Drone Blogs

Two powerful US Senators have just introduced legislation that would compel the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to extend Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) authority to more US drone flights, reducing the need for drone operators to secure case-by-case exemptions and waivers to existing FAA regulations that many believe are hampering the growth of the... Read More

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Mississippi, long known for its hostility to UAV rights, has just passed legislation that will make it easier for drones to fly freely across the state. The new law quashes all existing and prospective legal restrictions on the ability of drones to fly over private property and re-establishes the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration... Read More

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Many U.S. drone companies are experiencing exponential growth these days.  But few have kept the hectic pace of Hayward, CA-based Skydio, a recognized pioneer in the UAV indoor inspection market.  Skydio has grown by 30 times since it first entered the U.S. drone market three years ago.   And it’s poised for even greater growth in... Read More

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Japan is demonstrating once again why it’s fast emerging as a national trend setter in the burgeoning global drone industry. Last November, it was Japan’s regulatory reforms regarding “last mile” remote package deliveries that caught the world’s attention. While the Federal Aviation Administration continues to drag its feet approving Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)... Read More

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Brent Skorup, Senior Research Fellow at the Fairfax, VA-based Mercatus center, is one of the nation’s leading proponents of drone “super highways.”  A drone superhighway is a designated corridor of airspace in which drones can fly largely unimpeded at long distance and without the need for remote piloting,   Currently, a few such drone corridors exist,... Read More

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Women are making great strides in the drone industry, especially when it comes to owning and flying their own drones. But men still overwhelmingly dominate the ranks of drone company owners.  Are there exceptions? A few. One is Manal Habib, CEO and founder of Mighty Fly, a San Francisco based drone startup founded in October 2019.... Read More

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Drone fliers often refer to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) as ”eyes in the sky.”  Thanks to their advanced sensor imaging and high magnification zoom cameras, drones possess “eagle” eyes, spotting small objects from high altitudes that may not be visible to the naked eye, even during close field inspections. A good example of drone aerial... Read More

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Drone inspections of public energy grids are becoming increasingly commonplace.  But few companies have the technical know-how to conduct these inspections within the interior of grid infrastructure.  Swiss-owned Flyability has pioneered indoor drone inspections for several years, earning the company global plaudits; now Flyability is taking indoor inspections one step further. The company has designed... Read More

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Public utility ComEd supplies power to more than 4 million customers across northern Illinois – about 70% of the state’s population.  Like other public utilities, the company already relies on high-performance commercial drones to perform several roles, including inspection of power lines to assess storm damage and to enable field crews to restore power more... Read More

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When a cat found itself stuck on top of a tall electricity pole in an El Paso, TX neighborhood recently, local residents decided to call the local fire department and an animal rescue group for help.  But it turned out that neither agency could coax the cat down to safety.  Several days passed but the... Read More

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