Terra Drone soars to 2nd position in world’s top drone service provider rankings

Commercial drone market research and analytics company Drone Industry Insights has released its 2019 rankings of the world’s leading drone service providers, and Terra Drone Corporation has moved up to the second place on the list. In 2018, Japan-based Terra Drone was at the ninth position. Drone Industry Insights recognizes that this envious feat has […]

Pix4D Reaches New Heights With an Office in the Mile High City

Lausanne, Switzerland: In August 2019, Pix4D opened a new office in downtown Denver. It is the company’s seventh office after Lausanne, San Francisco, Shanghai, Berlin, Madrid, and Tokyo. The move to Denver signifies Pix4D’s strong commitment and alignment with the thriving Geospatial Technology and UAS industries, where Denver is a major hub. With potential for […]

Atmos UAV joins forces with Mangoesmapping to provide Australian users with high-end VTOL fixed-wing drones

Delft, August 21st, 2019. Atmos UAV, the Delft-based drone manufacturer that develops high-end VTOL fixed-wing drones for surveying and mapping, has appointed Mangoesmapping as its official distributor in Australia. Mangoesmapping, headquartered in Queensland, carries more than 20 years of geospatial experience in regional and remote communities. The Australian team has won multiple awards in Innovation, […]

senseFly brings an expanded portfolio of versatile, industry-leading fixed-wing drone innovations to INTERGEO 2019

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, August 23, 2019 – senseFly, the global leader in fixed-wing drones, will showcase its dynamic range of market-leading fixed-wing drone solutions and sensors at INTERGEO 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany. With its unique and unrivalled reputation, senseFly’s eBee X drone will be taking centre stage at stand B3.078 in hall 3. Surveyors and engineers […]

Automate, Scale and Remotely Manage Enterprise Drone Fleet Operations

California, USA, August 20, 2019 — Managing enterprise-wide drone programs is challenging – not only because of the reliance on skilled pilots & siloed operations but also because of the variety of stakeholders involved, across geographies and missions. Automating & scaling such commercial UAV operations requires unified, customized dashboards, real-time information sharing, sophisticated mission planning […]

Drone Rescue Systems GmbH cooperates with the German Aerospace Center

The parachute safety solution manufacturer Drone Rescue Systems GmbH supports the European research project Formation flight for in-Air Launcher 1st stage Capturing demonstration (FALCon). Under the leadership of DLR, research is being conducted on how launch vehicles can be returned to the launch site as efficiently as possible for re-use. The aim of FALCon is […]

Third Annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Releases Post Show Report

Houston, Texas, August 6, 2019 – The third annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit, which took place on June 12-13 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott in Texas, has released the post show report, highlighting the current state of how unmanned systems are being used in energy operations. After another successful event, with an expanded expo floor, 100+ […]

Atmos UAV integrates MicaSense Altum and offers professionals advanced thermal, multispectral, and high-resolution imagery in one flight

Delft, August 12th, 2019, Atmos UAV, the Delft-based drone manufacturer for mapping and surveying, continue to expand its payload options now including the new MicaSense sensor, “Altum”. Altum integrates a radiometric thermal camera with five high-resolution narrow bands, producing advanced thermal, multispectral and high-resolution imagery in one flight for advanced analytics.  Marlyn, the fixed-wing VTOL […]

Skysense Introducting New Outdoor Charging Pad

Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2019 — Skysense ​today ​​announce​d​ the launch of ​its long-awaited new High Power Outdoor Charging Pad product line. After months of testing and the first successful deployments in Norway and Finland, ​Skysense ​today ​​announce​d​ the launch of ​its new High Power Outdoor Charging Pad product line. ​The autonomous charging station has been […]

Drones Assisting with Humanitarian Aid Efforts

When you hear the word drone, you might be thinking of the toy that a young family member got for Christmas, but these little remote-controlled flying robots are making an appearance in nearly every industry, increasing safety and making the job a little bit easier. Drones are also making a splash by aiding in humanitarian […]

Echodyne Announces Immediate Availability of EchoGuard High-Performance 3D Radar

KIRKLAND, WA — August 5, 2019 — Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announces that it has received approval from the FCC for widespread deployment of its EchoGuard radar for radiolocation and radionavigation in the United States. The FCC equipment authorization allows the radar to be used throughout the United States […]

SimActive Used to Validate Accuracy of DJI Phantom 4 RTK

Montreal, Canada, August 6th, 2019 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that Correlator3D™ is being used in Japan for mapping projects acquired by the DJI Phantom 4 RTK. A full-scale validation was done in the mountains near Hiroshima with a unit flown by SimActive Japanese partner Mirukuru and customer Ace-1. “Considering […]

Echodyne and Iris Automation Ensure Safety for Pioneering Drone Flight Over Trans-Alaska Pipeline

FOX, Alaska — August 2, 2019 — Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that its EchoGuard airspace management radars were the ground-based sensor for the first-ever UAS mission to operate beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight without ground observers. The ground-based sensors worked in coordination with Iris Automation’s onboard detect-and-avoid system. […]

Drone Rescue Systems GmbH is “Born Global Champion”

The Foreign Trade Austria, Internationalization and Innovation Agency of the Austrian Economic Chamber named the parachute safety solution manufacturer Drone Rescue Systems “Born Global Champion” 2019. The award is presented every year to young Austrian companies with innovative products and success internationally. The award highlights Drone Rescue Systems’ and the other winners early international orientation […]

Droneblog Readers Attend InterGeo Free of Charge

The InterGeo Conference and Expo in Stuttgart Germany from 17-19 September is coming up just around the corner. It’s not too late to get your free entrance voucher. Just follow these easy steps: 1. Redeem the voucher code in the EXPO ticket shop under www.intergeo.de/tickets and secure yourself a free 3-day expo ticket worth 120.00 euros. 2. After successful […]