Draganfly Inc. has announced three new specialized payload offerings, which are intended to expand agricultural research and environmental monitoring using drones. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Federal Railroad Administration Report on Using UAV to Produce Accurate Grade Crossing Profile Data
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a report on its Office of Research, Development and Technology’s study of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to produce accurate 3-D models of high-profile grade crossings. Continue reading
Waver Drone Inspects Infrastructure on Land, on Water and in the Air
Japanese startup FPV Robotics is leveraging drone technology to address a growing global need: inspecting ageing infrastructure in an effort to avoid major issues like unexpected bridge collapses. FPV Robotics CEO and founder Masaki Komagata showed me his company’s production Waver drone, which is debuting for the first time ever at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Continue reading
FlytBase and Mayan Robotics Partner for Enterprise Drone Automation
FlytBase, Inc. and Mayan Robotics, LLC have announced a partnership to support enterprises on the development of fully autonomous, cost-effective drone automation solutions that leverage open source technologies. Continue reading
Drone Mystery Solved? Wichita UFO Chasers Might be Responsible
A still of one of the drones captured by Omaha NBC affiliate WOWT, brightness and contrast adjusted
A group of UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) chasers from Wichita, Kansas could possibly have been responsible for the mysterious drone sightings that have been reported across Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. Continue reading
ExxonMobil Selects HUVRdata to Digitize Drone Inspections
Austin based, HUVRdata has supported ExxonMobil over the past 2 years in their efforts to put in place a global Digital Reporting and Analytics platform for drone inspection programs. The goal of the program is to allow ExxonMobil to digitize, scale and standardize Drone Inspection workflows across ExxonMobil sites and assets. Continue reading
Seattle to Get Cannabis Delivery Drones
Seattle based GRN Holdings announced plans to launch a cannabis delivery service in February or March in the greater Seattle area. Continue reading
Environmental Drone Automatically Tests Water Quality
Indra, in a temporary joint venture with the Spanish companies Sixtema and Adantia, has successfully tested the first environmental drone that automates the collection of samples in rivers and coastal areas and offers real-time information on water quality parameters. The system will be ready for launch onto the market this year. Continue reading