Drone News of the Week, August 4: DRONELIFE Headlines and Story Excerpts, All in One Place to Read or Listen

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Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week ending August 4, 2023.  Click on the titles below for the full story.

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Recently, XPRIZE announced 6 finalists for its $10,000,000 Rainforest competition to develop new biodiversity assessment technologies, all featuring the use of UAV technology and drones to improve scientific research and conservation in these increasingly endangered ecosystems.

Archer First Response Systems, Drone Rescue Systems Complete Latest ASTM Standards for Drone Parachute Recovery Systems

Archer First Response Systems recently announced that they were the first to successfully complete the latest F3322-22 ASTM Standard for the certification of Parachute Recovery systems on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). In collaboration with Northern Plains UAS, Drone Rescue Systems, and Freefly Systems, ArcherFRS completed 45 different flight…