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Draganfly partners with RSI to access India’s expanding (and protected) drone market

Bruce Crumley - Jan. 31st 2023 10:34 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Surging Canadian drone, software, systems, and artificial intelligence company Draganfly has announced a manufacturing and distribution partnership with Hyderabad-based geospatial technological company Remote Sensing Instruments (RSI), designed to provide it access to the expanding, but also protected UAV market in India.

Eve signs eVTOL deal with UAM company BLADE India

Bruce Crumley - Sep. 28th 2022 2:23 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Embraer’s urban air mobility unit (UAM) Eve has struck a multi-faceted deal with aerial service provider BLADE India that includes an order of 200 of the Brazilian company’s future electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

India’s aviation regulator DGCA warns against fake drone training schools

Ishveena Singh - Mar. 9th 2022 7:36 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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India’s aviation industry regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is sounding an alarm over increasing drone pilot training scams in the country. The agency says several “fake” schools have cropped up across the nation, falsely claiming to have been approved by the DGCA.

Eyeing ‘global drone hub by 2030’ status, India bans foreign drone imports

Ishveena Singh - Feb. 10th 2022 4:33 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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India has imposed an import ban on drones with immediate effect. The ban, which was notified by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday, prohibits the import of drones in all forms – Completely Built-Up (CBU), Completely Knocked Down (CKD), and Semi Knocked Down (SKD).

Drone captures toxic ‘bubble bath’ in sacred river in India

David MacQuarrie - Nov. 12th 2021 11:49 am PT

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India has many sacred rivers, but that doesn’t mean they always get respect. The Yamuna River is so polluted this week that devotees had to wade into a kind of noxious bubble bath to celebrate the festival of Chhatt Pooja. Watch this drone video that shows the Yamuna’s toxic foam.

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India kicks off ‘Medicine from the Sky’ BVLOS drone delivery trials

Ishveena Singh - Sep. 9th 2021 2:52 am PT @IshveenaSingh

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The state of Telangana in India is beginning trial runs for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, medicines, and other healthcare items using drones from today. For this “Medicine from the Sky” project, logistics company Blue Dart has teamed up with drone delivery startup Skye Air Mobility and UK-based Unified Traffic Management (UTM) technology platform Altitude Angel.