The new EU legislation, which will come into force on 1 January 2021, has been criticised for lumping together modelers and drones, and models (officially known as model aircraft) and drones, forcing modelers to comply with rules that were only “imposed” on them, apparently, because of the mass emergence of drones and the new regulation. The issue is, as is usual in such a complex area of regulation, much more complex.
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Sep
Sep
Parrot, Verizon and Skyward have formed an exclusive partnership to bring the first drone technology solution with 4G LTE connectivity to the United States.
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Aug
Aug
It’s rare to hear of pioneering developments in the drone sector from Central European countries, but now the trend seems to be breaking thanks to the Poles. Dronehub and Pentacomp – European aerospace and software giants – will work with local institutions to deliver defibrillators by drone in Poland, for the time being as part of a pilot project.
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Aug
Aug
Even a small drone costing just a few hundred dollars can cause catastrophic disruption to key industrial systems, according to a leading technical expert at an industrial security firm.
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Aug
Aug
A herd of 14 migrating elephants in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, which left the Xisuangbanna Nature Reserve in the south of the province last March, has returned home.
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Jul
Jul
A few days ago, the Slovenian Post launched the first pilot use of a drone courier. With the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles, preparations have started to systematise the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver mail where conventional vehicles can only reach slowly, with difficulty or not at all.