Sponsored by FLIR Systems — Skyfire Consulting, a UAV consulting firm focused on the public safety space, recently reviewed the FLIR Zenmuse XT, DJI’s first co-branded product with FL... Read more
It’s a cliché but nonetheless true – where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And, for a growing number of communities, where there’s fire there may be drones. As drone technology continues to blo... Read more
As drones continue to appeal to wider sectors – police, scientific research, energy companies and firefighters – many new UAV customers soon face a common industry challenge: Keeping drones... Read more
Police-deployed drone projects are no strangers to DRONELIFE readers nor to this reporter (see some examples here, here and here). What you may not know is thata security researcher has foun... Read more
Folk-rock paragon John Mellencamp once wrote in his chart-topping, 1980s hit – “I’ve seen it all in a small town … had myself a ball in a small town.” For the drone industry, Mellencam... Read more
As police drone use grows (and grows) across the America landscape, legislators are taking notice and debating bills that either expand or regulate law-enforcement use of UAVs, as well as re... Read more
The past several months have seen a lot of firsts for the drone industry. In December, the FAA registered the first drones under its new (albeit controversial) system. In that same month, th... Read more
A small, Wisconsin town is getting a technological leg up on its metro counterparts after adding a drone to its firefighting arsenal. The Footville (Wis.) Volunteer Fire Department recently... Read more
What if the Human Torch and Spider-man had a robotic baby? Aside from raising interesting questions of custody (Would the Thing be the godfather?), such a cybernetic wonder would be able to... Read more
While some drones have played the villain in recent media reports covering firefighting efforts, a plan to deploy a fleet of autonomous drones may extinguish concerns and dampen UAV naysayer... Read more
The University of Colorado Boulder has been named as the lead research institution on a 1.9 million dollar federal grant to develop drones designed to provide enhanced monitoring and data-ba... Read more
A coalition of public safety officers and UAV industry partners today announced the formation of the Drone Advocates for Public Safety (DAPS), which will focus on training first responders i... Read more
(Source: Washington Post) Rogue drone operators are rapidly becoming a national nuisance, invading sensitive airspace and private property — with the regulators of the nation’s skies large... Read more
While firefighters already have a challenging enough job of fighting fires in the backcountry, drones have made their task even harder. Many individuals with a hobby of capturing extreme vid... Read more