A new drone market research report makes the largest and boldest prediction yet for the drone industry, which the report predicts will exceed $50 billion in the next 7 years. Researchers ex... Read more
The FAA has released the newest Aerospace Forecast, and there is no surprise that major growth is predicted for the drone industry. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems section of the Forecast refl... Read more
Guest post by Josh Ziering, co-founder of Kittyhawk.io. A military-industrial technology storms onto the commercial scene and brings with it promises of grandeur, applicable to just about ev... Read more
Guest post by leading drone industry analyst Colin Snow of Skylogic Research. In my last post, Five Biggest Commercial Drone Trends of 2017 and the Challenges Ahead, I used data from our 201... Read more
2009 is a long time ago in drone years – but that’s when Scotland-based Cyberhawk performed their first drone inspection, one year after the company’s start. Since then, t... Read more
NASA has been working with commercial technology partners for years to develop a working UTM system. The program has been successfully tested and is inching forward. But a new drone study... Read more
The Bard College Center for the Study of the Drone has published another report offering significant insight into drone use in the U.S. The Center’s Drone Registrations: A Preliminary... Read more
Guest post by Colin Snow — I believe three of the biggest misconceptions in the drone industry is how fast it will grow, which sectors will grow, and which ones will lag. No one disagrees... Read more
Leading military and commercial drone company AeroVironment, Inc. announced a new product today – as The Drone Girl Sally French, writing for MarketWatch, points out that the co... Read more
Snap, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, is in negotiations with Chinese drone manufacturer Zero Zero Robotics, maker of the Hover Camera Passport selfie drone. The Inform... Read more
Despite regulatory issues in the US, drone market forecasts continue to be optimistic. A new report by the Teal Group predicts that civil drones will be “the most dynamic growth secto... Read more
The Kathmandu Post reports that drone manufacturer DJI is set to expand in Latin America – focused on the commercial sector. The Chinese manufacturer is the undisputed global leader in... Read more
Drone operators wondering how to turn their love of flying into a business take note. Canada-based Recon Aerial announces that their drone business “startup solution” has landed... Read more
Five Biggest Commercial Drone Trends of 2017 and the Challenges Ahead
Last year at this time, I reflected back on the news and trends of the commercial drone markets of 2016 and wrote about the mixed state of affairs ahead for 2017. Throughout the year, I offe... Read more