When you’re a company attempting to get noticed in a market quickly filling with competitors, choosing a name is important. Ideally, you want to go with something that communicates you... Read more
There was plenty of criticism levelled at GoPro’s first drone in the weeks after its release. Its flight time was down compared to the Mavic Pro’s. And it was incapable of avoidi... Read more
We hear the words ‘pioneering’ and ‘innovation’ thrown around a lot in the drone industry. Often it’s an exaggeration. Rarely is it justified. Researchers at th... Read more
At DroneLife we don’t allocate many words to machines that don’t fly. But there are exceptions and the activities of Fathom is one of them. Last June we wrote about Fathom and their football... Read more
Riaan Meyer is used to working on large scale renewable energy projects. “The typical solar plant in Africa is just much bigger than it is in other countries,” says Meyer. ... Read more
Taking a drone overseas is complicated at the best of times. Choosing the right equipment to take, packing your gear up securely and getting it through airport security are all headaches tha... Read more
French drone manufacturer has made a second product announcement this month, with the launch of a new Bebop 2: the Bebop 2 Power. The upgraded model has improved hardware and software, as we... Read more
PrecisionHawk‘s CEO Michael Chasen isn’t afraid to make big statements – or to take big actions. In his keynote address to last week’s InterDrone conference, Chasen... Read more
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have completed what is thought to be the single longest medical drone delivery flight. With a flight time of three hours, the team’s fixed-wing... Read more
Earlier this week a Chinese firm, Foxtechhobby, claimed it had set a drone world record with a flight of 3 hours. The record did not stand long. Skyfront, a California startup, is reporting... Read more
A team at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), a Swiss university specializing in engineering, has developed a foldable, origami-style delivery drone that encloses its package an... Read more
We’ve been closely following the work of Ocean Alliance for a while now. The marine conservation organization first came to our attention with its ingenious, drone-powered data gatheri... Read more
DRONELIFE named French company Delair-Tech as one of the top European drone companies last year – not just because of their time in the industry and robust enterprise solution, but bec... Read more
The drone industry has been waiting a while for rivals of DJI to step up to the plate. Particularly competitors from the US and Europe such as GoPro and Parrot. But it’s starting to lo... Read more