. The industry’s premier platform teams up with leading technology companies to unify public safety workflow.
NYC will study the use of drones for building facade inspections
Last Wednesday, the City Council has approved plans to study how drones can be used for building facade inspections in New York City. The plans to study the use of drones for building facade inspections were well received within the…
3DR’s Chris Anderson suggests four ways DJI can stay ‘out of the penalty box’
Yesterday, in a self-serving opinion piece on Bloomberg, 3DR’s CEO Chris Anderson offered four ways DJI and other Chinese hardware companies can keep itself ‘out of the penalty box.’ However, there’s a fifth solution that isn’t mentioned in the article,…
FAA looks for owner DJI Mavic Mini drone that nearly hit Aero Med helicopter
Officials of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are looking for the owner of a DJI Mavic Mini drone that nearly hit an Aero Med helicopter while landing at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2020 DroneAnalyst Drone Market Sector Survey is now online!
The 2020 DroneAnalyst Drone Market Sector Survey is now online! Have your voice heard in the industry, and enter to win a DJI Mavic Mini. We just announced our fourth Drone Market Sector Survey, established to provide clear benchmarks for…
DroneAnalyst 2020 Annual Market Sector Survey launches today
Today, the DroneAnalyst releases its highly anticipated, fourth annual market survey to provide drone industry benchmarks, identify challenges and provide increased clarity to the broader drone industry. Please take 15 minutes of your time to fill in the DroneAnalyst 2020…
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.