Dealmakers are starting to use drones to help facilitate transactions while observing social distancing. According to insiders, the company Coty Incorporated and suitors for Coty’s professional beauty unit, which can cost up to 8 billion USD, are now considering the use of flying drones across their manufacturing facilities. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Skyward Adds Live Flight Tracking for Drone Operations
Verizon Skyward has announced a new service for users of its Aviation Management Platform, Live Flights, that tracks all of a company’s drones in near real time, from anywhere. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada to Start Commercial Testing of Heavy-Lift, Long-Range Cargo Delivery Drone
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that it will begin the commercial testing of the Condor. The Condor has a lifting capability of 180 kgs (400 lbs) of payload, a travel range of 200 kms and an operating speed of 120kph. The multi-package payload compartment is designed to carry approximately 20 cubic feet of cargo. Continue reading
DJI Mavic Air 2 User Manual Leak Reveals New Details
DJI is on the verge of releasing a sequel to the much-loved Mavic Air, two years after the popular drone was announced. The clues of a Mavic Air 2 landing soon came after images leaked online in March, with an FCC filing arriving soon after. And now DJI has teased a launch event set for April 27. Continue reading
NYPD Seizes Drone of Photojournalist Documenting Mass Burials on Hart Island
The NYPD seized the drone of a photojournalist documenting the mass burials on Hart Island amid the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading
NASA and Partners Work with FAA to Develop UAS Road Map
NASA and its industry partners are taking unmanned aircraft systems closer to operating in harmony with other aircraft in the national airspace. Continue reading
KDDI and LG Uplus to Launch CIRC’s Drone G6.0 and Smart-Drone Platform in Japan and South Korea
In summer 2020, KDDI Corporation and LG Uplus will launch Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation‘s G6.0, a drone compatible with smart drone platforms, in Japan and South Korea. Continue reading
New Drone with Echo Sounder for Bathymetry
SPH Engineering, based in Riga, Latvia, has just announced a bathymetric drone solution. Continue reading





