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Wildfire

Illegal drones ground aircraft fighting large wildfires in Oregon

Firefighters try to contain Beachie Creek and Riverside Fires that burned 330,867 acres combined. Illegal drones from recreational pilots...

Haye KestelooSep 25

DJI

DJI military training required for all employees in China to ‘prepare for war’

DJI military training required for all employees in China to 'prepare for war' as the world's largest drone maker undergoes radical changes.

Haye KestelooSep 24

Industry

Daily Drone News – Thursday September 24, 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 email going forward, be sure to subscribe using the form below.

Haye KestelooSep 24

Amazon

Amazon’s Ring introduces security camera drone, the Always Home Cam

Ring introduces a new security camera drone, the 'Always Home Cam' during today's Amazon event. This drone is meant to b flown indoors to...

Haye KestelooSep 24

Skyward

Skyward (Verizon) deploys remote network-connected drone during Big Hollow Wildfire

The FAA granted Skyward, A Verizon company, a temporary waiver that allows company pilots to fly the Percepto Sparrow drone from their homes

Haye KestelooSep 24

Drone Delivery

Zègre-Hemsey tests drone delivery of defibrillators in North Carolina

This study examined the feasibility of drone delivery of an automated external defibrillator in simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...

Haye KestelooSep 24

Drone Service Providers

COVID response: drone service providers to the rescue

As industries across the globe come to grips with the “new normal” of a COVID-19 challenges, drone service providers (DSP) are launching new

Haye KestelooSep 24

Skydio

Skydio adds new talent to growing leadership team

Skydio adds new talent to its 'growing leadership team.' The three new hires are all women, a welcome addition to a male-dominated drone...

Haye KestelooSep 24

DJI Mavic Air 2

Skydio 2 and DJI Mavic Air 2 track a motorcycle. Guess who wins.

Ryan Urlacher puts the Skydio 2 and DJI Mavic Air 2 to the test. In this almost 30-minute video, he has both drones following him while he...

Haye KestelooSep 24

Industry

Daily Drone News – Wednesday September 23, 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 email going forward, be sure to subscribe using the form below.

Haye KestelooSep 23

Industry

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

Haye KestelooSep 23

FAA

FAA administrator Steve Dickson updates drone industry on Remote ID and more

FAA administrator Steve Dickson updates drone industry on Remote ID for Drones, the UAS IPP, and upcoming regulations for unmanned aircraft.

Haye KestelooSep 23

DJI

DJI rumors on Ronin RS2, Mavic 3, Mavic Mini 2, 2x DJI FPV, OA2, OP2

The latest DJI rumors on the DJI Ronin RS2, the Mavic 3, a new Mavic Mini 2, two DJI FPV drones, and the Osmo Action 2 and Osmo Pocket 2...

Haye KestelooSep 23

DJI Smart Controller

DJI Smart Controller update for the Mavic Air 2 – V01.00.0820

Finally, DJI released update V01.00.0820 that allows you to use the DJI Smart Controller to fly and control your DJI Mavic Air 2 drone.

Haye KestelooSep 23

Industry

Daily Drone News – Tuesday September 22, 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 email going forward, be sure to subscribe using the form below.

Haye KestelooSep 22

Amazon

Amazon develops flight simulators to train delivery drones to avoid real-world crashes

Details published by the European Patent Office show that Amazon has filed for a patent to teach autonomous drones about flight speed, lift-off, rolls, and landings with the use of flight simulators.

Haye KestelooSep 22

Walmart

Walmart to deliver COVID-19 test kits by drone in pilot project

Walmart said it would start delivering COVID-19 test kits by drone through a drone delivery system to customers’ doorsteps in a pilot project

Haye KestelooSep 22

Drones for Good

Drones4Safety to increase safety in European civil transport

Drones4Safety is one of the most ambitious projects in this sense. Promoted within the Horizon2020 Framework Programme, it addresses

Haye KestelooSep 22

Pix4D

Pix4Dmatic: accurate, faster photogrammetry on a larger scale

Today, photogrammetry leader Pix4D is announcing the commercial release of Pix4Dmatic: the digital photogrammetry software for accurate and

Haye KestelooSep 22

Commercial Drone Alliance

Update from White House and Commercial Drone Alliance

Lisa Ellman, Executive Director of the Commercial Drone Alliance at the Commercial UAV EXPO 2020, Michael Kratsios, White House

Haye KestelooSep 22

Industry

Daily Drone News – Monday September 21, 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 email going forward, be sure to subscribe using the form below.

Haye KestelooSep 21