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Questions that Will Ignite RevGen in 2024: Go-to-Market Propeller

The latest in our occasional column on bringing products to market in emerging technologies, by industry marketing expert Amy T. Wiegand: Go-to-Market Propeller.  Here, the deep dive on the questions organizations should be asking to ensure that their 2024 marketing…

DJI Mini 3 vs. Mini 4 Pro: is it worth the upgrade?

Next up in our “Ask Drone Girl” series is about the DJI Mini 3 Pro vs Mini 4 Pro pricing, as well as possibly exchanging the Mini 3 in favor of a better drone. If you have a question for…

Airbus Helicopters to Expand UAS Portfolio with Acquisition of Aerovel

Airbus Helicopters and Aerovel have signed an agreement regarding the acquisition of Aerovel and its unmanned aerial system (UAS), Flexrotor, as part of a strategy to strengthen its portfolio of tactical unmanned solutions. Flexrotor is a small tactical unmanned aerial…

Head of Russian Space Equipment Company Arrested on Fraud Charge

Yevgeny Fomichev, the head of a company that makes navigation systems for Russia’s space program, was arrested in Moscow in December and charged with major fraud. TASS news agency quoted an unidentified law enforcement official as saying that Fomichev had…

Northumbrian Water Trails Drone Inspections of Water Quality

Skyports Drone Services in collaboration with Makutu has successfully completed maiden test flights for a new drone inspection service set to help water companies monitor and improve the quality of river and coastal water. The new service, which combines Skyports…

DJI Mini 2 SE Unable to Take Off (Solved)

You got your brand-new DJI Mini 2 SE, took it outdoors but you see it doesn’t want to take off. Here we have listed several reasons with possible fixes.

How Beautiful is This? The Award-Winning Drone Show from UVify

UVify Celebrates Award With Christmas Display by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb Seattle-based UVify recently announced that its IFO drone show won the prestigious “Best LED Light Show Drone” award at LDI 2023, as part of the “Best of…

Z-RID Lite module: the cheapest remote ID module I’ve seen yet

It’s no secret that the remote identification rollout has been rocky. Whether intentional or not, compliance has been far from 100%. Some drone pilots aren’t jumping on flying in a remote ID-compliant manner out of principle, centered around they don’t…

Indian Navy to Induct Hermes 900 Starliner

The Indian Navy will induct two Hermes 900 Starliner unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the end of February, a spokesperson for the Indian Navy told Janes on 10 January. Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 Starliner is manufactured in India by Adani Defence and…

Chinese Firm Unveils Two ‘Flying Car’ Designs at CES

At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas, it was a Chinese company that stole the show with a pair of outlandish concepts that it terms “flying cars,” though the use of the term stretches the definition…

Turkish Firms Equip Drone with 40mm Grenade Launcher

Turkish firms Asisguard and Repkon Savunma Sistemleri have successfully integrated the SONGAR drone with a 40mm grenade launcher. Asisguard’s armed drone, SONGAR, underwent a series of integration efforts with Repkon Savunma Sistemlerinin’s RDS40-MGL, a 6-barrel rotary grenade launcher. The armed…

Manifold Robotics Develops EMF-Guided Multirotor UAS with New York Power Authority

New York-based startup Manifold Robotics announced the successful culmination of a product development effort performed in collaboration with the New York Power Authority (NYPA) focused on increasing the safety and efficiency of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)-based electric transmission infrastructure inspections.…

DRONE SPOTS IN NANTES, FRANCE

We tell you all about the most beautiful drone spots in the main French cities that our members had the opportunity to film! We start in Nantes with images from FlyUp Drone, our drone pilot based near the city, in Brittany…