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Rainforest Seafoods Limited, Jamaica's leading wholesale and retail distributors of seafood, has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to protect Jamaica's territorial waters from foreign poachers and other forms of environmental degradation. With funding and sponsorship from the company, the Fisheries Management and Development
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India’s leading e-tailer Flipkart is thinking beyond the horizon. It wants to use drones to deliver goods to rural areas. The catch is that civilian drones are not allowed in India but the Bangalore-based company, which has grown to be a giant in just seven years since
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The Lily quadcopter flies itself and can follow you at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour at a height of 10 to 30 feet. But Lily also has packs a nice camera that captures high-definition video (1080p at 60 frame per second). The Menlo Park, Calif.-based
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Following a series of tests beginning at the end of last year, Aveillant’s unique holographic radar has proved able to detect and track drones, as small as the commercially available Phantom II, at ranges in excess of 4 nautical miles. In addition to internal trials, Aveillant was approached by
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A fully autonomous, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based system for locating GPS jammers, currently under development, seeks to localize a jammer to within 30 meters in less than 15 minutes in an area comparable to that of an airport.Ultimately, the design team targets the ability to locate multiple, simultaneous
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Following the devastation of Cyclone Pam, the Government of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu and the World Bank contacted Australian operator Heliwest, who deployed Lockheed Martin's Indago small unmanned aerial system (UAS) to conduct a rapid damage assessment. The Indago collected imagery of the damage over a
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Tokio Marine Kiln Group Ltd. will now offer coverage for unmanned aerial systems, or drones, in the Lloyd’s of London market. The insurance product, One Unmanned, is available to drone operators, manufacturers and service providers, and offers multiple coverages under a single wording, London-based Tokio said in the
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CyPhy Works, a Danvers-based startup, is launching a crowdfunding campaign aiming to raise $250,000 to green-light the production of a $500 drone called the LVL 1.The company expects to begin delivering the new aircraft in early 2016."We really have invented a better way for
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The Dutch infrastructure ministry is working on new rules which will enable what it calls ‘commercial companies’ to use mini drones without having to apply for permits.The change, due to come into effect on October 1, means the same rules will apply to both commercial and private drone users.
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The mysterious French enthusiast Quadmovr (motto: Move It Like You Stole it) just posted this video which has already over 1M views since April 25th. It is based on a NanoWii multi-rotor flight controller , has two x2208 motors, is driven by a 18A Kiss ESC , uses Hqprop 6×4.
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While federal regulators are scrambling to safely accommodate drones into the airspace above us, photographer Tom Walco says he’s already taking home a decent chunk of money flying small unmanned aircraft for pay. That makes him a small sliver of a drone economy that could grow to a multi-