Drone Blogs

“Scalability”– the Holy Grail of drone delivery companies – may finally be in reach for the Mountain View, CA-based drone firm Matternet. Last week, Ameriflight, one of America’s largest cargo delivery companies. received Part 135 approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct its delivery operations nationwide in conjunction with the pioneering drone company... Read More

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Asia is the world’ fastest growing drone market, occupying a 24% share compared to just 12% a year ago.  China, India, South Korea and Japan are witnessing the fastest growth rates but even smaller countries like Vietnam are experiencing significant spurts, owing to a combination of design technology ingenuity and the sheer determination of its... Read More

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Federal law is quite clear that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  exercises exclusive control over the nation’s airspace, regardless of the state and local jurisdiction involved.  Under the principle of “pre-emption” the FAA’s authority supersedes all other authority – without exception.  In theory, in a legal showdown, federal courts might very well uphold the FAA’s... Read More

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Routine indoor inspections of mines, construction sites and warehouses are critical for ensuring the commercial performance of these sites.  But traditional field inspections conducted by human surveyors are time-consuming, often incomplete (missing inaccessible or difficult-to-reach portions of site) and potentially dangerous.  When drones first appeared on the scene a decade ago, some drone companies began... Read More

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The issue of “scalability” continues to loom large in the US drone industry.  U.S. retailers like Amazon and Walmart that are currently experimenting with “last mile” package deliveries by drone still lack a viable financial mode to support them.  Currently, the companies respond to individual customer orders in a highly circumscribed service area and send... Read More

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Investments in the drone industry are continuing to surge at record-high rates. A study by the research form Drone Industry insights found that investments totaled $4.8 billion in 2022, more than twice the level in 2020, and exceeding the level reported for the entire three-year period of 2017-2020.  Especially noteworthy was the growth in drone... Read More

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A new drone medical supply delivery service is about to get underway along Virginia’s eastern shore where the remote area’s residents are in desperate need of blood pressure medicine but are difficult to reach by road vehicles. The main sponsor of the program, Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital, has asked Drone Up, one of the nation’s... Read More

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Conservationists have devised all sorts of ingenious ways to track mammals and birds in the wild in the hopes of ensuring their future survival.  With the rise of drones, those methods have become cheaper, more effective and less threatening to the species under observance.  Drones can collect data on animal and bird migratory and mating... Read More

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Indiana consistently ranks in the top 10 among US states whose law enforcement departments have acquired drones.  And no Indiana city has acquired more police drones or deployed them for more purposes than the Hoosier state’s beloved capital of Indianapolis. The IMPD first expressed an interest in drones nearly a decade ago, and after some... Read More

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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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