Drone Blogs

Walmart and its drone delivery partner, Drone-Up, want to make their Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations safer than ever – and just as important, fully scalable to ensure profitability.  Their recently-announced collaboration with Iris Automation could well bring this long-sought goal to fruition. Currently, Drone-Up assists Walmart with remote package delivery operations at... Read More

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When NASCAR first discovered the world of drones two years ago, its avid embrace soon transformed the world of aerial race car photography.  Today, FPV racing drones closely track the progress of cars around the track, flying at speeds of 85-95 mph, providing viewers with dazzling close-ups of drivers and their vehicles engaged in fierce... Read More

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 Drone light shows have become an increasingly popular alternative to traditional fireworks displays.  And with huge global audiences increasingly captivated by these often dazzling and brilliant aerial events, it’s only natural that marketers now want to turn drone light shows into major advertising venues. Lucky Charms – the cereal company – and the National... Read More

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The town of Hemet in Riverside County in southern California just joined the list of small town law enforcement agencies embracing drones to support police work.  The city announced last week that it will purchase at least one specially equipped drone to enhance its accident and crime scene analysis and to facilitate rapid identification and... Read More

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As America heads for another deadly season of wildfires, there is growing concern that increasingly aggressive recreational drone fliers will interfere with public authorities seeking to battle the blazes with manned aircraft and helicopters.  The problem is largely one of public education.  Drone fliers are often unaware that their operations, when detected by public authorities,... Read More

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 US Border Patrol has a new friend:  A DJI M300 drone that can provide real-time aerial surveillance of both sides of the border, filming continuously.  The drone, with its limited battery power, can’t perform this mission alone.  Now, thanks to Volarious, a Singapore-based drone services company, it doesn’t have to. Volarius has designed a... Read More

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Another American pizza chain wants to jump on the drone delivery bandwagon. Seattle-based Pagliacci’s, which supports more than two dozen pizza franchises throughout the local metropolitan area, has announced plans to deliver its popular 13” pizzas in collaboration with Zipline, the world-renowned San Francisco-based aerial package delivery company. Currently, Pagliacci’s delivers all of its food... Read More

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When one thinks of the expanding drone market in Africa, the activities of US-based drone companies like Zipline – which has spent years delivering medical supplies to needy villagers in countries like Rwanda, Ghana and Nigeria – typically come to mind.  But, in fact, the largest drone market on the continent is located in South... Read More

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 Do “drone taxis” really have a commercial future?  Some major companies in the global aircraft industry are betting that they do.  Chief among them may be The Boeing Company, which has invested more than $450 million in Wisk Aero, making the latter company the leading autonomous passenger vehicle developer in the world.  Wisk has... Read More

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Using drones equipped with ground penetrating radar (GPR) to locate buried landmines is not a new concept.  More than six years ago, researchers in several countries began designing and manufacturing drones for precisely this purpose. In fact, in several recent conflict zones, private drone companies specializing in landmine detection – sometimes supported by the United... Read More

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