Airbus has picked Wyndham airport, located southeast of Wyndham in the Kimberly region of Western Australia, as the location for testing its cutting edge high-altitude solar-powered drones. Continue reading
Real-Time Drone Surveillance System (DSS) for Violent Individuals Identification
For a long time, surveillance has been known as an effective deterrent of crime. this notion has become ever more prevalent in an age with more and more cameras, weather they’re in our pockets, or in the air. Police and other governmental agencies have begun employing drones to be their eyes, searching the horizon for crime. Continue reading
Singapore Trial of Shore to Ship Deliveries
Launching at Singapore port’s Marina South Pier in quarter three 2018, Wilhelmsen Ships Service and Airbus will be piloting the delivery of spare parts, documents, water test kits and 3D printed consumables via Airbus’ Skyways unmanned air system (UAS) to vessels at anchorage. Continue reading
AIRFENCE Approved for Procurement by DoD and Homeland Security
In the spring of 2017, the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) — via the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) — engaged in a one-year prototype contract with Sensofusion to develop a ground-based mobile counter-UAS solution stemming from Sensofusion’s pre-existing core product AIRFENCE. Continue reading
Shilat Optronics Introduces Thermal Payload for Drones
Shilat Optronics – an electro-optics company that offers several proprietary technologies for defense and homeland security applications – will launch two innovative night vision products at EUROSATORY 2018. Continue reading
ING Robotic Aviation to Fly Extensive BVLOS RPAS Missions in Support of Canadian Oil Sands Operations
ING Robotic Aviation Inc. has been selected to fly an extensive series of Beyond-Visual- Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) RPAS missions in support of Canadian Oil Sands operations. These missions will be undertaken within a safe flight regime approved and monitored by Transport Canada (TC) as part of the TC BVLOS Pilot Project in the summer of 2018. Continue reading
Drone Show Company Raises $18M Series A Funding
Verity Studios AG, the global leader in indoor drone technology, announced that it has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round, making Verity the world’s most well-funded company in the rapidly emerging commercial indoor drone market. Continue reading
Kitty Hawk’s Personal Flying Vehicle Tested
Larry Page-backed Kitty Hawk has unveiled its first commercial vehicle, Flyer. CNNMoney’s Rachel Crane took it for a spin. Continue reading