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Japan Eyes Tougher Rules on Drones Over People After Candy Drone Crash

Posted By Miriam McNabb,
14/10/2023
The Japanese government plans to tighten regulations on how close drones may fly to people after a candy-dropping drone crashed at a November event in Gifu. Japanese news source Yomiuri...

Why Now is the Time to Bet Big on Drones

Posted By Miriam McNabb and Matt Sloane,
05/10/2023
Why Now is the Time to Bet Big on Drones Drones have been big news – with big market predictions – since DRONELIFE began in 2014.  Since then, the market has gone through expansion,...

How Criminal Use of Drones – and Counter Drone Technology – is Evolving

Posted By Miriam McNabb,
29/08/2023
As the commercial drone industry scales up, so does the need for security solutions.  The counter drone industry goes hand in hand with commercial UAS, enabling legitimate commercial use by...

Drone highways of the future

Posted By Posted By: Miriam McNabbon,
09/03/2023
The Mercatus Center on the Drone Radio Show Podcast: Are Drone Highways the Future? This week, the Mercatus Center on the Drone Radio Show Podcast.  Host Randy Goers speaks with...

Drones Make Rain to Fight Massive Wildfires in China

Posted By Zack Dukowitz,
03/02/2023
Using drones to create rainfall is an idea that’s been tested and reported on, but we haven’t heard much about it actually being implemented in the field—until now. Toward the end of...

Thieves Use Drone to Steal Almost $150,000 from ATM

Posted By ZACC DUKOWITZ,
18/10/2022
Thieves recently used a DJI Mini to steal 150,000 Euros (about $147,000) from an ATM in the city of Reims, France. To pull the theft off, they forced open a covering on a...

How drones are used in different types of industries

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18/07/2022
The industrial use of drones was largely constrained due to technological limitations and high costs until recently. After their continual existence, drones have now become an economically viable...

When Will We See Passenger Drones?

Posted By Miriam McNabb,
16/07/2022
Volocopter CEO Florian Reuter took the floor at Amsterdam Drone Week, the EASA High Level Conference on Drones, to discuss bringing urban air mobility to life and to...

Walmart Drone Delivery Expands to Cover Millions of Households, 7 Days a Week

Posted By Miriam McNabb  ,
25/05/2022
It’s one of the biggest announcements about commercial drone operations in the U.S. to come out in years.  Amazon first announced a drone delivery program in 2015.  Since then, regulators,...

How Drones Have Made Building Inspections So Much Easier

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18/05/2022
Would you ever buy a property without inspecting it first simply because the owner tells you the property is maintained in top shape? Building inspections are an integral part of a routine protocol fo...