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Drone Industry Insights launches ASTRA Intelligence as a massive directory of drone companies
The company that famously makes the annual, hyper-detailed Drone Market Map now has something a bit more interactive. German-based research firm Drone Industry Insights (DII) this week launched a product …
Read Full Story →Court Challenge Could Shape FCC Authority Over Previously Approved Drones
Hikvision challenge comes as FCC considers restrictions on previously authorized foreign-produced drones A case argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week could clarify the …
Read Full Story →Satellite Applications Catapult Announces National Drone Testing Center at Westcott
The National Autonomy and Drone Innovation Centre, backed by £2.25 million (about $3 million) from Buckinghamshire Council, will give UK companies a place to generate regulator-grade safety evidence under controlled, …
Read Full Story →SimActive Enables Online Sharing of Gaussian Splats From Correlator3D
A new Correlator3D capability publishes Gaussian splat models directly to a connected Cesium account, making photorealistic 3D results easier to distribute and view. SimActive announced a new sharing capability in …
Read Full Story →LiveU and Airwise Solutions Partner On New Public Safety Drone Solution
The integrated stack pairs LiveU’s bonded, low-latency video transport with Airwise fleet management, airspace awareness and video distribution in one validated workflow for public safety agencies. LiveU and Airwise Solutions …
Read Full Story →The Young Farmers Spray Drone Scholarship
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Read Full Story →Consultation on Common Information Service Provider (CISP) and Discovery Synchronisation Service (DSS)
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a consultation on its proposed approach to Common
Read Full Story →SCD Secures $40 Million in New MWIR Contracts as Global Demand Accelerates for High-Performance Infrared at Scale
New contracts across airborne, space and homeland security applications reflect the growing global need for
Read Full Story →Want a DJI drone? This $139 Neo deal is tempting
There’s a point where a drone deal stops feeling like a serious electronics purchase and starts feeling like something you could accidentally add to your cart. The DJI Neo has …
Read Full Story →Bali launches drone delivery trials over populated areas
Bali is taking a small but notable step toward drone-powered delivery, with a new pilot project testing whether food orders can be transported by autonomous aircraft between two locations on …
Read Full Story →Airwise and LiveU want to fix fragmented public safety drone workflows
Public safety agencies increasingly rely on drones for everything from fire response to search-and-rescue missions. But getting a drone into the air is only part of the challenge. Agencies also …
Read Full Story →Your mapping drone can do more. DJI is now teaching you how
Flying a mapping drone is relatively easy. Getting consistently accurate, usable survey data out of it is a different story. That gap is what DJI is trying to address with …
Read Full Story →Prime Big Deal Days 2026: Where are the real DJI drone discounts?
It’s officially Prime Big Deal Days (Oct. 6 and 7)! While most shoppers are busy hunting for toilet bowl cleaner (which not going to lie, has a very good Subscribe …
Read Full Story →XTEND just patented a way for payloads to steer drones
XTEND AI Robotics has secured a new US patent for a technology that could make drone payloads far more than passive tools. The company announced that the US Patent and …
Read Full Story →Smarter Drone Searches May Require Less Replanning, Not More
New research finds that autonomous vehicles can gain most of the benefits of adaptive route planning with only a few course corrections For an autonomous drone searching for a missing …
Read Full Story →Get ready for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 with early DJI drone deals
I feel like I’m just writing these articles all the time now, but it’s because Amazon’s second massive made up holiday (erm, I mean shopping event) is almost upon us. …
Read Full Story →When a Drone Flies Overhead, Are We Creating a Threat Where There Isn’t One?
The Finnish Real Estate Federation recently published an article asking housing companies to consider how
Read Full Story →Second Phase of Medical Drone Delivery Pilot Flights to Begin October 6
Test flights between Munson Medical Center and Crystal Lake Health Center to take place through
Read Full Story →Julia Pilarski on how Detroit is using drones, GIS, and high school pilots to transform economic development
Drones are increasingly showing up at the intersection of spatial analysis, regional planning and site selection. One of the leaders driving that integration is Julia Pilarski, Project Manager of Real …
Read Full Story →Powerus hits Nasdaq as $PUSA: What the merger signals for the booming defense drone stock market
Another pure-play defense drone company has officially entered the public market, giving investors an opportunity to buy into the company. Powerus Corporation completed its previously announced merger with Aureus Greenway …
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