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New Jersey First Responders Plan to Use Drones for Emergencies

Joe Sterling has spent 36 years as a volunteer with the Leesburg Fire Department, but he’s recently taken on a new title – the township’s very own licensed drone pilot. The township is the first in Cumberland County to have …

State Farm Gets OK for Long Range Drone Flights to Assess Hurricane Damage

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted a waiver to State Farm to allow the insurer the ability to inspect damage caused by Hurricane Florence. The approval, received just last week, allows State Farm to operate drones on longer range …

Drone’s Ease Piercing New York ‘No-Fly’ Zone Underscores Risks

A recreational drone operator whose device smashed into a U.S. Army helicopter in September flew undetected into a no-fly zone over New York set up to protect President Donald Trump and the United Nations. The National Transportation Safety Board on …

Kespry Launches Cloud for Insurance and Brings Enterprise Drone Platform to Insurance Sector

Company Advances Kespry Cloud with Insurance-Focused Application, Opens its Architecture to Third-Party Software Providers Menlo Park, CA, June 23, 2017 – Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence platform provider, today announced that it is moving deeper into vertical markets with its …

Dummies Take Drone Hits to Evaluate Potential Damage, Injuries

Hank sat impassively on a Virginia Tech athletic field, ready to take it on the chin for the future of drone commerce. About 30 yards away, an eight-rotor unmanned copter hovered, buzzing like a swarm of bees. The 21-pound drone …

Passenger-Carrying Drone Expected to Fly in Dubai Later This Year

Up, up and away: Dubai hopes to have a passenger-carrying drone regularly buzzing through the skyline of this futuristic city-state in July. The arrival of the Chinese-made EHang 184 – which already has had its flying debut over Dubai’s iconic, …

Connecticut Police Seek Safety Rules Before Investing in Drones

Across the region, police officials have big ideas about how drones could bolster residents’ safety and wellbeing. They could spot missing people, houses with blight or uncovered manholes. They could document accident scenes from the sky. They could determine when …

Chicago Drone Operator Fined $200,000 Over Illegal Flights

A drone photography company that was the subject of the highest-profile attempt by a U.S. regulator to enforce aviation law on unmanned aircraft has agreed to pay a $200,000 fine to settle a 2015 case. SkyPan International Inc., whose website …

Underwater Drone to Check on Sonar Contacts in MH370 Search

A ship involved with the deep-sea sonar search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is being fitted with a drone that will examine several sonar contacts of interest on the remote seabed west of Australia, officials said Wednesday. None of …

Drones to Assist FDNY in Battling Major Fires

Drones will soon be taking to the skies to help New York City firefighters battle major fires and emergencies. The New York Times reported Thursday the Fire Department of New York will deploy a drone to 2-alarm fires or greater …