Ishveena Singh

Big air kiteboarding is growing fast. When the aim is to achieve maximum height with everything you do, the faster you ride, the higher you fly. And what else can fly fast and high? FPV racing drones!

A Boeing-owned aerial refueling drone has made aviation history by successfully topping off a US Navy fighter jet in the skies over the Midwest. This first-ever aerial refueling mission between a manned receiver aircraft and an unmanned tanker took place on June 4.

When it comes to live broadcasts, there’s always a chance that something may go horribly wrong. Unforeseeable mistakes and goofs often leave those on the camera with a “deer in the headlights” look. And drone manufacturer Hubsan learned this the hard way at the product launch event for the Zino Mini Pro this weekend.

Car designers spend countless hours creating shapes and refining lines that we often take for granted. But Porsche Dubai’s photo shoot for the new 2021 Panamera celebrates the machine’s contours at a scale so grand that you can’t help but take notice. And adding a futuristic, cyberpunk feel to this surreal ad campaign is a photography technique called drone light painting.

The insect world, consisting of up to 10 million species, is vital for the survival of most life on Earth. Worryingly, though, these invertebrates are vanishing from the planet at an alarming yet. This is why researchers are now developing drones that will track and follow insects in real-time to fuel conservation efforts.

Well, well, well, this is a twist we didn’t see coming! Sheriff Manuel Gonzales may go down in Internet history as the guy whose run for mayorship was interrupted by a dildo-donning drone, but it turns out, the risqué flying machine may not have been flaunting a sex toy at all.

Think you are done with CineWhoop-style drone videos? This legendary single-take FPV drone tour of a newly refurbished Jaguar Land Rover showroom in Brighton, UK, will make you think again.

The Great Wall of China may be one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world, but did you know China has been building a Great Green Wall also since the past few decades? And so is Africa? New drone videos spill the beans.

The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Orange County, California, is supposed to be a safe haven for nesting and breeding birds. But over the last two weeks, the 1,300-acre coastal estuary has turned into a mass burial ground for unborn elegant terns. And reckless drone pilots are to blame.

Jeremy Clarkson, an English broadcaster and columnist with a penchant for getting into trouble, has a new show coming up on Amazon Prime, called Clarkson’s Farm. And a hilarious new video released on Twitter gives a sneak peek into what happens when a self-confessed “inept townie” is tasked with running a 1,000-acre working farm.

A herd of 15 wild elephants is plowing through southwest China’s Yunnan Province and fast approaching Kunming, a city of 8.46 million, after escaping a nature reserve more than 300 miles away. And keeping a track on their progress is a task force of 360 personnel, 76 cars, and nine drones.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a drone donning a dildo! A New Mexico sheriff running a mayoral campaign in Albuquerque got “dongcoptered” this week after someone flew a drone with a dildo dangling beneath it next to him while he was on the stage addressing a rally.

Remember that heartwarming, single-take FPV drone ad from a couple of months ago that peeled away at the private lives of Singaporeans? Well, we now have in-depth information on how NTUC Income, a Singapore insurance company, pulled off such an amazing piece of work. And if you’re into FPV drones, or great storytelling in general, you would want to read this.

The Thunderbird Drone Festival, taking place August 13-14, 2021, in Woodward, Oklahoma, will showcase drone filmmakers from all over the world, along with FPV drone races, a scavenger hunt from the air, and a drone technology expo.

Do you make videos? Do you like drones? If the answer is yes, here’s your chance to win a brand-new DJI FPV Drone Combo, a DJI Air 2S, a Peter McKinnon camera bag, or a GoPro Hero 9.

In February 2021, a drone pilot in Auckland was slapped with a $1,000 fine after he crashed his drone into a trainee paraglider. The conviction was the first of its kind in New Zealand. Now, that pilot is appealing the sentence, saying the conviction would gravely affect his future career prospects.

Today is June 1, which means the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season has officially begun. And to get a better sense of how bad these coming six months could get, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is sending out drones to hunt hurricanes.

This month, Botswana became the first country in southern Africa, and the third in Africa, to begin the use of medical delivery drones. Their aim? To bring down maternal mortality by delivering life-saving health supplies to hard-to-reach communities in a timely manner.

Dollywood, one of the best theme parks in the world, is adding the hottest new entertainment option of the season to its summer roster: drone light shows.

This weekend saw Chelsea getting crowned as the champions of Europe for the second time in the club’s history, courtesy of a 1-0 over Manchester City. But even as the Blues lifted the Champions League trophy hundreds of miles away in Portugal, the football club brought the party home to fans in London in the form of a spectacular drone light show!

Aviation solutions startup Airspace Link knows that drone operations can often be confusing for both pilots and the communities they fly in. This is why it has developed a GIS-based digital mapping tool that fuses the needs of both federal and local governments to help drone pilots make informed decisions. And now, the Detroit-based company has raised a cool $10 million in Series A funding to advance its mission.