No one says the 100-year old Elephant Butte Reservoir Dam is in any danger. But it is the first Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) dam in America to try out drone technology for some of its safety inspections. Continue reading
UAV Combined with Radiation Mapping Software
Riser (Remote Intelligence Survey Equipment for Radiation) reduces dose to operators and effectively characterises historic facilities to enable decommissioning progress. Continue reading
Drone World Expo Offers sUAS Safety Workshop
Drone World Expo 2016, in conjunction with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide, has launched an all new workshop – “Multirotor sUAS Safety and Operational Familiarization for the Commercial Operator.” This one-day, hands-on course, to be offered as a pre-event workshop at Drone World Expo on Monday, November 14th at the San Jose Convention Center, introduces small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) commercial operators to topics and concepts essential for safe, legal, and responsible use of multirotor systems within the U.S. National Airspace System. Continue reading
MQ-9 Crashes in Northern Syria
A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft crashed in northern Syria at approximately 7:10 a.m. local time, July 5, 2016. Continue reading
Eurotunnel Deploys Drones Fearing Post-Brexit Surge
Drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras are being deployed on the French side of the Channel Tunnel to track asylum seekers attempting to cross to the UK.
GoPro’s Flying Box
PatentYogi has unveiled a patent application that might shine some light on the drone’s design. They found a patent published last week, filed by a GoPro employee who works on drones. Continue reading
IBM’s Employee Hack for Live Video Feed
IBM developer Andy Trice popped by the TechCrunch New York offices to demo a hack he’s been working on in his spare time, utilizing the company’s cloud computing platform and off-the-shelf drone hardware from DJI. Continue reading
Poland Orders Counter-Drone System to Secure NATO Summit
Poland’s Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the deployment of non-kinetic countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw. Bids to provide the services were due June 28, the ministry’s Armament Inspectorate said in a statement. Continue reading