Latest Drones Headlines
All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Reported Drone Flying Violations Up 46%
Feb 24 2017 // Reports of drone safety violations continued to increase during 2016. There were 1,274 reports from February through September last year, compared with 874 for the same period in 2015 — a 46 percent increase. The Federal...
Drones Used to Improve Safety on Eni’s Oil Rigs
Feb 15 2017 // A British drone operator has won a contract to inspect rigs operated by one of the world’s largest oil producers. Sky Futures Ltd. will deploy drones at Eni S.p.A. facilities as part of a global three-year contract....
Drones Being Tested in Minnesota to Conduct Safety Inspections on Bridges
Feb 14 2017 // The Minnesota Department of Transportation is testing the use of drones to inspect bridges. Transportation officials expect the technology will save money and provide another perspective on how the state’s bridges...
International Drone Racing Association Launches Primary Coverage for Drone Pilots
Feb 13 2017 // I The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) has launched a primary UAV aircraft liability insurance policy to cover drone pilots worldwide. Included with the rollout of IDRA’s membership service, each IDRA...
Chasing Cows With Drones Must Be a Thing in Utah
Feb 3 2017 // A Utah lawmaker wants to send people to jail for harassing farm animals with drones, all-terrain vehicles and even dogs under a proposal that is unique in the U.S. but has gained an unlikely opponent. Republican Rep. Scott...
U.S. Drone Rules Face Further Delay Over Security, Deregulation Issues
Feb 1 2017 // A long-awaited framework for allowing drone flights over people — a key step in the growth of the industry — has been put on hold because of security concerns, prompting fears that the standards will get caught...
High-Flying Drone Market Comes Down to Earth Earlier Than Expected
Jan 18 2017 // Attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month could play around with a dizzying array of unmanned aerial vehicles. Drones that take selfies. Drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras to see...
Newest Big Thing in Drones Is Technology to Block Them
Jan 3 2017 // A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn’t by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky. Dozens of start-up firms are developing...
Top 12 Insurance Trends and News Stories of 2016: Countdown
Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...
U.S. Investigators Blame Autopilot in Facebook’s Big Drone Crash
Dec 19 2016 // The wing on Facebook Inc.’s experimental high-altitude drone broke last summer in Arizona after the massive aircraft hit an updraft and its autopilot overcompensated seconds before touchdown on its maiden flight, a...
Massachusetts Women Sue After Being Hit by Drone at New Hampshire Event
Dec 13 2016 // Two women are suing a groom and the event company that ran his wedding reception after they allege he flew a drone that hit them in the head at the New Hampshire event. Kneena Ellis, of Seabrook, and Kelly Eaton of...
Report Criticizes FAA Safety Oversight of Drones as Lax
Dec 7 2016 // U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few enforcement actions, a government watchdog report concluded. The Federal Aviation...
What Hobbyists Should Know About Drone Insurance
Dec 5 2016 // If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight. Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a...
Facebook Drone’s ‘Structural Failure’ Under Investigation
Nov 22 2016 // A U.S. safety agency is investigating an accident involving a massive experimental drone Facebook Inc. is developing to bring the internet to remote areas of the world. No one was hurt in the incident, which came during...
Q&A: Deloitte Insurance Expert Discusses Hurricane Season and Flood Insurance
Nov 22 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Although Atlantic hurricane season ends in November, cleanup from any damage seen on the East Coast could last beyond the end of the season. Some coastal areas, such as Virginia Beach, were...
What Hobbyists Should Know About Drone Insurance
Nov 18 2016 // If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight. Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a...
Drone Makers Shift to Commercial Uses as Consumer Market Crashes
Nov 14 2016 // The fledgling drone industry is in the throes of change as weak consumer demand and falling prices drive startups to shift their focus to specialized business applications. 3D Robotics – an early drone startup that...
US Robotics Firm Launches Blood Delivery Service in Rwanda – Using Drones
Oct 14 2016 // Rwandan doctors stranded without vital blood supplies are about to be rescued by an important new ally in their fight to save lives: drone deliveries. Zipline, a California-based robotics company, will launch a service on...
Why Insurers Must Pick Up Their Technology Pace
Sep 20 2016 // The insurance industry is on the horns of a dilemma: how to use new technologies to improve their operations and how to insure the risks these new technologies present to their customers. The pace of technology is changing...
New Technologies: A Double-Edged Sword for Insurance Companies
Sep 19 2016 // The insurance industry is on the horns of a dilemma: how to use new technologies to improve operations and how to insure the risks these new technologies present to customers. Situation The pace of technology is changing...
