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Last week, at the Auction of Washington Wines in Woodinville, WA, Pollen Systems Corporation unveiled Pollen Scout, a drone-aided managed service and self-service portal that helps farms and vineyards monitor crop growth, discover irrigation issues, and investigate pests and diseases. Continue reading
Xwing, an autonomous aviation company, has announced the closing of a $4M seed round. Led by Eniac Ventures with participation from Array Ventures and prominent angels and aviation buffs, including John and Patrick Collison, founders of Stripe, as well as Nat Friedman of Xamarin, Microsoft and GitHub. Continue reading
The Indian Institute of Drones, an institute for drone pilots across the globe has celebrated completion of 50 batches of trainees in 1 year 6 months. Continue reading
ParaZero Ltd has participated in the successful testing of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for potential flight over people in controlled airspace. The testing was initiated by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help it create new regulations that will enable the safe and secure integration of UAS into national airspace systems. Continue reading
President Trump has signed into law H.R. 5515, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, authorizing the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to spend $9.6 billion for unmanned vehicle systems. Continue reading
DroneShield Ltd has announced that its full product suite has been approved for placement on, and placed on, the GSA Schedule. Continue reading
The US Air Force and DARPA are now testing new hardware and software configured to enable 4th and 5th Generation aircraft to command drones from the cockpit in the air, bringing new levels of autonomy, more attack options and a host of new reconnaissance advantages to air warfare. Continue reading
Linda Bulk, of Aeronavics, and Sarah Jones, of the Tusk and Horn Wildlife Trust
South African anti-poaching units have a new weapon to use against rhino poachers, all thanks to Aeronavics a drone company based in Raglan, New Zealand.