Like many events these days, the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee has gone remote. The meeting will be held this Friday, June 19: from 12 -3 pm EST – and drone stakeholders have the opportunity to watch, as the meetings will be livestreamed on the FAA’s Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube channels. …
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Nano drones, the advanced systems that pack a lot of functionality into a tiny form factor, are becoming a major military tool. FLIR announced last month that they have won an additional $20.6 million contract for their Black Hornet® 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS). Very few manufacturers in the drone …
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Following the opposite direction of the tech giants, A tech startup starts offering today a similar facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES, June 18, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Face-Six, an American-Israeli startup company has started offering a facial recognition service to law enforcement agencies in …
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Red Deer airport using drones for runway inspections Unmanned aircraft vehicles will gather data and photos of runways Red Deer Regional Airport has teamed up with a Calgary company that specializes in using drones for runway inspections and other work. One of Aerium Analytics’ first projects will be …
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How AI and machine learning algorithms redefine utility inspections as society faces this pandemic. The following is a guest post by Jaro Uljanovs, Lead AI Developer and Data Scientist at Sharper Shape, specialists in automated industrial inspections. Artificial intelligence (AI) boasts a wide range of potential applications, across nearly every …
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Drone industry investment hasn’t dried up in the current crisis. CA-based aerial data analytics company DroneBase has announced another $7.5 million round – after months of record-setting revenue. Last year, before the coronavirus threw all assumptions and expectations into question, leading drone market analysts DRONEII posited that the drone hype …
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FDC and FLI president Josephine Gotianun-Yap. INQUIRER file photo Gotianun-led Filinvest group seeks to accelerate investments in digital infrastructure and green technologies to future-proof various core businesses, especially during this state of public health emergency. “We have always viewed digital and the new eco-friendly technology to be the way of …
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The U.S. Department of Defense has come out against the use of commercial off the shelf (COTS) drones, instituting a ban on COTS Unmnanned Aircraft in 2018. But after nearly a year of coordination, collaboration, and development, two North Dakota drone solutions companies are making progress in working with the …
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Image courtesy Wingcopter German drone manufacturer Wingcopter was named as one of the World Economic Forum’s 100 Technology Pioneers. The annual list is designed to highlight and bring together early stage companies that are innovating to solve sustainability and humanitarian challenges. Technology Pioneer companies begin a two year relationship with …
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Key companies profiled are PACCAR Leasing Company, Penske Automotive Group, Inc., RYDER, Enterprise Holdings Inc., The Hertz Corporation, Avis Budget Group, ALD Automotive, SIXT SE, Europcar, Localiza, Unidas, Shouqi Zuche, Goldcar, Movida, LeasePlan and more /EIN News/ — Pune, June 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The global commercial vehicle rental …
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