Here’s a great idea. The drone industry has been referred to often as the wild, wild west – and just as old time rodeos were designed to test the skills of cowboys, the Southeast Regional …
AOPA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, is lending a helping hand in Florida and the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Drones can be used in a variety of ways for assessment, search …
They say, “Virginia is for Lovers.” For one lucky UAS company, the Commonwealth is also for drone lovers. DroneUp just received a contract from Virginia to provide drone services for all state agencies, state colleges …
Hear CommercialDrones.FM host Ian Smith speak with firefighter Derrick Ward and FLIR thermal expert Randall Warnas about how the Los Angeles Fire Department uses drones to fight fires and save lives. LAFD is one of …
Tomahawk Robotics is partnering with drone provider FLYMOTION to bring UAV-based software suite Kinesis to the public-safety and government sector. The software suite enables “management of robotic systems regardless of underlying hardware. From robotic systems …
London’s Metropolitan Police is set to become the first UK police force to use a drone to monitor road users. Rather than reporting on congestion or accidents, the drone will be used to spot dangerous …
Continuing our roundup of European companies we met at this week at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe is this interview with Ivanka Koster, CEO of Netherlands-based SkyTools. SkyTools is a full-service drone company: but their …
The public service sector is one of the fastest growing verticals for the commercial drone industry. As departments invest in drone technology – and train more and more of their personnel to use them – …
Since Hurricane Harvey hit Texas with devastating results in 2017, drones have been recognized as a critical life-saving tool by government agencies, first responders, and victims. But while emergency services is widely recognized as a …
A tense, 11-hour long stand-off between a suspect and police offers at a Denny’s restaurant in Cambell, California was brought to a peaceful end earlier this month, with help from an Impossible Aerospace US-1 drone. …
LiDAR is one of the most important tools in the commercial drone industry. While it has been around since the 1960s when it was mounted to aircraft, its uses have expanded dramatically now that LiDAR …
Azur Drones has just announced that they have received the first authorization for Autonomous flight in France. Started in 2012, Azur makes automated surveillance drones for a variety of applications – and with automation one …
In a recent press release, Azur Drones announced that the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) which regulates drones uses in France, has approved its fully-automated drone surveillance system. Azur Drones, a French based provider of …
In addition to being the world’s leading provider of thermal imaging solutions, FLIR offers one of the most comprehensive libraries of resources for commercial drone operators available. From two seasons of the FLIR DELTA series …
