Volocopter’s VoloConnect Aircraft Completes First Flight by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby The UP.Summit saw urban air mobility (UAM) leader Volocopter announce that its VoloConnect fixed-winged passenger aircraft completed its first flight this past May, making Volocopter the world’s first and only eVTOL (electric… Read More »VoloConnect First Flight: Volocopter eVTOL Travels Further and Faster
Sightec’s NavSight AI-powered computer vision solution adds visual situational awareness and GPS-free, vision-based navigation to ParaZero SafeAir autonomous parachute recovery systems, ensuring increased safety in virtually any operational environment and offering a benchmark solution for enhanced mission containment and ground risk mitigation. Continue reading below… Read More »ParaZero and Sightec: Using Vision-Based Navigation to Increase Safety in Autonomous Drone Missions
Zipline Unveils New Acoustic-Based Detect and Avoid Technology by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby This week, instant logistics leader Zipline revealed a first-of-its-kind new Detection and Avoidance (DAA) system utilizing onboard acoustic-based technology. Continue reading below or listen: DroneLife · Zipline – Introduces –… Read More »Zipline Reveals Acoustic-Based Detect and Avoid Technology: Is This the Holy Grail for Drone Tech?
Drones equipped with high resolution lenses are a powerful tool in the fight to protect wildlife around the world. Here, Yasuo Baba of Sony Digital Imaging gives us the specifics of the project between Quantum-Systems and Wilderness International. The following is a guest post by… Read More »Drones and High Resolution Lenses Protect Wildlife Around the World: Quantum Systems and Wilderness International in Peru
Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the drone news of the week, June 3. Click on the links below to read or listen to each story in full. Continue reading below or listen: DroneLife · DRONELIFE – News… Read More »DRONELIFE News of the Week, June 3: All the Headlines in One Place, Read or Listen
Data-Driven Risk Management Insights – SkyWatch Drone Insurance Top 3 Trend Lists By: Dawn Zoldi As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This concept applies to drone operations today. Continue reading below or listen: DroneLife · Skywatch – Drone… Read More »Skywatch Drone Insurance on Top Industry Trends – and Drone Bonks, Dips, and Disappearances
Live on Monday, June 6 at 11:00 AM EST! If you’ve loved the Dawn of Drones podcasts on DRONELIFE, you won’t want to miss Dawn Zoldi and Michael Pehel’s two new offerings: Full Crew and Full TILT. Hosted independently, these new podcasts move beyond drones… Read More »Check Out Dawn’s New Podcasts! Full Crew Launches on Monday with Romeo Durscher and DRONELIFE’s Miriam McNabb
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) published an updated Blue sUAS list this week. Continue reading below or listen: DroneLife · DIU – Announces – Updated – Blue – SUAS –… Read More »DIU Announces Updated Blue sUAS List: 4 New Drones Added
AT&T Advances 5G Coverage with Flying COW Drones by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby This past April, the AT&T drone team took to a field in rural Missouri to test its new Flying COW® (Cell on Wings), marking the first time AT&T has transmitted… Read More »AT&T’s Flying COW® Drones: The Mobile 5G Hotspot
Zipline Launches Medical Drone Deliveries in Nigeria by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby June 3, instant logistics leader Zipline carried out its first series of drone deliveries in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, completing its integration with local health systems and regulatory authorities. Continue reading below… Read More »Zipline in Nigeria: Medical Drone Delivery Offers “Instant Logistics”