In a big step forward for cargo drone delivery, CA-based Volansi has received flight approvals to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in Senegal. Africa has long been a leader in dro... Read more
Drone startup Iris Automation this week launched the Canada Pathfinder Program, an all-in-one solution to streamline the complex steps required to achieve Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)... Read more
Commercial drone provider American Robotics this week flew into rarified skies, becoming the first company approved by the FAA to operate automated drones without human operators on-site. Th... Read more
The latest Elsight funding round of $8.3M will fund product development and market growth, says CEO Yoav Amitai. DRONELIFE wrote about Elsight’s Halo product earlier this year: the com... Read more
The North Dakota drone industry just got a big advantage with Vantis, the nation’s first statewide UAS beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) network. “With Vantis’ unique statewide ecosy... Read more
The FAA has made a move to enable the use of drones for bridge inspections in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) has received a statewide wiaver to fly... Read more
At this morning’s Commercial UAV Expo Keynote address, Commercial UAV hosted one of the most important figures in the industry. FAA Administrator Steve Dickson addressed the virtual a... Read more
North Dakota and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) have been a hot spot for the commercial drone industry since the industry started to grow. With agriculture, military installati... Read more
German drone provider Droniq and UAV-tech firm Sky Drone are teaming up to help pilots better control unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). Under the partnership, Droniq wil... Read more
For the most part, software providers tend to stick to software. Every once in a while, however, a pivotal moment comes in the development of technology – and the software providers h... Read more
Iris Automation‘s latest product, the Casia 360, is a 360 degree onboard detect and avoid system – and a major step forward for flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The C... Read more
MVT Geo-solutions has partnered with Iris Automation in a successful bid to receive the first Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate by Transport Canada us... Read more
Flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is being tested intensively now, as regulators and technology providers partner to demonstrate that drone flights can be conducted safely without v... Read more
Terra Drone, the Japanese-based company that has made a major impact on the industry in Asia and India, is expanding further. Following on the company’s successful strategy of combini... Read more