Helsinki is launching a week-long drone transport pilot in November, testing regular deliveries of healthcare supplies across a seven-kilometer urban route. The pilot aims to explore how unmanned aircraft could support both routine medical deliveries and crisis response scenarios. Pilot Overview The flights are scheduled between October 29 and November 7, 2025, with operations several […]
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Fog, near-darkness, and colored lights create a nightclub-like atmosphere in Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) drone testing area. As a palm-sized drone hovers through artificial smoke and snow, it approaches a plexiglass wall autonomously and turns back, all without a single camera. This is the PeAR Bat, a revolutionary bio-inspired drone that “sees” the world through […]
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A groundbreaking digital preservation project has created the most comprehensive 3D map of Alcatraz Island ever produced, combining cutting-edge drone technology, artificial intelligence, and reality capture systems to document one of America’s most notorious historical sites. Pete Kelsey, founder of VCTO Labs, presented the remarkable achievements of this ambitious project at Intergeo 2025 in Frankfurt, […]
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California-based ultra long range drone developer Kraus Hamdani Aerospace recently announced that its fully electric K1000ULE UAS has been added to both the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit Blue UAS Cleared List and the Blue UAS Select List, the government’s trusted roster of drones validated as secure, NDAA-compliant, and ready for immediate procurement. […]
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FRadio frequency over fiber provider Optical Zonu Corporation announced a new partnership with Strategic Logix, a leading military procurement organization, to provide a custom fiber-controlled architecture for their Rapid Reconfigurable Systems Line (RRSL) of configurable military drones. Modular Drone Ecosystem Battlefield conditions across the world have demonstrated a need for cost-effective drone solutions. The RRSL […]
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American aviation communications company uAvionix recently announced a partnership with drone automation platform VOTIX that will see the integration of uAvionix’s FlightLine ADS-B data service into the VOTIX platform. This new integration will deliver real time Detect and Avoid (DAA) data to VOTIX users across a range of mission sets including public safety and AAM […]
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Successful deployment highlights uncrewed surface vehicle performance and integration Saildrone, a global leader in maritime autonomy, has completed a significant demonstration as part of NATO Task Force X’s multi-domain exercise in the Baltic Sea. The deployment showcased the reliability and versatility of the Saildrone Voyager uncrewed service vehicle as a naval drone. From June 16 to […]
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Skydio CEO Highlights Challenges in Competing with China Adam Bry, CEO of Skydio, Inc., provided crucial insights during his testimony this morning before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. His testimony was part of the presentation titled “From High Tech to Heavy Steel: Combatting the PRC’s Strategy to Dominate Semiconductors, Shipbuilding, and […]
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Understanding the Impact of High Temperatures on LiPo Batteries and Best Practices for Safe Usage DRONELIFE presents this guest post by Douglas Spotted Eagle, Director/Client Experience and Pilot at theLIDARPros and Director of Education Programming at drone training and consulting firm Sundance Media Group. As the temperature rises, this post is a timely reminder that […]
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As advanced drone operations scale, stakeholders need greater understanding of ground-based surveillance systems (GBSS) and airspace awareness tools that enable autonomous, BVLOS operations: and the terms that describe their coverage relative to drone operations. Here, an expert from MatrixSpace explains Surveillance vs. Declaration vs. Operational volume. MatrixSpace is re-imagining radar, addressing the next generation of […]
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