EHang Holdings Limited announced that it has conducted aerial sightseeing trial flights in Yantai, a coastal city in East China. An EHang 216 took four passengers to the air for aerial sightseeing trips over the sea around the beautiful Fisherman’s Wharf in Yantai city, one of the many AAAA national tourist attraction locations throughout China. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Flirtey Granted New Patent for Safety of Drone Delivery
Flirtey Eagle
Flirtey has announced that it has been granted a new patent critical to the safety of drone delivery. This granted patent describes safety-enhancing technologies such as landing a drone safely in the event of failure by using a parachute and steering the drone towards a safe location. Continue reading
Hybrid Drones Open New Opportunities for Farmers
Drone spraying has been widely used in Southeast Asian countries such as China and Japan with great results. Now the trend is spreading to the US and Europe as well. Continue reading
Drone Irrigation Technology in Africa
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Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, a 25-year-old farmer in Zimbabwe, stands in his sugarcane field, marveling at a recent savings of 60% on irrigation costs. Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 and Nordic Unmanned Monitor Ship Emissions for EMSA in Denmark
Schiebel, together with partner Nordic Unmanned, is supporting the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) by using the CAMCOPTER S-100 to monitor ship emissions in Danish waters. Continue reading
AiRXOS Launches UAS Solution for Energy Industry
AiRXOS, a provider of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions, has announced a comprehensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) solution for Energy organizations to plan, schedule, operate and monitor all facets of their UAS operations from a single platform. Continue reading
BVLOS Powerline Inspection Over a City
Skyqraft, a data-driven infrastructure inspection company from Sweden, was granted BVLOS operation permission for the Vertical Technologies DeltaQuad VTOL UAV, to inspect a large portion of the Swedish power grid. Continue reading
Matternet and UPS Expand Hospital Delivery Network
Matternet, a developer of an urban drone logistics platform, has announced that its M2 drone system is enabling a new hospital delivery network at Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina. Continue reading