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Should news media organizations be exempt from state laws restricting where drones can fly and for what purpose? These laws are in place to protect the rights of citizens and businesses from unwarranted intrusions, including illicit spying. But many observers, citing the First Amendment, say the cause of press freedom is simply too important to... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Finding and saving lost or missing persons, including those displaced by humanitarian disasters, is one of the most poignant and emotionally satisfying missions that drones can perform in our world today. Equipped with high-powered thermal imaging cameras that can identify humans in the dark based on their heat signature alone, drones have made it possible... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Will Germany’s Lilium become the first flying car manufacturer to commercialize its prototype? Its investors surely hope so but company CEO Klaus Roewe has an unusually realistic and hype-free view of Lilium’s prospects. While other air taxi companies are promising to have their vehicles in active service by 2028, or even 2025, Roewe believes it... Read More
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DJI’s latest product offering – the Air 3 – has finally arrived on the consumer market. Now, industry analysts are trying to decide whether the company’s highly-touted UAV – which, in fact, closely resembles at least two other popular DJI drones– was actually worth the wait. On balance, the answer seems to be yes.... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Twenty-two law enforcement agencies nationwide have obtained waivers from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS) in their local jurisdictions. BVLOS operations allow departments to dispense with remote piloting and visual observation of their drone flights and to respond to police emergencies and other public disturbances over longer... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:The “Bluegrass State” of Kentucky isn’t known for being friendly to drones. The Virginia-based Mercatus Center, which evaluates all 50 states based on their readiness to promote the drone industry, ranks Kentucky near the bottom of the list at #43. Other Deep South states share Kentucky’s concern that drones could spy on local citizens or... Read More
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In a recent video from Golf Company TaylorMade, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlory, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, and Tommy Fleetwood take turns launching golf balls at a flying drone! The golf pros can be heard laughing and cheering as they hit balls towards the drone. The drone even dodges some close shots. Though it doesn’t... Read More
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Drones have many useful applications in the public and private sectors but few are as emotionally satisfying to drone operators as the opportunity to find and rescue a lost or missing person. Search and rescue (or SAR drones) are an important part of the drone arsenal of many police and fire departments frequently called... Read More
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Another “drive-and-fly” drone taxi prototype has just been certified as safe for road and flight testing by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA issued the Silicon Valley-based firm ASKA a Special Airworthiness Certificate (SAC) and a Certification of Authorization (COA) which allows the company to test its flying car prototype on local California... Read More
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Texas-based Sky Elements claims on its website to be the ”largest drone show provider in the United States.” With so much marketing hype and fierce competition in the drone industry these days, many companies make claims of this sort that are impossible to verify. Sky Elements is surely in the running but so are... Read More
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