Commercial
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect wear and tear on wind turbines is coming into its own, and may well be a $6 billion business by 2024, Navigant Research reports. In a new analysis, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Inspection Services for Wind Turbines: Global Market Assessment and
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According ASPCA, every year, only about 17 percent of lost pets in shelters are reunited with their families. Return-to-owner rate for electronic searching and ID pets was over 45 percent. Of the dogs entering shelters, 26% who came in as strays are returned to their owner. Of the
Commercial
In everything but material, Carbon Flyer is a fancy paper airplane. It has two propellers and a Bluetooth controller, and the plane’s structure is carbon fibre, giving it a rigidity and strength that paper lacks. In addition, it has a camera and lights, making it far more drone than
Commercial
Aerialtronics, a manufacturer of high performance multirotor aerial platforms, announced that it has selected Robotic Skies as its completion and maintenance provider for its line of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the partnership, the two companies will collaborate to build a custom maintenance program for the Aerialtronics product line that
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Skyward has introduced its information management solutio n, the first d esigned for commercial drone operators. By providing this critical business infrastructure, Skyward is powering a global aerial robotics network. The cloudbased solution integrates a drone airspace map with flight planning tools and a digital system of record, supported
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Australian-based Locata Corporation has announced that NASA plans to install a Locata network as the core positioning technology for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research at its world-renowned Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Virginia. NASA Langley is tasked with performing rigorous and repeatable scientific evaluation of new UAV safety
Commercial
Gauteng-based ProWings Training is the first flying school in South Africa to be approved by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) as a commercial remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training organisation. The authorisation was issued by the SACAA on Friday. ProWings chief executive Ian Melamed today said he and Michael
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Rio Tinto is moving to expand its use of unmanned aerial systems outside its current mine monitoring and inspection activities and into the wider business. Rio is among many in the industrial sector to turn to drones to more safely and easily survey and inspect their vast infrastructure assets. The
Business
Aiblob, formed in early 2015, is aiming to deliver advanced aerial data analytics and using UAS for empowerment of the society in large. Headquartered in Bengaluru, AIBLOB is the culmination of seasoned professionals with thousands of man hours of expertise in the development of UAV’s, Aerial Survey, Photogrammetry, LIDAR
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While more than 625,000 acres of wildfires burned throughout the Pacific Northwest, crew members of the Insitu Rapid Response team launched a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft into the hazy skies above the Paradise Fire in Washington's Olympic National Park. The event marked the beginning of an operational demonstration
Commercial
A European startup is now marketing a consumer anti-drone system that’s designed to detect and report unmanned aircraft flying in a specified range of airspace. The company, Dedrone, is marketing the system to prisons, corporations, event planners — or anyone else concerned about unauthorised drones spying, smuggling or otherwise
Testing
Starting from September 2, the Finnish post office, Posti will carry out a four-day experiment to test the technology of the future in e-commerce logistics and mail delivery. In the experiment, Posti will be testing a robotic helicopter (drone, unmanned aerial vehicle) in delivery and transport tasks for