Big Blue is banking on a new deal with a Dutch drone company to launch the Internet of Things into bluer skies. IBM announced a deal yesterday to deploy its Watson IoT platform with Netherlands-based Aerialtronics drones to enhance aerial inspection services across several sectors – notably for wireless tower …
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NZ Drone Test Range Is First of Its Kind
Researchers in New Zealand are hoping a drone test range will open up new horizons for the nation’s growing UAV industry. At the University of Canterbury’s Spatial Engineering Research Centre, a partnership of academic and commercial players recently launched a specialized test range. Officials see the complex as a way …
Read More »Commercial Drone Alliance Announces Leadership
The Commercial Drone Alliance, a non-profit education and advocacy group founded earlier this year and led by key players in the industry, has announced it’s leadership. The roster is impressive, and speaks to the urgency that business leaders feel to work together to support the burgeoning commercial drone industry. The Alliance hopes to …
Read More »Drone Company CyPhy Works Shakes Up Management in Effort to Accelerate Lift Off
Lance Vanden Brook Current CEO and founder Helen Greiner will now be the firm’s CTO. Brook comes to CyPhy from Pilot Thomas Logistics where he served as the senior vice president of their Energy and Industrial Group. Prior to that he was at Kiva Systems, a provider of fulfillment center …
Read More »The Black Market in Drones: Why Commercial Operators Need the FAA
wp-image-42274″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black.png” alt=”black market in drones” width=”253″ height=”253″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black.png 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black-150×150.png 150w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/faalogo-black-45×45.png 45w” sizes=”(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px”/>Commentary. The FAA predicts that there may be as many as 600,000 licensed drone operators in a year, since Part 107 was enacted at the end of August. But that number may be …
Read More »Drones Troubleshoot Idaho Landfill Data
Drone flights are helping an Idaho county maximize the use and sustainability of its landfill. Ada County recently received FAA approval to launch drone flights over its 2,700-acre multi-use complex to map the site to measure erosion and ground swell as well as to ensure proper distribution of landfill dirt. …
Read More »Waste Shark Drone Chomps Maritime Trash
Just when Rotterdam’s trash thought it was safe to get into the busy waters … an aquatic drone lurks in Europe’s largest port ready to chomp debris and keep the city clean. The Netherland’s second largest city recently hired RanMarine Technology to deploy its latest innovation – the Waste Shark …
Read More »3DR Site Scan Maps Dallas Skyscraper
According to a recent Interdrone white paper, “of the total global spending over the next five years on drones in the commercial market, about $11.2 billion will be generated by the construction industry, with $1.3 billion in the U.S. alone.” Dallas-based Austin Commercial is contributing to the billions spent on construction …
Read More »Will “Follow-Me” Be the Feature Which Launches Skye Orbit?
I had the opportunity to meet with David Sliwa, Skye Intelligence Technology’s Director of Sales and Marketing last week at InterDrone. David walked me through the functionality of their Orbit drone scheduled to hit the shelves in Q4 of this year. From our meeting, there’s a lot to like about …
Read More »What does UAV stand for?
UAV stands for, “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle” which is mostly used by the military and law enforcement. The UAV is a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), also referred to as Drones, that can be remotely piloted from anywhere in the world. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs or drones, have grown in popularity …
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