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InterDrone Cancels Live Event in Dallas, Announces Immersive Online Event
Maintaining the health and safety of every member of the InterDrone community is of the utmost importance to us. Amid the challenging circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and after having extensive discussions with our community, we’ve made the decision to cancel the live portion...
Episode 54: Amazon Prime Delivery FAA Approval, DJI Concerns, New FLIR Products with Randall Warnas
This week on the InterDrone Podcast we sat down with Randall Warnas, the Global sUAS Segment Leader at FLIR. FLIR designs and develops technology solutions to enhance perception and awareness for drones and other systems. We spoke about Amazon winning FAA regulatory approval for its Prime Air...
Episode 53: Virginia Flight Information Exchange (FIX); Virginia Ranked #1 State for Drone Business
This week on the InterDrone Podcast, we sat down with Amber Wilson, Manager of Aviation Technology for the Virginia Department of Aviation, Scott Drew, Project Manager at ATA and Virginia FIX, and John Eberhardt, CTO at ATA, and the program manager for their UAS practice. We spoke about Virginia...
DroneAnalyst breaks down FAA data on U.S. industry growth
Every year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) releases their updated Aerospace Forecast. At 119 pages, it summarizes trends in all areas of aviation. Typical to most government documents, it is thorough in explaining every aspect of the data that is being analyzed. To paraphrase,...
Episode 52: Inside the latest DroneAnalyst Report with its new Head of Research, David Benowitz
This week on the InterDrone Podcast we sat down with David Benowitz, the newly appointed Head of Research. David took over for Colin Snow in early August. In this episode we discuss DJI layoffs, an amendement which would place a ban on foreign drone us in any US government agency, and the latest...
Episode 51: UAS Education, Standardization, and Implementation at the NCTCOG with Ernest Huffman
This week on the InterDrone Podcast, we sat down with Ernest Huffman, who manages the Aviation Department for the North Central Texas Council of Government (NCTCOG); he was recently promoted to the Aviation Planning and Education Program Manager. Ernest also leads up the North Texas UAS Safety and...
Episode 50: The UAS VC Funding Model may be Broken; How do we Avoid a Bubble? With Gokul Srinivasan
This week on the InterDrone Podcast, we sat down with Gokul Srinivasan, the Director of Technology at Robots.Expert. Gokul has worked in drones and UAS since 2013, has an education background in robotics (unmanned aerial systems) and artificial intelligence, was listed as one of the top 5 founders...
Episode 49: The Future of UAS with Romeo Durscher of DJI and Former NASA Astronaut Scott Parazynski
This week on the InterDrone Podcast we sat down with Romeo Durscher, Senior Director of Public Safety Integration, at DJI, and Scott Parazynski, physician, astronaut, and tech CEO, recently inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame, and a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven...
InterDrone 2020 Health and Safety Update
One of the biggest difficulties that come with all of the uncertainty of the past few months is that things are constantly changing, making it more challenging to plan ahead. Everyone is trying to navigate these unprecedented circumstances and adapt to doing business during the uncertainty of the...
FLIR introduces first dual sensor module for drone, robotic, and imaging OEMs
FLIR recently released what it is deeming the industry’s first dual thermal and visual sensor module for drone, robotic, and imaging original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). FLIR Hadron was created specifically for integration with small drones. The light-weight, compact form factor features a...
Episode 48: Inside the PX4 open source community with Ramon Roche of Dronecode
This week on the InterDrone Podcast we sat down with Ramon Roche, Program Manager at Dronecode, a nonprofit hosted under the Linux Foundation, dedicated to fostering open-source components and their communities. Ramon and his team also just finished hosting the PX4 Developer Summit; PX4 is an...
Episode 47: DoD Invests in UAS with CARES Act, Canada Allows Low-Risk BVLOS Flights, Interview with Patrick Sherman
This week on the InterDrone Podcast, we spoke about The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announcing $13.4 million in Title III investments as part of the CARES Act which was given to AirMap, ModalAI, Skydio, Graffiti Enterprises, and Obsidian Sensors, Canada proposing to allow low risk BVLOS...