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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the launch of the new State Police Unmanned Aerial System program, which will be used to support law enforcement missions, including disaster response and traffic safety. The first four State Police aerial drones will be put into service this month in Troop A, which
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Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype that will be used to test and evolve Boeing's autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles. It is designed to transport a payload up to 500 pounds for possible future cargo and logistics applications. "
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Drones will now monitor railway projects, aid in crowd management and oversee maintenance work across its zones, railway officials said in New Delhi. Cameras mounted on the DDRO Netra will be used for various railway activities especially project monitoring and maintenance of tracks and other railway infrastructure, the national transporter
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Intel is bringing the first drone light show to the Las Vegas Strip this week with nightly performances at the iconic Fountains of Bellagio during CES 2018. Audiences will experience the magic of Intel technology as a fleet of 250 Intel Shooting Star drones light up the sky, integrated with
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A British entrepreneur developing the UK's first autonomous passenger drone says he'll begin test flights with people on board as early as this year. Martin Warner's start-up, Autonomous Flight, has been building the Y6S - a battery-powered pilotless flying vehicle - to give our
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The Dutch engineer behind the idea for circular runways at airports has revealed plans to build a test runway for unmanned delivery drones. Henk Hesselink is collaborating with Valkenburg airport, a disused naval base near The Hague, which has ambitions to become a drone innovation centre. His design for circular
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Indemnis hopes to put its Nexus ballistic drone recovery system on the market by next summer. Company founder Alan Erickson said the system should retail for between $1,700 and $2,500 and satisfy upcoming FAA regulations for UAS flight over people and in urban areas for Part 107 commercial
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NV5 Global, Inc. a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that it has acquired Skyscene, LLC, a provider of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight services headquartered in San Diego, California. NV5 anticipates that the acquisition of Skyscene will initially add $5 million to operations. The
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Swiss manufacturer Flyability has developed a new drone that’s been tested in the Lac des Iles mine in Canada. Inspecting a mine can be a perilous task, with the threat of falling rocks and unsteady ground. Yet sending robots into such spaces has offered limited solutions, with obstacles to
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At the World Fly-In Expo, an air show held in the central Chinese city of Wuhan last month, jets, hot air balloons, autogiros and ultralight planes were upstaged by Chinese-made drones. Remote-controlled flying machines drew crowds at exhibition booths and performed in tight formation, high above the ground. Teams in
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Canadians expect to feel safe on the ground and in the sky, which is why Transport Canada is moving forward with a number of safety initiatives for drones. Kate Young, Member of Parliament for London West and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, on behalf of Minister Marc Garneau,
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Amazon's latest patent, called 'Countermeasure for Threats to an Uncrewed Autonomous Vehicle', was filed on November 17, 2014 and was published last week. If a drone is stuck with a rock, gun or even an arrow, the system will deploy 'a protective device such as