newatlas.com — Although electric multicopter drones have many potential applications, their 30-minute-or-less battery life limits their actual uses. The gas/electric HAMR (Hybrid Advance Multi-Rotor) manufactured by the Virginia-based Advanced Aircraft Company is designed to address that limitation, offering fligh…

uavcoach.com — Australia-based drone technology company Dendra Systems recently raised $10 million in a Series A fundraising round and plans to expand its work worldwide. The company announced a mission in 2017 to plant one billion trees a year by drone by using its unique seed-planting drones, which could plant 1…

techpoint.africa — Drone delivery service in Lagos.” “What company offers that service? And is the drone safe from theft?”. These were some of the reactions to this video, which has spread on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok and LinkedIn.

dronedj.com — A DJI Matrice M600 Pro was about to start a construction site survey. The drone was in an automated flight mode, with specific way points programmed for the job. Takeoff was normal. But at about 65 feet above ground level things turned sour. A GPS-compass error suddenly caused the aircraft to return…

dronedj.com — Drones and wasps are being used in eastern Australia to reduce the amount of chemicals used in farming in order to lessen the damage caused to the Great Barrier Reef. The drones are being used to drop loads of wasps that will then attack the pest insects destroying the crops.