Israeli-based Airobotics acquired the first authorization in the world for utterly autonomous flight earlier this spring – and the firm has been demonstrating the know-how round the world ever since. The Airobotics system, which they demonstrated at AUVSI’s Xponential present this week, is dramatic to look at: a smooth dice slides open …

Joris Favraud and Guillaume Juin, of BigFly, gained the “architecture” class on the New York City Drone Film Festival this yr for the video featured above. The video is a thoughts bending journey into the vaulted ceilings of the Saint Louis Cathedral in Paimboeuf, France, and presents the closest we’ve ever gotten to the attractive …

Sentera has introduced new additions to its small, light-weight single sensor product household. The new High-Precision NDVI Single and High-Precision NDRE Single enhance spectral band separation and generate correct vegetation index measurements. The High-Precision Single sensor is offered in two variants: normalized distinction vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized distinction pink …

Returning from the AUVSI XPONENTIAL present in Dallas this week, I used to be struck by how rapidly issues can change.  Once a army centered occasion, XPONENTIAL has rapidly morphed right into a showcase for business drone services and products.  Large army know-how suppliers have rapidly re-arranged their choices to …

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Here’s a footnote to America’s current wars that’s value pondering for a couple of moments. The U.S. Air Force is operating out of peculiar bombs, sensible bombs, and in some instances missiles. No kidding. The air warfare over Syria and Iraq that started in August 2014 and …

Acend Inc., an insurance coverage and expertise firm, and Liberty Specialty Markets, a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, are teaming up on a brand new drone insurance coverage platform, DroneInsurance.com. By changing paperwork and complexity with data-driven automation and consumer management, DroneInsurance.com is a platform that makes shopping for …

Idaho drone producer xCraft has introduced the launch of its newest VTOL drone, the x2 Geo. The x2 Geo will likely be provided to professionals as a part of another mapping resolution, utilizing VTOL know-how to protect battery life and enhance flight time. xCraft’s new drone comes after the profitable launch …

After shedding a third of its workforce a few months in the past, Parrot simply introduced that they’re launching a Professional division centered completely on the “prosumer” market. Parrot at present has an costly line of industrial drones that promote for $11,000 and up, and a line of client drones that promote for …

Airbus at present introduced the launch of a brand new business drone start-up, named Airbus Aerial, that may give attention to growing new imagery providers. These providers will leverage expertise that Airbus has developed over time and makes use of with satellites and complement that with imaging from drones and …

French drone producer Parrot has taken an attention-grabbing sideways step into the business market this week. The firm has introduced that two of its newest shopper drones are being repurposed to fulfill the wants of pros in agriculture, mapping and inspection, for industries starting from development to actual property. Parrot …