Wildfire

Eight years after Hurricane Harvey changed everything, drones are now standard in hurricane, wildfire and utility emergencies. As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica, local authorities are preparing for high winds, flooding, power…

Photo credit: Data Slayer Amazon Deals: Forget the DJI Mini 4K. Get a Skyrover X1 Fly More Combo for $718! A popular tech YouTuber has reverse-engineered a $40,000 military-grade reconnaissance drone for just $120.07…

Censys Technologies and STRIXDRONES USA have announced a strategic partnership that combines a long-endurance, fixed-wing drone built for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations with a fully autonomous docking station. The…

This article from Blue Marble Geographics highlights how advanced point cloud analysis can support vegetation fire risk assessment. Blue Marble is known for its geospatial software, including Global Mapper and Global Mapper Pro, which…

Photo credit: Pilot Institute Amazon DEALS: DJI Mini 4K now $249 (-17%) and DJI Osmo Action 4 drops to $249! So, you’ve got your Part 107 to fly drones commercially, and now you can get paid to fly your drone.…

In what might be the most expensive and boneheaded drone flight of all time, a veteran of the video game industry has been sentenced to jail time and a staggering $156,000 fine for crashing his DJI Mini 3 Pro into a firefighting airplane.…

Manned, unmanned aircraft can work together to fight fires By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill For more than two days in early August the skies above the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth were filled with the buzz of activity as drone…

Photo credit: Skydio Website Amazon DEALS: DJI Mini 4K now $249 (-17%) and DJI Mini 4K Fly More Combo now $379 (-16%) Skydio, the American company famous for its incredible AI-powered autonomous drones, is expanding its…

Snag the 2025 Apple MacBook Air M4 13-inch for $799 (Save $200!) – Limited Amazon Deal! Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. This week, we cover three important stories: DJI’s expected announcement of the Mini…

Amazon Deals: SkyRover X1 15% off now $644.30, and DJI Mic Mini 36% off, now $109! This is DJI’s latest enterprise flagship, the Matrice 4T, and it comes with four different cameras: a wide-angle camera, a 3×…