The drone tech market is growing fast, and recent innovations and regulatory shifts are only speeding growth. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby A report by Andrew McWilliams from BCC Research projects over 80% growth in revenue for the global drone technology market between 2020 and 2025. Sitting at $30 billion in 2020, McWilliams expects this figure to rise to … [Read more...] about Drone Tech Market to Grow to $54 B in the Next 4 Years: These Sectors are Leading the Way
Drone Research
Telehealth Drone Brings Healthcare to Your Living Room
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new telehealth drone to improve access to healthcare. "Inventors Victoria Wangia-Anderson, Manish Kumar, Seung-Yeon Lee and Debi Sampsel from three colleges at UC collaborated to develop a semi-autonomous prototype that can be dispatched right to people’s homes," says a UC press release. "The drones … [Read more...] about Telehealth Drone Brings Healthcare to Your Living Room
Mercatus Center: Drone Highways are the Road to Commercial Drone Integration
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 research, written by senior fellow Brent Skorup and Harvard University JD student Connor Haaland rank the 50 U.S. states in terms of readiness for the drone industry. The researchers … [Read more...] about Mercatus Center: Drone Highways are the Road to Commercial Drone Integration
Researchers Develop a Drone That Flaps Its Wings Like a Swift
When we think about a drone, we think about raptor wings cutting across blue skies or dragonfly rotors buzzing high over a cityscape. But flapping? Like a cardinal? Or a crane? What a bird-brain concept … or is it? According to a research team from Australia, Singapore, China and Taiwan, the concept of a flapping drone is soaring into reality. Led by National University … [Read more...] about Researchers Develop a Drone That Flaps Its Wings Like a Swift
Black Swift Launches New UAS for Scientific Research
Colorado-based Black Swift Technologies is soaring high across the scientific landscape after unveiling its latest UAS system. Announced at AUVSI’s EXPONENTIAL 2018 today, the Black Swift S2 UAS is being described as a “tightly integrated small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) specifically designed to meet the needs of atmospheric and earth-observing scientific field … [Read more...] about Black Swift Launches New UAS for Scientific Research
