South African drone startup Aerobotics knows that paper airplanes are more than just childhood toys. The up-and-coming firm just received a $2 million boost in VC funding from Johannesburg-based Paper Planes Ventures. The Series A expansion brings the Paper Plane’s total investment to $4 million, an Aerobotics statement noted last …
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SINGAPORE: Local map tech provider GPS Lands occupies an office space in a quiet, unassuming industrial nook at Jalan Pemimpin. Yet its humble home conceals its burgeoning ambitions. It is looking to offer makers of autonomous vehicles high definition maps which are more accurate than those from the industry bigwigs, according to …
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People have been told by state and local agencies to stay indoors when the weather is frightful. However, we still have to get to work, go to school and shovel snow — and basically live our lives. I mean, we live in the Upper Midwest so we know what to …
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LEHMAN TWP. — Up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just a drone. And the word “just” doesn’t apply. Jared Reimer, from ABJ Drones, a New Jersey-based company that deals in the flying eyes in the sky, offered a presentation at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre …
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For many people active in the tenders sector, the last number of months may have been a bad omen of sorts. There has been an unprecedented wave of tender cancellations particularly to do with government related tenders. Also coming down the pipeline was mobile network operator, NetOne, communicating a decision …
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Image from video uploaded on YouTube by James Vincent There is a “sense of urgency” among security officials in the U.S. that they need systems and technologies to counter potential threats from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the head of security for the National Football League said Feb. 28. Development of …
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In the next episode of FLIR’s DELTA Podcast, thermal expert Randall Warnas meets up with Romeo Durscher, Director of Public Safety Integration, DJI. Randall and Romeo discuss how public safety has been affected by thermal drones and Durscher answers the question “What industry will be the largest user of commercial drones in …
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The FAA and U.S. DOT have clarified the travel policy for LiPO batteries – something that drone flyers need to know before traveling. Batteries Lithium ion batteries do carry a risk of fire – incidents reported to the FAA show that some problem comes up at least a couple of …
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Jeff Herro, senior vice president for business development at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, said the company expects to conduct the initial flight test of its unmanned “loyal wingman” combat jet in the first week of March, Reuters reported Thursday. Kratos built the XQ-58A Valkyrie drone to support aircraft teaming and accompany …
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(MENAFN – GlobeNewsWire – Nasdaq) itemprop=”articleBody”>SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has acquired an 80.1% interest in Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. and FTT Core, LLC (collectively ‘FTT’), a leading …
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