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Engineering problems can sometimes appear simple beside the amorphous challenges of regulating and managing cutting edge technology use within existing societal structures. But early-stage startup Flock is viewing the knotted intersection of technology and regulation as just another business opportunity. The London-based big data startup is building a platform for
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On July 27, 2016, Michigan-based Vayu, Inc. and Stony Brook University, with support from the Madagascan government and backing from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have completed the first ever series of long-range, fully autonomous drone flights transporting blood and stool samples from rural villages to centralized
Military
An investigation is underway to try and find the reason that caused a Heron – 1 made by Israel aerospace industries (IAI) to crash on Tuesday morning near Um el Fahem. Ten people were taken to a hospital after suffering from the smoke that was caused by the fire ignited by
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A team from Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) has used an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to test whether nest decorations increased nest-site visibility to conspecifics in black kites (Milvus migrans) in Doñana National Park (Southwestern Spain). Avian nests are frequently concealed or camouflaged, but some species, such as the black kite,
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Verifly, the first on-demand drone insurance company, has launched a new app in a market that is ripe for innovation and competition. “You open the app, it draws a quarter-mile circle around you, and that’s the coverage area,” said Verifly co-founder Jay Bregman. “It calculates the risks in that
Technology
Senseable, a small danish drone technology developing company, has announced a new product for remote sensing and monitoring. During development, the unit was called the dropship, named because of it’s ability to be delivered by drone (dropped or put down). The Dropship can be equipped with a large range
Agriculture
UAV enabled agricultural intelligence company Agrobotix has announced a new level of integration with John Deere’s Operations Center in Australia. The integration allows a user to push the Agribotix Digital Scouting Report directly into their Operations Center account. This report combines whole-field evaluations with field-specific weather data and location-tagged
Commercial
A Law Library of Congress report titled Regulation of Drones surveys the rules that apply to the operation of civilian drones in twelve countries, as well as the European Union. The report includes individual country studies on Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Sweden,
Commercial
senseFly is partnering with Ascentium Capital, a financial leasing and working capital solutions company, as well as Transport Risk Management, the aviation insurance experts, in order to offer a new finance and insurance package which enables UAS professionals to immediately start flying their senseFly drones with a 0% option for
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It's a warm, sunny morning at the Homestead National Monument of America in southeastern Nebraska. A burn crew dressed in yellow and green flame-resistant clothing is about to set a patch of tall-grass prairie on fire — on purpose. These kind of burns aren't unusual. But today&
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) National Air Security Operations Center in Jacksonville recently hosted 12 “Big Red” Sailors from Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) -19, the Navy’s first MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) squadron, for a half-day visit. The tour was the second event in
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The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) has deployed Arcturus T-20 JUMP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to the coast of Sonora for maritime surveillance operations. The surveillance system and its aircraft were officially handed over at the headquarters of the Naval Sector of Puerto Peñasco to the Mexican Navy on