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Around the Commercial Drone Industry: Rare Earth Magnets, Virtual Event, Food Delivery
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (432+ words) Commercial UAV News Around the Commercial Drone Industry: Rare Earth Magnets, Virtual Event, Food Delivery This week's news round up looks at how rare earth magnets will be the next major challenge for the drone supply chain, a virtual agriculture…...
Drones Over Fireworks: How America's 250th Is Changing the Night Sky
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (280+ words) With America's 250th birthday on the horizon, there will surely be no shortage of fireworks shows happening across the country this week. These are a long-standing tradition for this holiday and while they are mesmerizing and a fun way to celebrate,…...
Nominations Open for DRONERESPONDER's Eric Talley Award Honoring Public Safety UAS Leadership
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (174+ words) DRONERESPONDERS is once again accepting nominations for the Eric Talley Public Safety UAS Excellence Award, recognizing the individuals and teams whose leadership is shaping the future of drones in public safety. The award honors Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, who…...
The Insider's Guide to Commercial UAV Expo 2026: A Conversation with the Advisory Board
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (250+ words) Commercial UAV Expo returns to Caesars Forum in Las Vegas this September 13, and this year arrives at a pivotal moment for the commercial drone industry. With BVLOS regulations, AI integration, and large-scale autonomous operations reshaping the landscape, there's never been…...
The Drone Supply Chain Is the Next Strategic Battleground
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1477+ words) Contributed by Dr. Kenneth W. O'Connor and Gerry Goldstein Picture a scenario that is becoming increasingly familiar across commercial drone programs. A utility company expands its drone inspection coverage. The aircraft performs well, the pilots are trained, the software works, but…...
When Automation Takes the Controls: The Coming Transformation of the Drone Pilot Workforce
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (278+ words) Ever since the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, aviation has evolved towards automation. Orville Wright, the pilot of that first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, controlled his powered aircraft for a mere 12 seconds, relying entirely on an anemometer, a…...
Around the Commercial Drone Industry: Drones Seized Near World Cup Events, Waterproof Drone, Oyster Restoration
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (404+ words) This week's news round up features the seizure of drones around World Cup events, a new waterproof drone, and how one drone is restoring oyster populations off the coast of Texas. Despite the months of warnings and news coverage about…...
Inside Aegean Energy Group's Data-Driven Approach to Drone Implementation
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (908+ words) For Aegean Energy Group, a renewable energy development and construction management firm based in Texas, drones have become a core part of the answer. The way the company got there, however, says as much about geospatial thinking as it does…...
Why Stale Scan Data Costs Construction Teams and How to Fix It
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (250+ words) To learn more about just how much value autonomous simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM) scanning brings to construction sites, Exyn Technologies and Keystone Precision Solutions are teaming up to deliver a webinar entitled Autonomous Mapping Robots can Reduce Construction Work…...
As Utilities Continue to Modernize, Get Ready for Autonomous Docked Drones
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (206+ words) Contributed by Vikhyat Chaudhry, Co-Founder, CTO and COO @ Buzz Solutions Getting a drone program off the ground involves more than just getting drones off the ground, and capturing value requires a defect to be identified, validated, prioritized, and resolved. Meaning,…...