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Duke Energy is the largest electric company in the U.S., delivering electricity to about 7 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest. More and more of that electricity is being generated by renewable technologies. The utility owns more than 1,700 MW of generating capacity through 15 wind farms and 17 solar farms in 12 states. Continue reading
Exactly one year after its Geneva world premiere in 2017, Italdesign unveiled Pop.Up Next,the fruit of a collaboration with Airbus and Audi at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Pop.Up Next consists of a modular, multi-modal system that enables transportation to enter into the third dimension by exploiting both urban ground and airspace. Continue reading
A Cluster of Excellence for drones will be created in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec by the leaders of the Unmanned Aerial System Centre of Excellence (UAS CE). Continue reading
Aerial modelling and inspections using commercial-grade drones offer compelling advantages for the resource sector by increasing safety, saving time and reducing survey costs. Airscope, a Perth-based inspections and asset visualisation company, has used the Intel Falcon 8+ to extend these benefits further by developing computer-generated 3D models of entire hydrocarbon processing facilities off the North West shelf of Australia and in the Cooper Basin, effectively bringing the field into the boardroom for more effective asset management. Continue reading
Richard Parker, Founder and CEO of Altitude Angel and Andy Sage, NATS Head of Drones
NATS, a UK air traffic services provider, and fast-growing UK-based drone traffic management solutions company Altitude Angel, have entered a strategic partnership that lays the foundation for a future whereby drones and manned aircraft could safely co-exist in the UK’s busy skies. Continue reading
Bihrle Applied Research (Bihrle) and BNSF Railway (BNSF) successfully demonstrated the processing of tens of thousands of images at a time covering hundreds of miles of track for the automatic detection, classification and reporting of rail conditions. Continue reading
Delair, a supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, has announced an agreement with Frontier Precision, a provider of UAV sales and support to commercial users in the Western United States. Continue reading
