Peruvian police have been hailed for their noble act of rescuing a pigeon stuck in a high voltage electric wire in the capital Lima. According to local media reports, the pigeon after almost 12 hours of being stuck on the power cable, was rescued with the help of a drone. Continue reading
UBIQ Aerospace and Insitu ‘Winterize’ the Integrator
UBIQ Aerospace of Trondheim, Norway, and Insitu, Inc. are initiating a project to optimize Insitu’s Integrator Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the challenging environment of the Arctic and High North. Continue reading
Drones to Conduct Building Facade Inspections in Singapore
Checks on the facades of older buildings will be required once every seven years from January 2022. The aim is for building owners to detect and address any deterioration in a timely manner. Continue reading
Reliable Robotics Raises $100M to Expand Remotely Piloted Cargo Operations
Reliable Robotics Autolanding gear is visible on a Cessna 208 Cargomaster
Reliable Robotics, a supplier of automated aircraft systems, has announced a $100 million Series C funding round led by Coatue Management. Coatue joins past investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures and Pathbreaker Ventures to bring total fundraising over $133 million. Continue reading
Draxxon DX-816E – All Electric Command Trailer
Draxxon’s DX-816 looks like something from an action movie, with its complex communication systems and rooftop flight station. This is a command center designed to integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for various monitoring/surveillance operations, integrated on a trailer so that it can move anywhere. Continue reading
UK’s Network Rail Completes 25 KM BVLOS Drone Flight
Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain. Continue reading
Easy Aerial Launches Next-Gen Advanced Ground Stations
Easy Aerial, a provider of autonomous drone-in-a-box solutions for enterprise and military applications, has launched the Easy Guard Vehicle (EGV), a new line of ultra-portable models of its field-proven and battle-tested unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground stations. Continue reading
Red Cat Subsidiary TEAL Drones Opens New US Manufacturing Facility
Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a hardware enabled software provider to the drone industry, has announced that its TEAL Drones subsidiary has opened its new U.S.-based manufacturing facility located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Continue reading