General
NEWS
- Hollywood Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge that He Recklessly Operated Drone that Collided with and Damaged LAPD Helicopter
- Verizon, UPS, and Skyward announce connected drone delivery at CES 2021
- BREAKING: More Shots Fired in U.S. – China Tech War, Implications for Commercial Drone Industry
- EHang Launches Aerial Tourism Services with Strategic Partner Greenland Hong Kong
- Drone Advisory Committee: Senate Bill Would Require Greater Transparency, Representation
- Drone industry on fire after US blacklists DJI over Chinese government ties
Announcements
- Important Announcement about AiRXOS
- The Drone Racing League and DraftKings Take Flight with Official Sports Betting Agreement Ahead of Season Finale Races
- Teledyne to acquire Flir Systems
- HawkEye 360 Announce shipment of the second cluster of satellites to Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Travis launches small unarmed aircraft initiative, first on USAF installation
- First Military eVTOL Airworthiness Awarded to Joby Aviation
Public Safety and Commercial
- Precision Agriculture: A Day on the Farm
- Walmart seeks to start drone service in Pea Ridge
- The Drone Industry Outlook for 2021 – Optimistic or Grim? DRONELIFE Minute Survey
- New Zealand – ADS-B rule signed with December 2022 deadline
- UK – New drone and model aircraft rules and registration renewal
- Colorado State University - Online FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot Test Prep - Jan. 2 - Jan. 16, 2021
FAA Information and News
- Upper Class E Traffic Management (ETM) (Class E - above 60,000')
- Congress wants to know the FAA’s BVLOS plans within 90 days
- New Members Appointed to the Drone Advisory Committee
- FAA Drone RID Rules: U.S. Department of Transportation Issues Two Much-Anticipated Drone Rules
- Drone Pilot Received $182,000 Proposed Fine - Details
- UPP 2 Demos – VA Tech and Rome NY
For Drone Beginners and Current Flyers
- NCDOT Reminds New Drone Pilots to Fly Safe this Holiday Season
- Drone Motors And How Drone Motors, ESCs, Propulsion Systems Work
- How One Female Drone Pilot is Continuing the Pioneering Aviation Tradition of Amelia Earhart and Amy Johnson (EU)
- Want to go to college for drones? These 26 schools have FAA’s endorsement
- 7 unexpected drone career paths if you want to work with UAVs
- Top 4 Ways To Use Drones To Teach Science
Interesting Tech to Watch
- Patent for broadcast Remote ID awarded to Kenji Sugahara
- Sony’s Airpeak drone unveiled to the public
- HAPSMobile and APB reach basic agreement to develop storage batteries for HAPS using All Polymer Battery
- Carbon Shift: Drones planting seeds from the sky (Replanting burned forests)
- European project ROBORDER tests the use of unmanned systems for sea pollutant discharge detection and management
- Dr Ryan Starkey: Developing Supersonic Drone
Drone Organizations
Aerial Filming with 4K Camera Drones
Thermal Vision Cameras Explained
Drone Add-ons
- Dedrone’s DroneTracker 4.1 can track and identify your drone in flight
- Dedrone Acquires the Anti Drone Shoulder Rifle, Batelle’s Drone Defender
- Dedrone wants to help the Department of Defense protect U.S. airspace from drone threats
- Epson Moverio BT-35E Smart Glasses
- Introducing Dedrone - Protect Your Airspace!
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LIPO Batteries
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- How do lithium-ion batteries work?
- DOT Ruling Bans Lithium-Ion Batteries As Passenger Airlines Cargo
- Lithium-Metal Battery Tech
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