The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA), the world’s largest association for commercial and recreational pilots, has finally completed the list for the Official Commercial Drone for the remainder of the 2018 season. For the 2018 season, IDRA has selected and named the Inspired Flight IF700 as the Official Commercial Drone of the organization. This huge announcement comes nearly two months after the UVify Denver Internationals, Race 4 of the 2018 Challengers Cup.

As posted on the IDRA’s official website, the Inspired Flight IF700 will be integrated with the marketing campaigns of the remaining 15 drone races in the 2018 season. This also includes the Dover Finals & International event at the iconic Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

By naming the Inspired Flight IF700, IDRA continues to build on the foundation created by its three-year partnership with AUVSI ( Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International), an international non-profit organization that promotes and supports the unmanned systems and robotics industry.

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About IDRA
Founded in April 2015, and based in Belleville, Michigan, the IDRA is a professional racing organization that promotes and supports huge drone racing events, which include the 2015 California Cup, the 2016 GiGA World Masters, 2016 North America Cup, 2016 World Drone Prix, and the 2017 Challengers Cup.

IDRA was founded by Justin Haggerty to promote and turn the fast-growing drone racing into a world-renowned sport, just like the other sporting events.

In 2015, IDRA teamed up with the UAE government and Aerial Grand Prix to host the $ 1 million World Drone Prix event in Dubai. That huge drone racing event, which held at Skydive Dubai in March 2016, was supported by Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktou.

In 2016, IDRA signed a three-year deal with ESPN to broadcast drone races. In addition to ESPN partnership, IDRA also announced its 3YR partnership to distribute drone race content on Amazon Prime Instant Video. IDRA also teamed up with DailyMotion to distribute contents from Drone Racing Series and Challengers Cup.