US drone manufacturer Skydio funding soars by $230 million for a total of over $562 million. From the Skydio funding announcement: The $230 million Series E round brings Skydio’s total funding raised to $562 million with a current valuation of over $2.2 billion. Linse Capital led the round, joined by existing …
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Image of an Yves St. Laurent (YSL) carbon offset project in Morocco, shown on Explorer.land. GLOBHE is the impact tech company behind the crowd-droning concept and the largest album of drone-collected images in the world. With a network of local drone operators in more than 140 countries, GLOBHE enables stakeholders …
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The aerospace and defence industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by the pressing need for modernisation and the growing importance of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and unmanned systems. In the last three years alone, there have been over 174,000 patents filed and granted …
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TEKEVER Equips its AR5 Drone with Groundbreaking SAR Technology by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned aerial systems leader TEKEVER has announced the addition of GAMASAR to its AR5 UAS. A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) developed by TEKEVER’s Space division, GAMASAR is available on both AR5 and AR3 systems …
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image courtesy BRINC, used with permission US Drone Manufacturer BRINC Drones Sends Drones and Pilots to Turkey BRINC Chief of Staff Andrew Coté had arrived from Turkey only hours earlier when we met at the BRINC facility in Seattle, but the former Marine brought the same calm efficiency to our …
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DELAIR Releases Europe’s First C6 Class Drone by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby French drone manufacturer DELAIR has released the C6 class UX11 drone, enabling BVLOS operations across Europe without the need for specific authorization within the framework of the EASA European standard scenario STS-02. The UX11 is the …
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AirModo is a new instant drone insurance app that allows unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators to purchase either hourly or annual policies to suit their growing business or hobby. The app, available on both iOS and Android platforms, provides options to buy insurance for a single drone or a fleet, …
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UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Deputies used a drone equipped with infrared technology to find teenagers who were suspected of throwing rocks off a bridge over the Monroe Expressway, the Union County sheriff said. Deputies were called to the expressway late Friday night after getting reports of people throwing rocks from …
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world’s leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), radars, electro-optic and related mission systems, is partnering with Divergent Technologies, Inc. (Divergent) to support its Additive Manufacturing applications development efforts and implement a full digital manufacturing process for GA-ASI’s products. Divergent has developed a …
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Russia has likely depleted its supply of Iranian one-way-attack uncrewed aerial vehicles or OWA-UAVs, the British Defense Ministry said Saturday in an intelligence update. The ministry said there have not been any reports of the vehicles being used in Ukraine “since around” Feb. 15, while at least 24 were reported …
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