The entrepreneurship arm of Saudi Aramco has invested a further $500,000 in a Saudi drone operator to help scale its operations to expand overseas. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Google-backed Dunzo Digital to Pilot Drone Delivery of Medicines in India
Google-backed delivery and e-commerce firm Dunzo Digital is leading a Med-Air consortium along with industry experts to conduct experimental BVLOS (Below Visual Line of Sight) drone delivery flights for the ‘Medicine from the Sky Project’. The aim is to help improve access to healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading
DJI Government Edition Drones Cleared for Use by Pentagon Report
Two drone models made by China’s largest manufacturer have been cleared for use by a Pentagon audit, according to a report summary obtained by The Hill. Continue reading
Watch Drone Crash into Exploding Lava Fountain
Watch the brand new DJI FPV drone crash right into the exploding lava fountain of Iceland’s newest volcano – Fagradalsfjall in the Geldingadalir valley. Continue reading
UK Police Cannabis-Tracking Drone Busts Bitcoin Mine
Police who thought they were raiding a cannabis factory linked to a county lines drug route smashed a secret cryptocurrency lab instead. A massive bank of around 100 computer units were found by West Midlands Police after officers raided a unit at Great Bridge Industrial Estate in Tipton on May 18. Continue reading
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Drone Survives ‘In-Flight Anomaly’
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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
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
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