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UVision Air Ltd. – a pioneer in the area of lethal aerial loitering systems of all sizes – has partnered with South Korean firm, Firstec Co., Ltd. According to the MOU, FIRSTEC will market and sell the company's short-range HERO-30 Lethal Loitering Systems to the South Korean market. According to
Commercial
Inspecting infrastructure assets like bridges and dams is crucial to their maintenance, but it’s easier said than done. Since these structures are large, complex, and often out of the way, traditional methods like terrestrial LiDAR can be slow, expensive, and difficult to use. Romagna Aqua, which is responsible for
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This video presents an autonomous 250 g quadrotor performing aggressive maneuvers using a qualcomm snapdragon flight and relying only on on-board computation and sensor capabilities. The control planning and estimation tasks are solved based on the information provided by a single camera and an IMU. We show aggressive trajectories around
Regulations
As drones continue to take the world by a storm, key stakeholders are warning that the safety risks of drone operations may be seriously underestimated and deserve urgent attention. A Joint Statement, signed by the entire spectrum of manned aviation stakeholders – from pilots to airlines, helicopter operators to air traffic
Events
From discussions on the Realities of Drone Delivery to a forum on Finding Funding: The VC Community Speaks, Drone World Expo taking place November 15-16 at the San Jose Convention Center will offer something for everyone interested in the use of drones for commercial purposes. Of the speakers, there are
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Paramount Advanced Technologies (PAT) is currently developing a Persistent Surveillance Tethered Drone for missions such as border control and anti-poaching, and displayed the aircraft at the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition last week.The tethered quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can hover at a height of around 100 metres and
Regulations
The new Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) , that will make recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration on integrating drones into the national airspace system, held its inaugural meeting September 16 as in the nation’s capital. Present at the three-sided table were the leaders of several aviation trade associations based in
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AI-powered drones soon will be everywhere, monitoring crowds at major events, checking out traffic patterns on busy roads, surveying disaster sites, and inspecting airplanes. IBM is edging into this airborne safety and maintenance market early, with a deal to bring its Watson internet of things technology to unmanned aircraft systems
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Prodrone Co., Ltd. has developed the PD6B-AW-ARM, a large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to directly accomplish a variety of tasks. PRODRONE, headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, has developed a wide range of commercial and industrial drones through development agreements with numerous industrial drone companies. Up to
Payloads
Octopus ISR Systems, a developer of advanced imaging and communications equipment for various UAV platforms, presented their latest innovation in micro gimbal technology, the Moving Target Indicator (MTI). Previously unavailable on any micro gimbal, the MTI feature is now available in the Epsilon range of micro gimbals providing advanced moving
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Garuda Robotics, a provider of end-to-end enterprise robotics solutions, has announced the launch of Garuda TowerSight, a complete UAV system for cell tower surveys.The TowerSight system improves the efficiency and safety of tower surveys by enabling surveyors to verify line-of-sight (LOS) from new tower sites to existing towers without
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Boeing unveiled not one, but two production T-X aircraft in St. Louis. Boeing's design takes advantage of the latest technologies, tools and manufacturing techniques. Boeing and its partner Saab AB will use their two production T-X aircraft to show the U.S. Air Force the performance, affordability, and