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We'd like to give you some updates on what has been happening here at Sky Drone HQ. 1. Sky Drone Link back in Stock We are happy to announce that our new product - Sky Drone Link - is back in stock and available for immediate dispatch. All orders to date have been shipped out. 2. Support for 360º Video  A public beta version of the Sky Drone Link client software allows fully immersive low-latency 360 degree FPV by integrating Ricoh Theta S / Ricoh Theta R support. Check out this video: In the field of real-time video transmission combined with...

While our team at Sky Drone as well as our current customers have performed a lot of both test- and production flights of UAVs using the LTE network, Quallcomm just released a 65-page detailed technical Trial Report on "LTE Unmanned Aircraft Systems". Their insights are based on around 1000 flights as well as additional simulations over a period of several months. Some key insights from the report: The analysis supports the viability of 4G LTE commercial mobile networks for drones operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) at 400 feet above ground level (AGL) and below. The field trial demonstrated...

We at Sky Drone are fans of The Drone Girl. This morning, a guest post by George Smith was published there with the title Connectivity issues and the concerns no one is talking about around drone delivery. The article appears to be either poorly researched or at least just inaccurate in various aspects. Let us address some parts of it, where we at Sky Drone have unique expertise. Battery Usage of 4G/LTE Connectivity George writes in his article the following: Although M2M can provide drones with connectivity, they can also be power-thirsty if exchanging large amounts of data. That statement is just wrong...

Recently, we our Sky Drone Link product was so popular that it quickly sold out. We are expecting to get it back in stock in mid-May. We've been working hard to get it back in stock and today we can announce it will ship out after May 22nd, 2017.  The custom hardware, Sky Drone Link is using to process video from HDMI-capable cameras, which is transmitted over 4G LTE using Sky Drone technology, was the culprit for the delay. Our vendor from Germany didn't expect such a high demand from our side, which resulted in us running out of stock for Sky Drone Link....

Our Sky Drone Link product was so popular that it sold out rather quickly. We are expecting to get it back in stock in mid-May. If you're interested in Sky Drone Link and would like to get a notice once it becomes available again, please sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of our website. We'll let you know once we got it back in stock.