‘Drone Jesus’ Joins Autel Robotics

Autel Robotics announced today that Jon McBride — affectionately known as “Drone Jesus” — will be joining its team as Director of Training starting July. A 20-year veteran of the industry, McBride has made a name for himself by sharing his honest opinions and expertise through training videos, online forums, and workshops. He will be coming to Autel from Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems, where he used that honesty to help pair ...

Walmart Invests in DroneUp, the Nationwide On-Demand Drone Delivery Provider

CEO and President of Walmart’s U.S. business, John Furner, released the following memo early Thursday morning:In our ongoing effort to get customers the items they want, and fast, we know it will take a well-coordinated network of delivery solutions that span the streets, sidewalks and skies. Some of these solutions are still emerging but they’re already showing encouraging results.Last year, we partnered with DroneUp, a ...

Digiland and Airwayz form strategic partnership to advance drone fleet management

AI-based Flight System and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM or “U-space”) specialist Airwayz Drones Ltd has announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Digiland Pte Ltd: a financing, operations, technology, security and governance provider based in Singapore. Collectively, the parties are to advance ready-to-deploy drone fleet management solutions and services – the first in the world with Artificial Intelligence – ...

“Remotely Flying Drones Anywhere” is Defined as the Core Business Strategy for the Enterprise Segment of Red Cat Holdings

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. , a hardware enabled software provider to the drone industry, announced that the core business strategy for its Enterprise segment would be "Remotely Flying Drones Anywhere." This strategy reflects a further leadership decision by Dr. Allan Evans, its newly appointed Chief Operating Officer."Enterprise customers require not only drones but robust software for fleet and flight management," stated Dr. Evans. "We have ...

Fortem Technologies Selected to Join FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC)

 Fortem Technologies, a leader in airspace security and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones, announced today that Adam Robertson, co-founder and CTO of the company, will serve on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). Specifically, he will be joining the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations (BVLOS) ARC. Adam brings over 24 years of industry experie...

ANRA Technologies and Swiggy Make History by Launching First End-to-End BVLOS Drone Delivery Trials in India

ANRA Technologies Private Limited, a leader in integrated airspace management, and Swiggy, India’s leading on-demand delivery platform, today announced that stakeholders from the India Ministry of Defense (MoD), Directorate General of Aviation (DGCA), and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA), awarded final clearances for the ANRA Technologies led consortia to commence trials for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations in India. ...

AirMarket with the Canadian regulators are evaluating technology, standards and operating concepts for RPAS Remote ID

AirMarket along with the Canadian regulators are evaluating technology, the ASTM standard and operational concepts for Remote Identification (Remote ID) of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). AirMarket, with our technology partners, TELUS and ASTRA, are focused on empowering Network Remote ID capabilities.This activity is being conducted as part of the Energy Unmanned Traffic Management Trials (EUT) that are currently being conducted ...