Terra Drone opens Chile branch, conducts flare stack inspection for state energy company ENAP

Concón, Chile, October 24, 2019 –Terra Drone Chile, a newly-founded group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has successfully conducted visual inspection of flare stacks for Chile’s state-owned energy company ENAP Aconcagua. In this pilot project, three flare stacks – each about 70m tall – were inspected in 45 minutes using drones. This proved to be […]

SimActive Software Used for Determining Financial Assistance After Hurricane Dorian

Montreal, Canada, October 29th, 2019 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that Correlator3D™ has been used by Air Data Solutions (ADS) in Florida to determine financial assistance following Hurricane Dorian.  Aerial imagery was collected before the storm for pre-hurricane assessment and after for damage analysis.  A Phase One 100MP aerial camera […]

GE Aviation and Hybrid Project team to provide commercial high-endurance vertical takeoff and landing UAV

Las Vegas, Nevada — October 28, 2019 — GE Aviation announced a teaming agreement with Hybrid Project to provide a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAV designed for high endurance commercial applications at scale. Flight testing will commence in Q4 this year with commercial availability targeted for Q1 2020. The agreement enables Hybrid Project’s 35-pound hybrid-powered SuperVolo VTOL UAV […]

Pix4D launches Pix4Dreact, a revolutionary 2D fast-mapping software for emergency response and public safety

Lausanne, Switzerland, October 23rd, 2019 – Pix4D, the industry leader in professional drone mapping and photogrammetry software solutions, today is launching Pix4Dreact, the essential 2D fast-mapping software tailored specifically to the needs of public safety personnel and first responders. Year on year, an increasing number of natural disasters, man-made conflicts and other crises are affecting […]

A2Z Drone Delivery to Demonstrate its Minimally Invasive Drone Delivery System at Commercial UAV Expo 2019

Los Angeles, C.A. – October 23, 2019 – A2Z Drone Delivery, LLC, developer of a patented freefall delivery mechanism and long-endurance flight platform will demonstrate the benefits of its minimally invasive drone delivery solution at Commercial UAV Expo 2019 (Las Vegas, October 28-30, 2019). A2Z Drone Delivery leadership will be on hand in booth #607 throughout the expo, and company […]

Are High Tech New Drones Worth The Money?

Guest post by Arthur Daniel Cohen Are the most high-tech drones worth their price tag? The answer is, it depends. You could pay a top-dollar and get a great drone. But, you could pay much less for a drone with the same quality and similar features, and just have less advanced specifications, such a memory […]

Raytheon, AirMap Virtually Demo Drone Monitoring Tools on Next-generation Air Traffic Control Workstation

WASHINGTON, D.C., (Oct. 21, 2019) – Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and AirMap, the leading global airspace intelligence platform for drones, have integrated AirMap’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) monitoring capabilities onto a working prototype of Raytheon’s next-generation air traffic controller workstation called Multi-platform ATC Re-hosting Solution, or MARS. With this integration, MARS now offers air traffic controllers streamlined […]

Indoor Drone with Customized Electronic Modules

Just how dependent unmanned flying is on high-quality and functioning printed circuit boards, components and solder joints is shown by flying in enclosed spaces. “Many UAS are equipped with standard components. But flying in enclosed spaces also requires good communication and navigation transmission as well as powerful, dimmable, small headlights,” says Jörg Nolte, Product Manager […]

Royalty Free Music using Artificial Intelligence – Ecrett Music

Guest post by George Suresh The thought of adding music to my videos was always something I dreaded until I came across Ecrett Music. Prior to this if I wasn’t discouraged by costs, I would certainly be put off while trying to grasp the legalities around copyright and licensing. After using Ecrett for the last […]

5 Benefits of Using a Drone for Bridge Inspections

Drones provide a cost-effective solution to quickly identify bridge damages, performance and capacity deterioration issues. Because they are easier and more cost effective to deploy, engineers can regularly inspect and monitor the bridges, hence improve the maintenance and the safety while extending the service life of the structures. The traditional manual bridge inspections are usually […]

Céline Dion brings her classic “My Heart Will Go On” into the future with 104 Verity drones

ZURICH– October 1st, 2019 – Verity Studios AG, the global leader in autonomous indoor drones,announced today that its drones have embarked on a new tour with one of the world’s best-sellingartists: Céline Dion. In parallel, Verity completed an event in Beijing with Zhang Yimou, whodirected the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.  In […]

Skyports and Flock Partner to Open up the Skies for Safe, Fully-Insured Drone Deliveries

London, UK – October 2019 — Flock is proud to announce itself as the exclusive risk partner of Skyports for its drone insurance. The collaborative partnership will enable Skyports to further the development of their drone delivery services, starting with initial ‘Beyond Visible Line of Sight’ (BVLOS) test flights in the UK, Belgium, Sweden and […]

Drone Run

The creators of startup Drone Run, brothers Alex and Toby Liew, are shaking up the consumer drone flying experience with an innovative flying game that keeps drone flying low to the ground and in your line of sight, so you don’t have to worry about breaking any rules. What is Drone Run? Drone Run is […]

UNVEX 2020 will reunite in Santiago the greatest experts in the drone sector

Madrid, October 14 – UNVEX (Unmanned Vehicle Exhibition), the largest and most prestigious event on unmanned systems, will hold its sixth European edition at the Ciudade da Cultura in Santiago de Compostela from 16 to 18 June 2020. The Galician choice is due to the ambitious project being developed by the Xunta through the Civil […]

Tips for Using Drones for Inspections

Guest post by Emily Folk Recent advances in radio and wireless connectivity technology have made drones one of the most popular ways for companies to improve old processes. It’s now possible to automate tasks that couldn’t have been before. They have found use as package carriers, aerial photographers and remote site inspectors. You might even […]

Russian Developer of Educational Drones Goes International

The Moscow company COEX, manufacturer of the most renowned drone for learning the basics of robotics in Russia, goes international. The company has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the international platform Indiegogo https://igg.me/at/coex In Moscow, COEX manufactures the programmable quadcopter kit Clover, on which anyone can learn how to assemble and program drones. The kit […]

Drone Racing League Launches DRL RacerAI, The First-Ever Autonomous Racing Drone

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – New York, NY: The Drone Racing League (DRL), the global, professional drone racing circuit, today launched the DRL RacerAI, the league’s first-ever autonomous racing drone. Designed to be the first autonomous robot to defeat a human in a physical sport, the DRL RacerAI will help close the gap between artificial intelligence (AI) and […]

Medicine from the Sky: Telangana Hits Milestone for Drone Delivery of Medical Supplies to Remote Areas

New Delhi, India, 4 October 2019 – The Government of Telangana has been exploring the use of drones to increase access to healthcare for communities across the state. Drones can dramatically cut transport times and increase supply chain efficiencies. Countries around the world have experimented with drones for last-mile delivery for the past five years, […]

SkyOp LLC Inks Deal to Bring Its Drone Training STEM Curriculum to Local School Districts

Canandaigua, N.Y. – October 2, 2019 – SkyOp LLC, developer of industry-leading drone training courseware, announced that it has been awarded a cooperative purchasing contract to make its customizable SkyOp Drone Training Curriculum available to local school districts through the New York Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). Under the state-wide agreement, SkyOp will deliver its proprietary workforce-development STEM curriculum directly to […]

Why Drones Are The Future

Guest post by Arthur Daniel Cohen Technology that used to be considered nothing more than a fantasy, something that belonged in a cartoon like The Jetsons but certainly not in the “real world”, has become one of the most disruptive and important technologies of our time. Drone technology has revolutionized our world in ways most […]