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  • Can Retail Delivery Drones Solve the “Porch Pirate” Problem?

    There’s a new kind of thief stalking American homes in ever-growing numbers:  the porch pirate.  In some cities like New York, it’s an epidemic.  An estimated 90,000 packages are stolen every day by unscrupulous individuals that follow delivery vans around the city, scooping up packages placed on porches while the residents aren’t home.  The thieves... Read More

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  • NYPD Prepares to Acquire a Fleet of Cutting-Edge BRINC Drones

    New York’s finest are about to expand their drone fleet by adding a dozen cutting-edge BRINC tactical UAVs for use in emergency situations, including hostage scenarios and humanitarian disasters. The New York Post initially reported the police department’s purchase as involving less than 10 LEMUR 2 craft worth nearly $87,750.  The NYPD previously acquired 19... Read More

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  • Investor Confidence in the Future of Drone Retail Deliveries Remains High

    Recently-released data on U.S. drone industry investment trends reveals a striking anomaly.  While the number of remote aerial deliveries of food and store goods has largely stalled  – due to weak consumer demand and persistent regulatory constraints — investment in this sector, a clear sign of business confidence – is still growing substantially. In fact,... Read More

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  • FAA Certifies Pyka’s Agricultural Drone for Crop Dusting Operations Nationwide

    Pyka, an Oakland, CA-based agricultural drone company known for its pioneering crop-dusting work in several Latin American countries, is starting to gain serious traction in the United States.  The 6-year old firm recently received FAA certification to conduct its data-driven pesticide spraying operations on US farms nationwide, without the need for special waivers.  To date,... Read More

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  • Getting to Market: Air Taxi Companies Look to Major Car Giants to Help Them Across the Finish Line

    “Flying cars” and drone taxis may one day become the dominant mode of urban mass transit in the United States and abroad.  But getting there will require more than the innovative technology designs and early stage prototypes developed by small California companies like Joby and Archer or by Volocopter and Lilium, Germany’s two flagships.  Fully... Read More

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  • China’s EHang Hopes to Fully Commercialize Its Air Taxis By 2024

    China remains far and away the world’s leading drone design and technology provider. A single company, DJI,  currently occupies 75% of the total market in production and sales; no other company is even close.  But when it comes to passenger drones, or air taxis, China’s dominance is far less complete. Nine-year old EHang – based... Read More

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  • Drone Advisory: FAA Deadline for “Remote ID” Compliance is Fast Approaching

    September 16, 2023  is the deadline for nearly all unmanned aerial vehicles flown in the United States to be equipped with “Remote ID,” a digital broadcast signal that allows the FAA and law enforcement authorities to identify the vehicle’s owner and precise location at a distance. Remote ID came about in 2020 in response to... Read More

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  • More Good News for Two of the World’s Leading Air Taxi Companies

    Two of the world’s leading air taxi companies received more good news this week. California-based Archer Aviation just signed an agreement with the US Air Force to deliver the first 6 of its “Midnight” drone taxi vehicles by early 2024.  The deal, which is worth $142 million, includes pilot training, development of maintenance and repair... Read More

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  • Support for the Drone Industry Still Varies Sharply by State and Region

    North and South Dakota share many qualities in common:  their size, climate and topography, population composition and density, and politics are virtually the same.  Two other close neighbors with a common history, North and South Carolina, are also mirror images of each other. So why are their laws and policies toward drones so dissimilar? North... Read More

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