When the FAA released the Remote ID rule late last year, it left the drone industry with as many questions as answers. What about new hardware and remote ID solutions? How will manufacturers comply? Will drone owners be able to receive a simple firmware update? Will the solution require a hardware solution or significant change? What if the UAS I buy today can't be … [Read more...] about New Drones and Remote ID: Who Cares? You do – DRONELIFE Minute Survey
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senseFly Offers Inaugural User Conference to Optimize Drone Operations for Customers
senseFly, the industry’s leading provider of professional mapping drones, and a commercial drone subsidiary of Parrot Group, is hosting its first-ever user conference June 14-15 at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Colorado. For the first time in the company’s nine-year history, senseFly is giving customers exclusive access to its product management and customer service & … [Read more...] about senseFly Offers Inaugural User Conference to Optimize Drone Operations for Customers
senseFly Brings on New CEO Gilles Labossière from Parent Company Parrot
Leading commercial drone manufacturer senseFly has brought on the Executive VP and COO of senseFly's parent company Parrot Group, Gilles Labossière, as CEO. Labossière will continue to hold his position in Parrot Group as he takes the reins at senseFly. senseFly is well-known for its fixed-wing aircraft, the eBee. The eBee's ultra lightweight design and "throw and fly" … [Read more...] about senseFly Brings on New CEO Gilles Labossière from Parent Company Parrot
Unmanned Vehicles are Getting Bigger and Bigger. Here’s What an Unmanned Helicopter Looks Like.
When most people think of drones - even commercial ones - they picture a quadcopter, or maybe a long endurance fixed wing. But at the larger end of the market, there are new developments in a totally different model of unmanned aircraft: an industrial sized, gasoline powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) craft. California-based UAVOS demonstrated their SURVEYOR-H at … [Read more...] about Unmanned Vehicles are Getting Bigger and Bigger. Here’s What an Unmanned Helicopter Looks Like.
DJI and 3DR Make a Deal
On what California-based 3DR calls a "historic day," the company announced that it has made a deal with one-time competitor DJI. In a further move towards creating an end-to-end drone solution for the enterprise, 3DR announced that it will integrate its Site Scan software platform with DJI drones. This move may help sales of Site Scan, allowing customers a choice of … [Read more...] about DJI and 3DR Make a Deal
