Funding rounds for drone companies have gotten bigger and bigger as the industry matures. A new report from CB Insights names the industry’s top 10 funding deals since 2012. Some of t... Read more
DroneLife recently spoke with Mr Torres Declet, CEO and co-founder of Measure. Following is a summary of the conversation. In 2014, Brandon Torres Declet was an attorney working in th... Read more
DJI has announced the development of a new option for pilots concerned over recent data security issues. The new feature, Local Data Mode, will enable flight without any internet data transf... Read more
The Women of Commercial Drones are addressing gender disparity in tech – and the drone industry – head-on. In an op-ed by the Women of Commercial Drones organization, published... Read more
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has issued new guidelines for dealing with unauthorized drone flights over military installations. The new guidelines would allow drones to be... Read more
A memo – reportedly an official release from the US Army – has been handed to sUAS News. The subject? Halting the use of DJI technology due to ‘Cyber vulnerabilities’... Read more
Intel has come a long way from just providing chips, and over the last few years the company has moved quickly to the forefront of the drone industry. With a series of acquisitions, includi... Read more
DJI has responded to recent publicity surrounding the hacking of its drones with a firmware update. It’s no revelation that the Chinese manufacturer has been targeted by hackers in re... Read more
In an address to participants at AirVenture, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta emphasized the need for partnership to drive the aviation industry forward. Saying that his last trip to AirVent... Read more
It’s not enough that the UK drone study looking at collisions between UAVs and larger aircraft was flawed and seemingly biased from the outset. The UK government is now refusing to mak... Read more
The Drone Racing League has announced that Jordan “Jet” Temkin is the 2017 DRL Allianz World Champion. It’s the second time Temkin has been awarded the title of the “World’s Greatest D... Read more
You may or may not have heard about the proposed regulations for drone pilots in the UK. The UK Department for Transport put forward policy proposals that will mean pilots flying drones that... Read more
Parrot looks to be taking a new tack in its competition with DJI by packaging their Disco as a drone for all users: beginners, enthusiast, and commercial users. Parrot has crafted the offeri... Read more
Why the US Army DJI Ban is Probably Justified
After news broke last week that the US Army wanted to halt the use of DJI drones, plenty were jumping to the conclusion that something serious was up with DJI’s software from a data se... Read more