Advancing Technology Aerial Firefighting Through Massive Multimodal Mobility By: Dawn Zoldi The United States (U.S.) is on fire… literally. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, this calendar year the nation has experienced 39,955 wildfires, two thousand plus more than the ten-year average (37,675). Thus far, 104 large fires have ravaged 2.4 million … [Read more...] about Fighting Wildfires with Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting
Wing’s OpenSky Drone Pilot App Launches New Features After Adoption by Tens of Thousands of Users
by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian Crosby This June, the United States saw the launch of Wing’s free drone pilot app, OpenSky, helping drone operators of all kinds safely share the sky. Since then, the app has already seen tens of thousands of users, ranging from the likes of professional photographers to surveyors to hobby flyers, all using the app to learn where they can safely … [Read more...] about Wing’s OpenSky Drone Pilot App Launches New Features After Adoption by Tens of Thousands of Users
Former NASA Rocket Scientist Designs a Drone: and it Looks Totally Different than a Conventional MultiRotor
Advance Aircraft Company's gasoline-electric hybrid multirotor for endurance drone operations stays aloft up to eight times longer than conventional multirotors. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill A fledgling drone manufacturing company, led by a former NASA aeronautical engineer, recently announced the launch of its first commercial product, a multirotor unmanned … [Read more...] about Former NASA Rocket Scientist Designs a Drone: and it Looks Totally Different than a Conventional MultiRotor
Flyability Launches Elios 2 RAD for Remote Indoor Radiation Detection by Drone
Flyability Launches Elios 2 RAD For Remote Indoor Radiation Detection by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Flyability, a Switzerland based company with a focus on indoor drones for inspections in challenging environments, has launched the Elios 2 RAD, a drone equipped with a radiation sensor made for inspections at nuclear stations. Traditionally, nuclear stations … [Read more...] about Flyability Launches Elios 2 RAD for Remote Indoor Radiation Detection by Drone
Drone Tech Market to Grow to $54 B in the Next 4 Years: These Sectors are Leading the Way
The drone tech market is growing fast, and recent innovations and regulatory shifts are only speeding growth. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby A report by Andrew McWilliams from BCC Research projects over 80% growth in revenue for the global drone technology market between 2020 and 2025. Sitting at $30 billion in 2020, McWilliams expects this figure to rise to … [Read more...] about Drone Tech Market to Grow to $54 B in the Next 4 Years: These Sectors are Leading the Way
