February 27, 2017
SANTA MONICA, Calif., - AirMap, the world's leading airspace management platform for drones, today announced a $26 million Series B funding round led by Microsoft Ventures, with additional participation from Airbus Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures (the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated), Rakuten, Sony, Yuneec, and existing investors General Catalyst and Lux Capital. The new investment brings AirMap's
February 27, 2017
SANTA MONICA, Calif. and CHESEAUX, Switzerland - AirMap, the world's leading airspace management platform for drones, and senseFly, the world's first choice producer of mapping drones, today announced that they have partnered to deliver AirMap's airspace services to senseFly's eBee fixed wing drones and albris quadcopter. AirMap's airspace platform services will be directly integrated into senseFly's
February 10, 2017
SHENZHEN, China - DJI, the world leader in unmanned aerial technology, has introduced an array of new accessories for the foldable and compact Mavic Pro drone, making the flight experience even more safe, convenient and fun. Two new products are designed to shield the Mavic Pro's propellers, providing an extra measure of safety and protection during flight.
February 10, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DroneDeploy, the leading cloud-based drone software platform, announced today the addition of two new senior executives to further guide the enterprise adoption and scalability of its drone data platform. Scott Lumish, who previously held business development and OEM sales responsibilities at Intacct, NetSuite and Cobalt Networks, will help navigate DroneDeploy's booming
February 3, 2017
After Rwanda made waves in the news early last year for allegedly being the first country to approve drone delivery, people payed attention. The country, with its rolling hills and one of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa has already established regulations regarding drones and become a vanguard of sorts for the region. “My impression is that there
January 31, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. — uAvionix Corporation, a leading Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) avionics provider, announced the development and test of its smallest ADS-B transceiver yet. Weighing less than 1 gram, a dime sized ADS-B prototype module for drones with transmission power between 0.01-0.25 Watts could provide visibility to any aircraft equipped with ADS-B "IN" avionics
January 26, 2017
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence platform provider, today announced that it has enhanced the Kespry Drone 2 with higher performance features that deliver significantly greater accuracy and reliability. These enhancements make Kespry Drone 2 even more ideal for a wide range of industrial applications, including those requiring survey-grade precision, such as
January 10, 2017
LAS VEGAS — FLYPRO, a global pioneer and leader in the intelligent sports drone industry, returned to CES this year, on the back of the firm's success at the annual global technology event in 2016. CES 2017, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, opened its doors to the public on the morning of
January 6, 2017
LAS VEGAS — GDU, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today officially launched a new line of interchangeable camera gimbals for different needs and specific uses. Not only was GDU (then named ProDrone) the first manufacturer to release a folding drone, but now the company continues its drone pioneering by being
January 6, 2017
LAS VEGAS — GDU, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today officially announced that the company launched the Open Platform Partner Program to encourage participation with partners for new and exciting modular accessories for the company's popular Byrd Universal Flying Platform. The program will be open to most dealer or drone
October 2019
