General
NEWS
- Former RAF fighter pilots using drones to fly Covid-19Test and Trace samples to hospitals
- Top Drone Manufacturers: DRONEII Releases Report - (Worldwide)
- California Man Indicted for Fraud and Identity Theft Related to a Drone Show
- “Know Before You Fly” Gets Big Support from Consumer Technology Association
- New Urban Combat Drone Is a Shotgun Toting Hexacopter (EU)
- Study: COVID-19 May Have Bumped Consumer Drone Market
Announcements (recheck, many are changed or postponed)
- Surprising stat proves there’s money to be made at drone conferences
- Denmark to establish U-Space – first flight this year
- Aerial Connectivity Joint Activity (ACJA)
- How major 2020 drone conferences are adapting to coronavirus
- Rescue Drone Homeschooling--(UK)
- Air Force pivots to virtually connect defense innovators, announces ‘big bets’
Public Safety and Commercial
- How Drones are Helping with Sustainability in the Wine Industry
- Passing or failing your Part 107 test: 5 factors that could make the difference
- Surveillance Camera Commissioner awards Crowded Space Drones first private sector certificate of compliance
- ANSI releases user survey on use of standardization roadmap for UAS
- A Deep Insider’s Look at a Rugged Terrain Mission to Investigate a Helicopter Crash with Drones
- No Federal Funds for DJI Drones: DOJ Makes the Ban Official, but Some Federal Agencies May Suffer
FAA Information and News
- How to get a Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate if you already hold a Part 141 certificate
- FAA Survey - Questionnaire of Recreational/Model Registrations
- FAA UAS Symposium - Episode II August 18-19
- Federal Aviation Administration announces its policy for the type certification of certain unmanned aircraft systems as a special class of aircraft
- Proposed Remote ID Rule: Drone Industry Stakeholders Urge FAA to Make Essential Changes
- UTM Pilot Program Phase 2 set to launch with two FAA test sites
For Drone Beginners and Current Flyers
- 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
- Drone Fishing – Learning to Fly - (Very basic)
- Virtual drone summer camp is the hottest drone industry trend of 2020
Interesting Tech to Watch
- Landing in moving vehicles in GNSS denied environments
- Stratospheric Platforms Limited announces successful demonstration of high-speed connectivity from the stratosphere into a live telecommunications network
- Autonomous Drone Flights Operated from Half a World Away: Emesent is Making History
- DroneDeploy’s new 360 Walkthrough product signals move outside drone industry
- XAG Recognised for Sustainability Innovation in Tackling Rural Ageing at 2020 Reuters Responsible Business Awards
- IQ Motion Control - Ultimate Drone Motor Module
Drone Security
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
- How long do LiPo batteries last, and how do I know if an old LiPo battery is safe to use?
- LiPo Battery Basics--Storage
- How do lithium-ion batteries work?
- DOT Ruling Bans Lithium-Ion Batteries As Passenger Airlines Cargo
- Lithium-Metal Battery Tech
- When LIPOs Go Wrong