Wednesday, August 25 at 11 am ET: join Dawn and Guest Paul Huish, CEO of drone operations company DroneHive & episode sponsor for this edition of the Dawn of Drones podcast, right here o... Read more
Who will pilot passenger drones and air taxis? As urban air mobility and other advanced air mobility projects advance, a workforce shortage looms. Aviation training firm CAE and urban air... Read more
Every drone pilot eventually faces challenging environments. Here, a pro’s best tips for flying a drone in the wind, cold, and other problematic conditions. The following is a guest p... Read more
The FAA Wings program has been around for a long time, helping aviators to improve their flight skills. The FAA Safety Team (FAAST) also offers free classes that benefit drone operators... Read more
For drone photographers, selling drone stock images can be a frustrating exercise. Revenue models often don’t recognize the hard work of the artist: for purchasers, cheap sites don... Read more
A DroneUp patent, published today, demonstrates just why the company is leading the pack of large service providers. Three years ago, Tom Walker and his partners had a great idea. What if t... Read more
Along with everything else these days, FAA testing centers across the country have closed. But what does that mean for new pilots waiting to take their Part 107 Remote Pilots Certification... Read more
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... Read more
DRONELIFE has been writing about commercial drones since 2014, and we’ve maintained JobForDrones, a professional pilot network, for almost as long. We’ve seen the painful proces... Read more
DRONELIFE honors talented people and innovative companies of all types – and we try to do our part to promote diversity in the industry. March 8, 2019 is International Women’s... Read more
With the steady improvement of autonomous flight modes and safety features from DJI and futuristic computer vision from the likes of Skydio, you might think that the way we pilot drones is o... Read more
The FAA reports that there are now over 100,000 licensed commercial drone operators in the U.S. While the numbers come from the U.S., it’s an international trend: across Europe, Afric... Read more
The adoption of commercial drones is skyrocketing. Research estimates of the commercial drone market vary from $2 billion to $20 billion: but however you measure it, the market is huge and... Read more
While the legislative landscapes around the world differ in relation to drones and their use, it’s probably fair to say that the demographics of pilots are fairly similar across the bo... Read more