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Cyberhawk, a global provider of drone-based inspections and creator of iHawk, a cloud-based asset visualization software platform, has launched more than 22,000 drone flights to inspect nearly 25,000 electric utility structures in the Western U.S. through the first six months of 2021 as part of utilities critical
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory Ltd. announced the success of a demonstration test using a made-in-Japan flying drone to inspect the hold of an MOL-operated coal carrier in May. Coal iron vessels have spacious holds to load massive amounts of cargo and some holds
Swarms
The Israeli military deployed small flocks of quadcopter drones over the southern Gaza Strip with each device monitoring a specific patch of land, The Times of Israel learned at the time. When a rocket or mortar launch was detected, other armed aircraft or ground-based units attacked the source of the
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Hexcel, a global supplier of advanced composites technologies, announced the successful maiden flight of a lightweight camera drone, developed using Hexcel HexPly carbon fiber prepregs. The composite drone was developed by a team of students from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Wels with composite materials supplied by
Agriculture
For the first time ever, a swarm of agricultural drones sprayed fields in Turkey’s Samsun's Terme district. Ten agricultural unmanned aerial vehicles sprayed a 100-decare field in 1.5 minutes. Source: YeniSafak [themoneytizer id="15547-28"]
Law Enforcement
A Florida man has been arrested, accused of destroying a law enforcement drone. Investigators said Wendell Goney, 50, of Eustis, shot down a Lake County Sheriff’s Office drone. Deputies said they were investigating a possible burglary and deployed the drone to surrounding lots. They said Goney, who lived nearby,
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Meituan, China's leading e-commerce platform for services, has introduced a new, self-developed drone model and announced plans for a drone logistics network pilot program in Shanghai. The announcement was made at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, where Meituan demonstrated how drones and delivery riders
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senseFly, a supplier of fixed-wing mapping drones, has announced the launch of eBee TAC, an advanced fixed-wing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) optimized for covert tactical mapping operations in defense, security and governmental sectors. The eBee TAC offers active field personnel access to accurate and reliable location data and maps, delivering
Commercial
Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., a developer of detection apparatus and unmanned technologies, has announced a contract for the sale and delivery of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to perform critical environmental operations in Madagascar. At the beginning of 2019, a team of conservationists from Durrell,
Commercial
GE and Microdrones have entered into a worldwide licensing partnership, where Microdrones will bring the GE industrial drone line to market globally, providing professionals access to powerful aerial surveying technology that will enable them to work more efficiently, accurately, safely and profitably. The GE industrial drone line brings together two
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The US Air Force's (USAF's) Agility Prime programme has issued airworthiness approval to Kitty Hawk for its Heaviside tilt propeller electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Colonel Nathan Diller, AFWERX director, told Janes on 1 July, ahead of the announcement, that this will enable the
Commercial
American Robotics, a commercial developer of fully-automated drone systems, has announced that Stockpile Reports, a solutions provider for the bulk materials industry serving over 300 companies in 48 countries, selected American Robotics’ Scout System to build out its automated drone program. With American Robotics’ first-of-its-kind FAA approvals to operate without