On the 91st Martian day, or sol, of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter performed its sixth flight. The flight was designed to expand the flight envelope and demonstrate aerial-imaging capabilities by taking stereo images of a region of interest to the west. Continue reading
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Propeller Aero and Wingtra Partner to Improve Drone Surveys for Construction Industry
Propeller Aero, the drone data visualization and analytics platform and Wingtra, the professional Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) drone manufacturer for mapping and surveying, have joined forces to deliver highly accurate site data and 3D mapping to construction and earthworks companies across the globe. Continue reading
Hanwha Wins $22M Contract to Develop Anti-Drone Lasers in Korea
Korea’s Hanwha Group has won a 24.3 billion-won ($21.8 million) deal from the Agency for Defense Development to develop a key device that helps laser beam weapons target drones flying several kilometers away, the company announced. Continue reading
GA-ASI to Provide Mid-Life Update to Italian Air Force MQ-9
The Italian Air Force has partnered with the U.S. Government and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide a mid-life update to its fleet of MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and Ground Control Stations (GCS) as part of a Foreign Military Sales agreement. Continue reading
NUAIR Making Drone Deliveries Scalable
NUAIR recently completed a project with SUNY Upstate Medical University and DroneUp to see how many medical deliveries we could do with a drone over the city of Syracuse. All-in-all the project took about a year to get all the pieces in place to conduct these advanced operations. Continue reading
Singapore Drones Monitor Reservoir Quality
Singapore’s National Water Agency PUB will deploy Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drones to conduct monitoring at six reservoirs across Singapore, starting from the end of this month. Continue reading
XAG to Create Autonomous Farms with Drones in Ukraine
XAG Agricultural Drones taking off in Ukraine
For the first time in Ukraine, agricultural drones developed by global robotics & AI company XAG recorded the highest level of spray drone performance. As Ukraine becomes the second largest grain exporter, XAG has actively introduced drone and ground robots into this emerging agricultural superpower, which helps smooth its transition to autonomous farming. Continue reading
Chelsea Champions League Winners Drone Show
Chelsea Football Club celebrated their Champions League win on Saturday with a drone light show above the club’s home ground at Stamford Bridge in London. Continue reading