For the first time ever, a swarm of agricultural drones sprayed fields in Turkey’s Samsun’s Terme district. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Florida Man Shoots Down Sheriff’s Office Drone
A Florida man has been arrested, accused of destroying a law enforcement drone. Investigators said Wendell Goney, 50, of Eustis, shot down a Lake County Sheriff’s Office drone. Continue reading
China’s Meituan Plans Drone Logistics Network
A Meituan drone grasps a delivery box at the 2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai
Meituan, China’s leading e-commerce platform for services, has introduced a new, self-developed drone model and announced plans for a drone logistics network pilot program in Shanghai. Continue reading
Plymouth Rock Drones with AI to Monitor Endangered Species in Madagascar
Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., a developer of detection apparatus and unmanned technologies, has announced a contract for the sale and delivery of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to perform critical environmental operations in Madagascar. Continue reading
GE and Microdrones Partner to Launch GE Industrial Drone Line
GE and Microdrones have entered into a worldwide licensing partnership, where Microdrones will bring the GE industrial drone line to market globally, providing professionals access to powerful aerial surveying technology that will enable them to work more efficiently, accurately, safely and profitably. Continue reading
Stockpile Reports Selects American Robotics to Build Out Automated Drone Program
Scout Drone
American Robotics, a commercial developer of fully-automated drone systems, has announced that Stockpile Reports, a solutions provider for the bulk materials industry serving over 300 companies in 48 countries, selected American Robotics’ Scout System to build out its automated drone program. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada to Start Drone Deliveries from Edmonton International Airport
DDC Sparrow
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it has entered into three commercial agreements on July 8th, 2021, with each of Edmonton International Airport, Apple Express Courier Ltd. and Ziing Final Mile Inc. to deploy DDC’s patented drone delivery solution at Edmonton International Airport. Continue reading
Autonomous Rescue Drone Can Locate Missing People in Dense Forests
Prototype autonomous rescue drone
With the assistance of a control center on the ground, a drone able to locate missing people – even in densely forested areas – had attracted a great deal of attention. The Institute for Computer Graphics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, has now gone one step further, creating a drone that can now autonomously perform this task. Continue reading