News and Commentary. The U.S. agency for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) flew a military style Predator drone over protests in Minneapolis last week. The presence of the drone has prompted... Read more
Drone research reports vary in accuracy, but they do serve to indicate significant trends. Research reports published recently by Research and Markets estimate Europe’s Defense and Se... Read more
An Oregon-based thermal imaging company may soon help mitigate the dangers of potential nuclear, biological or chemical attacks against the American military. FLIR systems recently announced... Read more
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 Department of Interior (DOI) is using hand-me-down drones from the Department of Defense (DOD) – and getting good value from them. The Federal Times reports that DOI’s “entir... Read more
Firefighters may soon get another tool in the drone arsenal, as Thrush Aircraft and Drone America from an alliance to begin development of the world’s first autonomous air tanker. The... Read more
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, is making a $65 million dollar play to develop high alt... Read more
A new U.S. Marine Corps project shows promise as the next step in drone evolution – transforming surplus military helicopters into autonomous drones. Last week, the USMC completed a successf... Read more
French drone company Elistair has signed an agreement with the DGA – French Defense procurement Agency – to finance its AIRWATCH project, a tethered drone for surveillance and telecommunicat... 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
Military and commercial drone company Insitu announced that their platforms have flown 1,000,000 hours last week – a major milestone for the 23-year-old company. “…I believ... Read more
The drone industry is still in the early stages of growth, but it seems to have progressed past the very first phase of bleeding edge technology and to be moving – rapidly – towa... Read more
Sponsored by MMC. While military and industrial drones are usually considered as two entirely separate categories, the two are starting to look more alike – each taking the best new techno... Read more