Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week ending August 11, 2023. Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · Drone - News - Of - The - WeekAustralian Surf Life Savers Trials AI-Powered, Long Range Search and Rescue Drones Due to the assistance of drone training … [Read more...] about Drone News of the Week Ending August 11: DRONELIFE Headlines, All in One Place to Read or Listen
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AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems: Tethered Sensor Systems, Flight Autonomy Solutions
AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby AeroVironment [NASDAQ:AVAV] is one of the holdings in the AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF [NYSE ARCA:UAV], the only ETF dedicated to the drone economy. The AdvisorShares Drone Technology ETF is a thematic investment strategy seeking to capture the growth opportunities in drones and … [Read more...] about AeroVironment Acquires Planck Aerosystems: Tethered Sensor Systems, Flight Autonomy Solutions
Black Swift Demonstrates sUAS System for Land Surveys at Extreme Altitudes
Black Swift Technologies (BST) is a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder that develops turnkey drone surveying systems. They recently conducted a successful survey of deploying a drone at extreme altitudes to capture and deliver geo-referenced digital aerial images. It was an autonomous flight that enabled detailed actionable information to be obtained cost-effectively … [Read more...] about Black Swift Demonstrates sUAS System for Land Surveys at Extreme Altitudes
An Introduction to Journo-Drones
(Source: Washington Post) Small unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, open up new possibilities for many industries, including journalism. We begin our exploration of the legal landscape of drones by looking at their uses for news gathering. Drones are looming on the horizon these days: lurking on the border, looking for missing children and delivering … [Read more...] about An Introduction to Journo-Drones
State Governments Can Help U.S. Speed Up Drone Use
from mobile.reuters.com U.S. state governments should help break a regulatory logjam that currently bans aerial drones from delivering packages, filming movies and monitoring crops and pipelines, officials from a state with extensive drone experience said on Sunday. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lacks rules to govern commercial drone activity, and is … [Read more...] about State Governments Can Help U.S. Speed Up Drone Use
