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Japanese Firm Tests Drones to Eliminate Wasps
A Japanese company has successfully tested drones to exterminate wasps, which previously was considered dangerous work where people can die.
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Airobotics to Develop Solar Panels Cleaning Drone System
Airobotics, an Israeli manufacturer of autonomous Unmanned Aircraft (drones) and Aerial Data Platforms, and Solar Drone, an Israeli company specializing in solar farms services, have signed a binding agreement under which Airobotics will develop and supply to Solar Drone a unique solar panel cleaning drone system. The fully automated system
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More on Apple Drone Design
A practically feasible Apple drone that germinates from the core idea presented in patents emerging in the last few years and in recent times by Apple. The quadcopter is all set to take to the drone market that demands advanced functions and the assurance of the Apple brand name. Apple
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Black Swift Technologies Marks Ten Years of Extreme BVLOS UAS Design and Operations
Black Swift Technologies, a Boulder, Colorado-based specialized engineering firm, just hit its 10th anniversary of delivering reliable, robust, and highly accurate small UAS built for flights in the most extreme, demanding and austere conditions on earth...and beyond. Its purpose-built aerial platforms support a variety of specialized atmospheric missions, including
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Drones to Conduct Building Facade Inspections in Singapore
Checks on the facades of older buildings will be required once every seven years from January 2022. The aim is for building owners to detect and address any deterioration in a timely manner. The Building and Construction Authority has developed guidelines on the use of drones to carry out these
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Nordic Unmanned and Aeromon Sign JV for Maritime Emission Monitoring
Nordic Unmanned has announced the closing of the joint venture deal between Nordic Unmanned and Aeromon. The newly established joint company, NUAer, will combine the operational excellence and global reach of Nordic Unmanned and the world leading emission monitoring technology of Aeromon. The mission of NUAer is to support the
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Soaring Eagle Imaging and Skynetwest Unite to Launch Soaring Eagle Technologies
UAS service providers Soaring Eagle Imaging (SEI) from Brandon, Mississippi and Skynetwest from Chandler, Arizona, announced a definitive agreement to become a leading drone data collection and processing company with the creation of Soaring Eagle Technologies. The company, owned and operated by Houston-based Iapetus Holdings LLC (Iapetus), will lead the
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Nordic Unmanned Acquires Emission Monitoring Firm Ecoxy
Nordic Unmanned has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Ecoxy, the leading Norwegian provider of accredited emission measurements for the shipping and oil and gas industry. Ecoxy is also accredited to verify GHG reporting under EU ETS. “Emission monitoring is a
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San Francisco Company Uses Drones to Protect Homes Against Wildfires
Firemaps, a San Francisco-based start-up company is using drones and 3-D technology to harden homes against wildfires. The Tubbs Fire in 2017 changed Calistoga resident Bill Dyers' mind about living in a house in the middle of the woods. "We thought that was a cool thing. Once you&
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Terrafugia Launches New Brand and Commercial UAV
Terrafugia Inc. has announced the launch of a new brand, Commaris, and the brand’s first product, the SEEKER, an innovative, electric, fixed-wing/VTOL hybrid aircraft designed explicitly for autonomous commercial aerial applications. The SEEKER has a long-endurance capability with more than three hours of flight time without a battery
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Carbonix Partners with Robotic Skies to Advance Global Field Support
Robotic Skies Inc, a global marketplace for commercial drone maintenance services, and Carbonix, a leading Australian designer, manufacturer, and operator of unmanned aerial data capture solutions, are partnering to provide an international field support program for customers who operate Carbonix Volanti and Domani UAVs. Carbonix UAV solutions deliver high-quality aerial
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Sinclair Broadcast Group Celebrates 25,000th Drone Flight
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced the company’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) drone program recently completed its 25,000th logged flight. Sinclair’s program, which launched in 2016, operates across 45 of its newsrooms nationwide, with 119 FAA Part 107 certified pilots and 195 trained visual observers across its stations.