Centrik and Flock Sign Strategic Alliance to Deliver Data-Driven Reduced Risk Operations for the Drone Sector

Operational management system supplier Centrik and specialist drone and eVTOL insurance provider Flock have formed a strategic alliance to raise safety standards and reduce risk in commercial drone operations. The move means a commercial UAS operator who uses Centrik to manage its operations can now automatically align insurance costs with their actual exposure to risk. Flock’s connected […]

SimActive Involved in the Mapping of a UNESCO Archeological Site

Montreal, Canada, April 28th, 2020 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that his Correlator3D™ product is used to map the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Halin in Myanmar.  The archaeological project involved the deployment of drones to gather data necessary to prepare orthophoto maps and digital elevation models. The goal is […]

DroneUp, UPS, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group Test Unmanned Systems for Coronavirus Response

LAWRENCEVILLE, Virginia, April 21, 2020 – DroneUp recently partnered with UPS (NYSE: UPS) and subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) with Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group in tests designed to determine how unmanned aerial systems can assist medical professionals in their fight to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. As healthcare practitioners nationwide and around the world race to contain the virus […]

Businesses That Can Benefit From Using Drones

Guest Post by Mattea Jacobs There was a time that drones were only seen as flying cameras used for fun, but those times have changed as drone technology improved, and possibilities got recognized. Today the use of drones in specific business sectors is seen as a fast and relatively cheap option in areas where humans […]

The use of drones during COVID-19 crisis will be very present at UNVEX 2020

Madrid, April 20th. – UNVEX 2020 is redesigning its conference program to include the experience acquired with the use of drone during the coronavirus crisis. During these months, unmanned or autonomous systems are being used for several activities that will be exposed and analyzed from 6th to 8th of October in Santiago de Compostela. The […]

Atlas Named Silver Winner of the 2020 Edison Awards

Gaithersburg, Md. (April 16, 2020) – Atlas, a global leader in autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS), announced that it has been named a Silver Edison Award winner in the category of Aerospace and Innovation, subcategory: Communications, Sensors and Logistics for its AtlasMESH Multi-UAS Technology.  AtlasMESH eliminates is defying and redefining the “endurance paradigm”, enabling 24/7 […]

Photogrammetry Software for any Application: Interview with SimActive President Philippe Simard

Drone imaging and mapmaking is a powerful tool with applications in a wide range of industries, whether it’s construction, surveying, agriculture, law enforcement and first response, utilities – the list can go on and on. Leading the way in technology and software capabilities is SimActive Inc, providing a cutting-edge software program to create orthomosaic maps […]

Will Pandemic Drones Help With the Detection of COVID-19 Cases?

Guest Post by Emily Folk The global outbreak of the new coronavirus has forced people everywhere to adjust their lifestyles, companies to revisit their business models and innovators to find new medical and technological methods for containing the virus. Drones are already a world-changing technology, but they may have another role to play as we […]

Drones and the Coronavirus: From Crisis to Opportunity

 By Millie Radovic via Droneii. Originally published: Apr. 2020 As the entire world scrambles to react to the global health crisis caused by the spread of the new coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness, conversations about automation and the role of robotics in society have never been more relevant. With the number of those infected by the […]

SimActive Used to Determine Solar Potential from Satellite Imagery

Montreal, Canada, April 7th, 2020 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that his Correlator3D™ product is used by Dutch company NEO B.V. to assess solar potential in multiple cities.  Digital surface models (DSMs) are generated from WorldView and GeoEye satellite stereo images and serve to calculate solar panel capacity. DSMs covering […]

Rakuten Mobile Using AirMap’s TowerSight Solution to Inspect Base Station Sites with Drones as it Rolls Out New Network

April 6, 2020, Santa Monica, CA—AirMap, the leading digital airspace and automation company serving the drone economy, today announced that it is providing its TowerSight solution to Rakuten Mobile, Inc., a division of the Japanese internet services company Rakuten. Rakuten Mobile is using TowerSight to conduct drone inspections of its base station sites as it […]

DroneUp Acquires AeroVista Innovations

Virginia Beach, VA (April 2, 2020) — DroneUp, LLC, an end-to-end drone pilot service provider for aerial data collection, is pleased to announce that it has acquired AeroVista Innovations, LLC (AVI) to provide full-service drone training to private and public sector organizations. DroneUp has acquired AVI’s assets, employees, and customer contracts, and will transition merged […]

Pix4D Announces a New Generation of Tools for Photogrammetry, Drone Mapping and Analytics

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 31st, 2020 Photogrammetry leader Pix4D is announcing today the commercial release of next-generation software addressing the modern-day professional challenges. Developed in close collaboration with customers and partners, Pix4Dsurvey, Pix4Dmatic, Pix4Dinspect, and Pix4Dscan will contribute to revolutionizing the way professional customers operate and deliver their services. Breaking ground with Pix4Dsurvey & Pix4Dmatic Digital […]

VOXL Flight First Open-Development Platform to Fuse Flight Controller and Companion Computer on Single Board

SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2020 – ModalAI released VOXL Flight today, the first open-development platform for autonomous drone navigation that fuses a companion computer with a PX4 flight controller on one printed circuit board (PCB). VOXL Flight reduces cabling, cost, size and weight compared to using two independent boards, creating a plug-and-play solution drone manufacturers and […]

FlytBase and DroneLogBook Partner to Simplify Live, Remote Drone Operations

California, USA, 31 March 2020 – FlytBase, Inc. and DroneLogBook are excited to partner together to help drone operators, service providers and system integrators automate and scale their UAV operations. The growth of the global commercial drone industry, led by US-based enterprises, federal agencies and tech startups, is expected to accelerate as hardware gets commoditized, […]