General
Public Safety and Commercial
- State DOTs are deploying drones to improve safety and collect data faster and better. 2019 AASHTO UAS/Drone Survey of All 50 State DOTs
- Drones Are Lowering the Cost of Infrastructure Inspection
- Professional Viewpoint: How Drones Overcome Major Obstacles in Pipeline Surveys - DroneLife article
- Opinion - Why contractors should nix 'casual use' of jobsite drones
- DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance
- Drone Operators Share Lessons Learned
NEWS
- The Lilium Jet five seater all-electric air taxi
- Marjorie Ferrone to be recognized by the State of Texas
- DHL launches its first regular fully-automated and intelligent urban drone delivery service
- ANRA UTM powers NASA TCL4 campaigns in Nevada and Texas
- Oil prices gain as explosive-packed drone attacks on Saudi production reported
- How Drones Are Revolutionizing GIS
Announcements
- Yuneec and Mobilicom form Strategic Partnership for the Commercial & Federal Drone Market
- Lume Cube Releases Lighting Kit for Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom Drones
- Sundance Media Group Activities
- ICRA RoboMaster AI Challenge - May 20-22 2019
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation May 20-24, Montreal, Canada
- Toronto Tech Summit 2019 - May 24
For Drone Beginners and Current Flyers
- Want to Fly a Drone? Everything You Need to Know
- Selecting Epic Locations for Long Exposure Photography (Polar Pro Tutorial)
- Drone Laws by State and Country
- Flying in National Forests
- Creating a Pro Website for Your Business
- An Informative Beginner Article
Do You Want to Stay Current on Drone News?
Drone Organizations
FAA Information
- FAA Predicts Future UAS Growth
- Webinar Series – FAA series through August. Free, online
- FAA Expanded Unmanned Aircraft Systems Oversight
- External Marking Requirement for Small Unmanned Aircraft
- FAA Proposed Changes: Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems over People (and more)
- FAA Part 107 Study Guide 2019 - Includes comparison of course providers
Aerial Filming with 4K Camera Drones
Thermal Vision Cameras Explained
LIPO Batteries
Interesting Tech to Watch
- Rapid, Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance with an Event-based Camera
- Lidor 101 - What it is/how it works (by Velodyne)
- Lazareth LMV 496 - "La Moto Volante" - Flying Bike
- Boston Dynamics' SpotMini robots are strong enough to haul a box truck
- Valqari drone delivery solution
- Faradair® announces hybrid electric commercial flight capability from 2025