Drones in America

By MarketScale

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What's Drones in America about?

Drones in America is your go-to B2B drone podcast, presented by MarketScale. Your host, Grant Guillot, leads the unmanned aircraft systems practice team for the law firm of Adams & Reese. Every Wednesday, he chats with leaders, influencers, and experts who are impacting the rapidly growing commercial drone industry in the United States to help us through the complex web of technology and policy.

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Drones in America episodes:

10.07.2020
What 3 Trends Are Driving Q4 in the Drone Industry?
3 Trends Driving the Drone Industry Right Now:Increased Hardware Competition Signals Market ShiftRising Global Tensions and Move Toward Dual-UseImproving Autonomy and Shifting Regulations
09.25.2020
DroneUp Announces Partnership with Walmart to Deliver Covid Tests by Drone
DroneUp just announced a partnership with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics to deliver at-home COVID-19 self-collection kits. Walmart has already been experimenting with with the practicality of drone delivery for select grocery and household essential items, but has not advanced past the trial stage. Delivering COVID-19 tests...
09.16.2020
Shaping Public Perception of Drones
According to Miriam McNabb, CEO at JobForDrones and Contributing Editor at DRONELIFE, drones are stepping in when humans really need to step away for their health and safety. She explained that drone technology has really allowed certain workspaces, such as industrial sites and mining sites, to keep...
09.09.2020
Will Easing Restrictions of Flights Over People Increase UAV Use in Construction?
Brasfield & Gorrie is a general contracting firm, making Hittie uniquely qualified to touch on the subject of this episode – how the potential lessening of regulations surrounding the use of drones and UAVs over people could impact the construction...
09.02.2020
Taking Flight with the Commercial UAV Expo
Grant Guillot, host of Drones in America, was joined by Lisa Murray, Linda McLaughlin, and Lee Corkhill of Diversified Communications to preview this year’s Commercial UAV Expo. With the global pandemic present, many events have been postponed or cancelled. The Commercial UAV Expo has opted to take the event...
08.12.2020
How a Ban on Foreign Drones Would Cripple the Industry
On this episode of Drones in America, host Grant Guillot was joined by Brenden Schulman, Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs at DJI. DJI, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, is an industry leader, providing flying and stabilization systems and more than make image capture via drone simpler...
07.22.2020
Skydio Leading the Way in America's Surge Toward the Top of the Drone Industry
Every week, Drones in America introduces listeners to guests who are leaders, influencers and experts from various areas to talk about America’s drone industry. Topics discussed include the history of drones, new technology, policy and the rapidly-growing commercial market. On this episode, host...
07.15.2020
How Can America Move to the Lead in the Drone Race?
On this episode, Guillot sat down with one of the most influential policymakers in the aviation world, Rep. Garret Graves (R) of Louisiana's 6th District. Congressman Graves serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is the Ranking Member of...
07.08.2020
The Top Drone Insights in 2020
Welcome to this week’s episode of “Drones in America,” a MarketScale podcast hosted by Grant Guillot. On “Drones in America,” Guillot and industry leaders, influencers and experts explore the rapidly growing commercial drone industry in the U.S., guiding you through the complex web...
05.27.2020
Alabama is Setting the Course for Drone Delivery
In this week’s episode, Grant Guillot is joined by Rhett Ross and Philip Burton with Deuce Drone, a UAS delivery service provider based out of Mobile and initially operating in cities within Alabama. Guillot’s firm, Adams and Reese, has been engaged by Deuce Drone to assist with regulatory...
05.21.2020
Why Leaders Need to Implement Drone Technology Now
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Jeremiah Karpowicz, Editorial Director at Diversified Communications, a well-known and widely-respected journalist who regularly reports on the commercial drone industry. The two discuss the importance of leadership in the industry, especially at a...
05.14.2020
‘CSI’ Creator on How to Make Drones the Hero
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Anthony E. Zuiker, the creator of the CSI franchise – the most successful television series of all time, as well by Tom Walker, Founder and CEO of DroneUp. Guillot, Zuiker, and Walker discuss Zuiker’s interest in crime...
05.07.2020
Building a Drone Infrastructure Using UAS Traffic Management
In this week’s episode, which focuses on unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”) traffic management (“UTM”), Guillot is joined by Amit Ganjoo, Founder and CEO of ANRA Technologies, and Ken Stewart, CEO of AiRXOS, part of GE Aviation. ANRA is an official NASA collaborator for their UTM solution...
04.30.2020
Lessons Learned from Smart Mailboxes and International Drone Deliveries
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Matt Coleman, Senior Director of Business Development at Volansi; Michael Currie, Founder and CEO of Fling; and Will Stavanja, Chief Technical Officer of AirBox Technologies. These three service providers are utilizing drone technology to assist with the social...
04.23.2020
Using Drones for Food Deliveries, Social Distancing, and Health Monitoring
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Ian Annase, CEO of Zing; Cameron Chell, CEO of Draganfly; and Ryan Walsh, CEO of Valqari. Each of these three service providers are utilizing drone technology to assist with the COVID-19 relief efforts. Zing, which is headquartered in...
04.16.2020
How Drone Companies Can Thrive in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Michael Blades, Vice President of Aerospace, Defense and Security in the Americas at Frost & Sullivan. Blades’ main areas of research and analysis are unmanned systems and training and simulation markets, and he is widely-regarded...
04.09.2020
How Drones Can Assist with Project Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Frank Segarra, President and CEO of ConnexiCore. ConnexiCore is a nationwide commercial UAS Drone Solutions Provider with a deep network of expert (FAA) pilots, solution architects, and business process consultants across the United...
04.02.2020
Creating Highways in the Sky
In this week’s episode, Guillot is joined by Michael Healander, President and CEO of Airspace Link. The Airspace Link platform is an all-in-one FAA-certified, cloud-based platform simultaneously connecting all constituents involved in legally flying a drone. In addition to airspace safety, Airspace...
03.26.2020
White House Drone Advisor on the Future of Airspace Integration
While the COVID-19 pandemic has required politically divergent factions to work together, this election year continues to be a time of great division in our country. Americans are experiencing heightened anxiety and economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they are looking...
03.19.2020
Can Drones Make a Difference During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
With social distancing in effect to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies and groups are seeking ways to respond to needs without making human contact. Drones may be an answer. Ken Stewart, CEO of AiRXOS, GE Aviation, as well as Chris Todd, Executive...
03.12.2020
How Drones are Redefining Journalism
It was only five years ago that CNN first used a drone to collect footage of an event. Since then, drones have become integral and imperative to CNN’s gathering of imagery, collection of data, and production of breaking stories. Perhaps no one knows the...
03.05.2020
Educating and Guiding the Burgeoning Drone Industry
This week, Guillot was joined by Darshan Divakaran, Founder and President of AIRAVAT, LLC. AIRAVAT works with commercial and government clients to provide UAS program integration, flight training and safety operations. Guillot and Divakaran discussed Divakaran’s history in both the commercial drone industry and aerospace...
02.26.2020
An Introduction to Drones in America, a New Podcast Exploring UAV Technology and Policy
On New Year’s Eve 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Remote Identification of drone users. “It was 88,000 words of seemingly good intention, and 87 pages of common sense,” Tom Walker said. “There wasn’t any thing in there [the NPRM]...

What's Drones in America about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Drones in America episodes:

What 3 Trends Are Driving Q4 in the Drone Industry?

DroneUp Announces Partnership with Walmart to Deliver Covid Tests by Drone

Shaping Public Perception of Drones

Will Easing Restrictions of Flights Over People Increase UAV Use in Construction?

Taking Flight with the Commercial UAV Expo

How a Ban on Foreign Drones Would Cripple the Industry

Skydio Leading the Way in America's Surge Toward the Top of the Drone Industry

How Can America Move to the Lead in the Drone Race?

The Top Drone Insights in 2020

Alabama is Setting the Course for Drone Delivery

Why Leaders Need to Implement Drone Technology Now

‘CSI’ Creator on How to Make Drones the Hero

Building a Drone Infrastructure Using UAS Traffic Management

Lessons Learned from Smart Mailboxes and International Drone Deliveries

Using Drones for Food Deliveries, Social Distancing, and Health Monitoring

How Drone Companies Can Thrive in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic

How Drones Can Assist with Project Management During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Creating Highways in the Sky

White House Drone Advisor on the Future of Airspace Integration

Can Drones Make a Difference During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

How Drones are Redefining Journalism

Educating and Guiding the Burgeoning Drone Industry

An Introduction to Drones in America, a New Podcast Exploring UAV Technology and Policy