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Cyberhawk Innovations has completed its first ever ROAV inspection of a cargo oil tank on an operational FPSO. After significant research and development, this successful project launches this new service to the global oil and gas and shipping industry. Continue reading
Google X project leader David Vos says goods will be winging their way to consumers sometime in 2017. Continue reading
At a South Texas ranch, a drone mounted with cameras flew above and around a flare stack that burned natural gas. Live, high-definition images were transmitted back to the ground, where company officials watched video of the flare stack as it was operating, asking that the drone move this way or that to get a better image or different angle. Continue reading
North Korea is believed to have a fleet of military drones. And now, South Korean researchers are testing unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to take on that threat. Continue reading
American International Group, one of the nation’s leading property/casualty insurance carriers, is taking on the emerging risk as more and more US retailers – including Amazon and Wal-Mart – seek and are granted FAA approval to operate drones. Continue reading
Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) announces it has been awarded a contract from the Defense Applied Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop autonomous visual control systems for small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) operating in cluttered outdoor and indoor environments without GPS or human operator assistance. Continue reading
Data mined from DigitalGlobe‘s satellite images are at the center of a system that could change how drones operate in the U.S. and globally. Continue reading
EuropaDrone 2016 is the European event for the GLOBAL Professional Drone Community & Its Supply & Value Chain. Organized by GL events Exhibitions (the largest event organiser in France), in partnership with Blyenburgh & Co, and under the auspices of UVS International. Continue reading