Recent research from the Mercatus Center argues that drone highways situated over existing public roads could be the fastest way to full integration of commercial drones. The Mercatus Center... Read more
As the U.S. prepares for a new president, industry stakeholders wait to see what will change with the new administration. Here, industry leader Lisa Elllman discusses how drone technology c... Read more
An Apple patent for drone telecommunications technology was published last month. Despite the fact that for several years our April Fool’s hoax kept hitting the top stories list, ther... Read more
News and Commentary. DRONELIFE published more than 840 pieces of drone industry news this year. From drone delivery in the pandemic, the U.S.-China trade war, and new government regulation... 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
How optimistic are stakeholders about the drone industry outlook for 2021? 2020 has been a year to remember, with ups and downs for everyone. We’ve seen drone conferences go remote,... Read more
Next week, November 16-22 2020, is the second annual National Drone Safety Awareness Week. Sponsored by the FAA, this is a week long opportunity to help create a drone community with high s... 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 latest drone industry startup to score new funding is CA-based Ware, a technology startup deploying autonomous drones for warehouse inventory counting. The Ware funding, $2.5 million in... Read more
Drone manufacturers may have a hard time accurately forecasting hardware sales in Q4 of 2020. A lot can happen in a few months – especially in 2020. We asked our audience of drone pro... Read more
Drone industry analysts DRONEII has announced the publication of the Drone Industry Barometer 2020: a commercial drone industry survey completed in cooperation with Interaerial Solutions in... Read more
Today’s announcement about Autel Enterprise Made in USA EVO II Dual Bundles – Autel drones manufactured in U.S. – signals a significant drone industry trend. “Made i... Read more
Despite – or maybe even because of -the current pandemic, drone industry investment continues to grow. The latest announcement comes from Easy Aerial, a leading provider of autonomous... Read more
A recent news article by Reuters indicated that drone giant DJI was slashing its workforce and realigning operations back to it’s Chinese office. It’s the latest in a series of... Read more