Partnership aims to enhance advanced UAS operations in North Dakota Skyfire Consulting, a leading public safety UAS consulting group, has announced a partnership with Thales USA, a prominent global player in advanced technologies, to integrate the Skyfire SF2 drone into Vantis, North Dakota’s advanced UAS operations system. Thales selected the Skyfire SF2 for its versatility […]
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New Drone Legislation Targets Chinese Imports While Supporting First Responders DRONELIFE is presents this guest post by Matt Sloane, the Founder and CEO of Skyfire Consulting. As a consulting firm specializing in helping public safety departments, Sloane offers his thoughts on the “Drones for First Responders Act” introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday. […]
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Boosting the Skies: Drone Industry Celebrates FAA Reauthorization Bill By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill (The following is the first in a series of articles on how the recent passage of the bill to reauthorize the FAA positively impacts the drone and eVTOL industries.) In a move expected to dramatically boost the growth of commercial […]
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Industry Perspectives on the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 *Stay tuned for a DRONELIFE exclusive series, explaining FAA Reauthorization for the drone industry The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 today with a strong bipartisan vote of 387 – 26. This decision follows a similarly overwhelming approval […]
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Advancing Aviation and Innovation: Port San Antonio Launches Construction of State-of-the-Art eVTOL Vertiport By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Port San Antonio, located on the site of the former Kelly Air Force Base, plans to build a state-of-the-art vertiport for housing and deploying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of a $100 million airfield renovation […]
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A Strategic Alliance: High Eye and Dutch Navy Partner on Advanced UAV Deployment In a recent announcement, High Eye revealed it has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Navy for its Airboxer VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). This decision comes after a comprehensive evaluation of maritime VTOL UAV systems, leading […]
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Advanced discussions with the French government could lead to new job opportunities and bolster the nation’s export capacity. Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM), a leading developer of all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jets, has announced ongoing discussions with the French government regarding the expansion of its production capacity into France. This strategic move aims to […]
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Addressing the Future of Combat: Overcoming Interoperability, Capability Gaps, and Countermeasures in Drone Warfare During a detailed briefing on May 13, 2024, titled “Drone Warfare: NATO, Ukraine, Israel, and the Red Sea,” hosted by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), leading defense experts gathered to discuss the critical challenges of integrating drones into modern […]
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U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman tours RapidFlight’s Virginia facility, highlighting scalable drone solutions vital for modern military strategies Virginia-based unmanned aerial systems developer RapidFlight recently announced they had received a visit from U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA1), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to their Manassas headquarters. Over a more than two-hour-long tour, RapidFlight […]
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Update: Thursday May 9 the Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization Bill as outlined below. The U.S. Senate has voted 84-13 to invoke cloture on the FAA Reauthorization Cantwell-Cruz substitute amendment, as modified to H.R. 3935 – the House version of the FAA Reauthorization Bill. Cloture is a motion to limit debate and move forward towards […]
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