Ford has filed a patent for a drone system integrated into a car- one that could provide emergency services, lights, security, or more. On the commercial side, drones have been paired with... Read more
The Drone Racing League (DRL) has unveiled RacerAI, an autonomous (and slightly disconcerting) racing drone. RacerAI is the first autonomous drone designed to take on and defeat human pilots... Read more
The Blue Ribbon Task Force report on UAS mitigation at airports has been published – and its conclusions are disconcerting. According to the report, a lack of government leadership, a... Read more
UPS and the FAA announced that UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. has received a full Part 135 Standard certification to operate a drone airline. There are four categories of Part 135... Read more
Talk to any science fiction fan about drones and they’ll tell you that our favorite flying robots aren’t just useful tools in agriculture and construction. They are the inevitabl... Read more
Last month we reported that a group of environmental activists in London were planning to exploit a safety loophole at Heathrow airport, grounding flights as part of a protest against the ai... Read more
The drone industry’s leading manufacturer, DJI, and French aerial data management company, Delair, have today announced plans to collaborate on enterprise solutions for visual data col... Read more
We had the opportunity to listen to Jackie Dujmovic, President of the Australian drone systems specialists Hover, at Interdrone last week. This is one we had to share – an inspiring s... Read more
In the UK, much has been made about the sharp rise in ‘near-misses’ between drones and manned aircraft. It’s highly likely that yes, the growing number of drones in the sky... Read more
As Hurricane Dorian careens toward the Southeastern Seaboard, emergency officials are ramping up safety measures and prepping for the aftermath of the now-Category 5 storm. And drones contin... Read more
As Hurricane Dorian bears down on Florida, DJI is urging authorized pilots to begin preparations for post-storm operations. For regular DJI pilots, the manufacturer has asked that all FAA gu... Read more
The Skydio 2 is coming, and the more teasers we see from the California manufacturer, the more excited we get for the launch. In July we reported that a new Skydio drone is coming this Fall.... Read more
This is not a very serious article about commercial drones. But one of the best things about drone journalism (and who even knew that was a job when I graduated? Not me!) is that sometimes... Read more
SkyPixel and DJI are launching a $50k short film contest. The competition calls for 3-minute entries from gimbal users across three different categories. Entrants can use any gimbal or camer... Read more