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The gas network operator MITNETZ GAS from eastern Germany has to check the tightness of around 3,500 km of gas pipelines every year. Gas leaks have devastating consequences: Not only the gas supply then no longer can be guaranteed, but the climate-damaging gas methane escapes. Continue reading
Several leading Japanese technology firms, including BIRD INITIATIVE, Inc. 1, ANA HOLDINGS INC.2, AIN HOLDINGS INC. 3, and NEC Corporation,4 have partnered with the Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry 5 to conduct a drone operations pilot project in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido prefecture. Continue reading
UAVaid and Swoop Aero have entered into a strategic partnership for air logistics services in Sierra Leone. Continue reading
For more than five years, Zapata Industries, a company founded by Franky Zapata, a former world jet ski champion, has been promoting his ‘Flyboard Air’ to the armed forces. Continue reading
Aerit has announced that it will pilot drone delivery services to the Swedish archipelago in collaboration with ICAx, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, and Norrtälje municipality. The announcement follows selection of the project for funding by the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova via the “Drones in Service of the Climate for Autumn of 2021” call.
Skyports drone flight trials, New England, Massachusetts, USA
Skyports has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Aeronautics Division to demonstrate how its drone services could link communities across the Cape Cod region in Massachusetts, USA. Continue reading
Tech. Sgts. Christina Cary and Jacob Wirick each use a dronebuster to interrupt the signal to an Unmanned Aerial System, during an exercise at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 3, 2021
Specialists with the U.S. Air Force 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron provide base defense at Al Dhafra Air Base from threats posed by Unmanned Aerial Systems using a 5-pound radar gun-like device. Continue reading
Brazilian Army uses the hand-launched FT-100 fixed-wing ISTAR tactical UAV
The Brazilian Army is seeking to adopt unmanned combat tactical effectors such as loitering munitions and armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading