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Freedom Drone Sports, World Air Sports Federation Formalizing Giant Drone Racing

Freedom Drone Sports is attempting to further solidify giant drone racing across the globe, recently signing a memorandum of understanding with the FAI (World Air Sports Federation), which is responsible for sanctioning air competition internationally.  Through the new collaboration, the two organizations will be working together to develop drone racing with the non-traditional sport still in […]

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Australian Startup Wants To Build Formula One Equivalent For ‘Live’ Giant Drone Racing

Chris Ballard wants to build the Formula 1 equivalent for “live” giant drone racing. The founder of Australian startup Freedom Class Giant Drone Racing mentioned that motorsport nearly a dozen times during an interview earlier this week, stating that drone racing is “born into the digital age.” For Freedom Class, we’re not talking traditional drone sizes. We’re talking about […]

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Drone Racing League CEO Nicholas Horbaczewski: We’re A Technology Company

NEW YORK — At its core, the Drone Racing League is a technology company, commented Nicholas Horbaczewski about the 18-month-old sports property. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer described that when his now 19-member staff — 10 of which are full-time drone engineers and technologists who maintain the league’s 350-drone fleet — began the DRL journey, technology didn’t […]

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The Top 5 Sports Technology Gift Ideas For 2016

We are in the final stretch of the 2016 Holiday season and what better way to show your affection for a spouse or young child than the last-minute purchase of the latest and greatest technological product? We narrowed down the dozens of new products on the market to the top five sports technology five, which include […]

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Drone Racing League Announces First Major Partnership With Bud Light

The newest form of non-traditional sports entertainment to hit the ESPN airwaves locked in its first major partnership with Bud Light earlier this week. The Drone Racing League, which is in the midst of Season 1 as part of its current broadcast deal with the Worldwide Leader, will see Bud Light sponsor the 2017 Bud Light […]

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