Drone Blogs

A growing number of commercial industries deploy aerial drones to reduce their operational costs, enhance workplace safety and improve their contribution to sustainability.  Drones can reduce a company’s need for time-consuming and expensive ground surveys; they can improve data collection in otherwise inaccessible areas; they can reduce the exposure of their field workers to harm... Read More

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Mining companies in Australia, like mining companies everywhere, have grown accustomed to deploying drones to conduct aerial surveys to find new sources of ore and to maintain mine and workplace safety.  In fact, mining drones were some of the first to be deployed for commercial purposes anywhere in the world. Due to their specialized functions,... Read More

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Add two more big city police departments to the growing list of law enforcement agencies that are deploying drones to bolster their crime fighting capabilities. The Grand Rapids Michigan Police Department (GRPD) announced its intent to buy a fleet of new drones for roughly $100,000 at a press event in late September.  Specific details about... Read More

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Thermal imaging technology has long been associated with the need to inspect electric power grids.  Thermal imaging cameras allow field inspectors to identify subtle temperature changes and evidence of “delamination” – or splitting and fraying – in power lines that could prefigure an outage or spark a raging fire.  Grid inspections are laborious, expensive and... Read More

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For years, UAV operators have deployed a single drone to perform a dedicated mission in a specific niche – for example, retail delivery or infrastructure inspection – usually on behalf of a single client in a geographically limited area and within the drone operator’s visual line of sight. Until now, a combination of regulatory and... Read More

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Landscapes the world over are suffering the ravages of man-made and natural disasters, leaving vast productive forests and farmland devastated and devoid of their full potential.  In Guam, researchers have begun turning to sensor-equipped drones to carry out a massive reseeding of these near-desert “badlands” – and it’s beginning to make a difference. While field... Read More

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Matternet’s M2 cargo delivery drone was the first in the nation to receive a FAA Type Certificate in September 2022, followed closely by a Production Certificate in November 2022.  Last week, the Mountain View, CA-based drone company scored another regulatory victory when the FAA issued the company its second Type Certificate, this time for a... Read More

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The long-stalled movement to commercialize drone passenger vehicles appears to be gaining fresh momentum.  The FAA, alarmed at the rate of progress of China-based EHang, has recently stepped up its approval of prototypes developed by two leading US companies, Archer Aviation and Joby.  Both companies received special airworthiness certificates over the summer, as did ALEF... Read More

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Cleveland Clinic, Northeastern Ohio’s leading primary care center, has just contracted Zipline, a South San Francisco-based drone company, to deliver specialty medicines to patients at a dozen of the center’s local health clinics.   Some of these patients live in remote semi-rural areas that are difficult to reach promptly with road vehicles, especially during inclement weather. ... Read More

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Arkansas was tied for second in 2022 on the Virgina-based Mercatus Center’s annual scorecard of US states most ready to promote drone commerce.  This year the state jumped twenty points to #1, joining four other states that have established an executive-level task force to promote drone industrial development. The Bear State’s latest surge is hardly... Read More

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