– Georgia Power is now deploying unmanned aerial systems, or drones, to inspect transmission power lines, helping ensure the safety and reliability of these main lines more efficiently and with greater accuracy than ever before. Continue reading
NASA Seeks Input on Safety for Future Commercial Drone Operations
NASA recently gathered representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), police and fire departments, and commercial industry to figure out how to take an important step for public safety drones: allowing them to fly past where their operators can see them. Continue reading
BRINC and Echodyne to Enable Automated BVLOS Operations for First Responders
BRINC, a supplier of drone technology for first responders, has announced a partnership with Echodyne, a manufacturer of ground-based radar systems. This collaboration will integrate Echodyne’s advanced MESA radar technology into BRINC’s purpose-built Drone as First Responder (DFR) solution. Continue reading
Skyports Partners with Australian Real Estate Developer in Queensland
.Skyports Infrastructure, a supplier of vertiport infrastructure for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, and Wagner Corporation, an Australian property, infrastructure, and sustainable development company, have partnered to explore vertiport development opportunities in the state of Queensland, Australia. Continue reading
ANRA Technologies Powers New York Power Authority Drone Ops
.ANRA Technologies, a global supplier of uncrewed traffic management and operational solutions, successfully demonstrated its state-of-the-art drone inspection capabilities at the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) facility in White Plains, New York. Continue reading
Danish-Ukrainian Startup uses Robots and Drones to Speed Up Demining Efforts
With current technology, it will take more than 70 years and cost 33.5 billion euros to demine Ukraine, which has a mined area of 144,000 sq. km. Now, a Ukrainian tech entrepreneur in Denmark aims to make demining Ukraine cheaper, faster and safer. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $9M US Government Services Contract
.Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is awarded a $9,299,186 firm-fixed-price order (N0001924F0097) against a basic ordering agreement (N0001921G0007). Continue reading
MatrixSpace Awarded $1.9M AFWERX TACFI Contract for Distributed Dual-Mode Mesh Radar for Base Defense
– MatrixSpace has been selected for a $1.9M AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Phase II Sequential contract to develop a distributed dual-mode mesh radar for base defense, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform.