Commercial
The Interior Department authorized officials to buy drones from a Chinese manufacturer that experts in government and industry view as a national security threat. On July 3, the agency approved the purchase of two specific models of drones built by SZ DJI Technology, a Chinese firm that occupies nearly three-quarters
Transport
Drone delivery service Project Wing (or just Wing as it’s now called) recently won governmental approval to operate in the suburbs outside the Australian capital, Canberra. There, its service delivers food, coffee, pet supplies and more to area residents. Related to these efforts, Wing this week launched a new
Commercial
The federal agency in charge of monitoring the environment wants a new drone that can take off and land on a single spot while still achieving high speeds in flight. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a solicitation Wednesday looking for a small business that can provide a hybrid
Commercial
Delair, a supplier of commercial drone solutions, has announced Delair Takeoff, a cost-effective subscription program for accessing the company’s high performance Delair UX11 family of UAVs and its delair.ai, cloud-based data management solution. Customers can pay a fixed monthly fee and have unlimited use of the long-range, fully
Commercial
Two men were charged on Friday (Jul 5) over flying drones without a permit near an airbase in what is the first prosecution of its kind in Singapore. Ed Chen Junyuan, 37, is accused of operating a 0.357kg DBPOWER FPV drone at an open field at around 9pm on
Commercial
At least 251 drones are held at Entebbe International Airport, pending clearance.nThe Ag. manager Customs, URA, Entebbe Airport Armstrong Turyakira says, 442 drones were brought into the country in the 2018/19 financial year and only 191 were registered. “An average of four drones enter the country every day
Software
Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a smartphone app which can connect with off-the-shelf drones and send them to autonomously inspect multiple locations using coordinates received by SMS text message. Controlling drones in this way could be useful for a variety of applications in the future including the collection of
Commercial
A company that operated a drone in Singapore without the required permit was fined S$9,000 on Monday (Jul 8) in the first prosecution of its kind. The Singapore branch of civil engineering company LT Sambo Co had flown a drone twice over a stretch of road in Marine
Commercial
South African company Drone Guards is moving into the new market of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to secure residential estates and has ambitious plans to employ hundreds of UAV pilots over the next ten years to monitor estates, mines, farms and other assets. Drone Guards’ Kim James told defenceWeb
Commercial
Heliguy, a UK drone provider, has been awarded a major nationwide contract with Network Rail, as part of an Unmanned Aircraft Services framework worth up to £2.6million. The North East-based UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) specialist has been specially selected to supply, maintain, repair and service Network Rail’s drones,
Commercial
To overcome productivity issues common to maximum take off weight regulation found in many countries regarding UAV Crop Spraying, multiple automated collaborating drones are a solution. This technology requires knowledge of swarming and collision avoidance algorithms and experience in developing and operating Crop Spraying UAVs. Another sustainable advantage that the
Law Enforcement
During the UEFA Champions League Final played on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, police forces used Elistair tethered drone system coupled with UMILES Global solution U06 Plus drone for traffic monitoring, crowd control, and global surveillance. The First Time a Drone has Ensured the Supporters’