Although most volcanoes are dormant for a long time, often for centuries, a drone captured a stunning video of volcano eruption on Iceland’s Mount Fagradalsfj all for the first time in about 800 years. Large numbers of people traveled the 20 miles from Reykjavik, the capital, to witness the spectacular, sizzling view. It is not […]
Although the following list is not comprehensive it does provide a selection that will need to be updated as new companies grow in the U.S. market. The following drone manufacturers list includes: Vantage Robotics, Parrot ANAFI, Skydio 2, RangePro X8P, and Autel EVO II, Censys, Inspired Flight, Skyfish, and Hitec’s Commercial Solutions: Xeno FX and […]
Equinor Ventures and the Norweigan company, DNV, join in as owners make a new investment in Scout Drone Inspection (ScoutDI) round of 27.5 million Norwegian kroner or $3.2 million dollars to develop its specialized drones and related technologies further. Equinor Ventures and DNV joined together with existing shareholders, including Investinor and CoFounder, as well as […]
A2Z Drone Delivery and DroneUp joined a partnership to complete commercial deliveries of Coca-Cola cans with Coffee products to residents of Coffee County, Georgia. DroneUp managed the flights using A2Z’s Rapid Delivery System (RDS1) and Walmart helped facilitate the deliveries. The Rapid Delivery System (RDS1) used a tether that drops packages to their destination, which […]
Drone delivery firm Zipline — already considered the world’s largest automated on-demand delivery service — raises $250 million for “expansion into new industries and geographies” including “instant” e-commerce — all which raises the medical drone delivery company’s valuation to $2.75 billion. Zipline has utilized specially designed and manufactured aircraft to establish themselves in developing countries […]
U.S. Drone Manufacturer Skyfish Receives $20 Million in Funding! Investment in drone companies shifts as drone technology matures. In fact, U.S. drone manufacturer, Skyfish, announced $20 million in additional funding, which is an indication that investment in drone companies is changing to reward companies that are providing advanced technology for an already established sector. The […]
Walmart announced on June 16th, 2021 that they will continue to invest in drone delivery companies and that services are to start in a store possibly near you in coming months. The operations are set to begin at an Arkansas store within months. By employing drones to customers that live in close proximity to its […]
Until now the focus has often been mostly around remote ID and their applications when it comes to regulatory concerns, however, this is changing because mobile network operators (MNOs) plan to bring to the drone industry what goes beyond remote ID. New drone technology uses data from mobile networks to facilitate flight corridors to open […]
South Carolina switches to deploying drones for nuclear waste site inspection at Savannah River Site (SRS). Contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, has relieved employees from manually inspecting cleanup sites by turning to camera-mounted drones to conduct inspections of nuclear waste sites at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. This shift was […]
Research firm, Facts and Factors, have published a new research report which forecasts that the drone delivery market will grow at a 53% CAGR from 2020 – 2026. According to the research report: “The global Drone Package Delivery Market was estimated at USD 528 Million in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 6,773 Million […]