Boston is DRONELIFE’s hometown – so we can’t wait for this new drone festival! The following is a guest post by talented Part 107 Pilot and author, Kara Murphy. One East Coast drone film festival isn’t enough, so another is making its…
Airspace regulators around the world are concerned about incidents between drones and manned aircraft – and a dive into the data found in the recently released FAA Administrator’s Fact Book for 2019 (Fact Book) shows why. Is the data accur…
Indoor-drone provider Verity Studios has hired a former Intel veteran to grow the Zurich-based company’s sales profile. The firm recruited Fabrice Couadou as head of sales. Couadou brings more than 20 years of sales, business development and marketing …
Get out tomorrow and celebrate your hobby with your family. Tomorrow is National Model Aviation Day – and that includes drone flyers! Learn more about flying, inspire newcomers, and enjoy activities and events with other recreational operators …
The FAA is moving forward on changes in regulations for recreational drone operators. The passage of the FAA Reauthorization Package repealed Section 336 of the federal code and opened the way for new regulations for recreational operators, which had p…
Residents of Chinese metropolis Guangzhou can soon expect to see autonomous drones flitting over the city after drone manufacturer EHang announced the launch of its first urban air mobility pilot city program this past week. UAM is a low-altitude aviat…
Hear CommercialDrones.FM host Ian Smith speak with firefighter Derrick Ward and FLIR thermal expert Randall Warnas about how the Los Angeles Fire Department uses drones to fight fires and save lives. LAFD is one of the largest fire departments in the w…
Food security is a global problem that requires a global solution. An international group of researchers led by Dr. Stanley Best, Director Nacional Programa Agricultura de Precisión of INIA Quilamap in Chile, is tackling one aspect using a system of a…
SkyPixel and DJI are launching a $50k short film contest. The competition calls for 3-minute entries from gimbal users across three different categories. Entrants can use any gimbal or camera products, including DJI’s Osmo and Ronin series. To ce…
CompTIA®, the Computing Technology Industry Association, is a non-profit trade association which sets research-based standards and issues professional certifications for the information technology industry. It is one of the IT industry’s top trad…