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A Caddell Construction Company mission has gained prime honors within the building business’s two most prestigious nationwide mission excellence competitions. The Design-Build Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (drone) Hangar Complex at Camp Mackall-Fort Bragg, NC gained the AGC (Associated General Contractors) Build America Award, Category Federal & Heavy Construction. This mission was …

Image – Drone America Experiments in cloud seeding, the extremely scientific technique for modifying precipitation, are main the means in drone flights that may fly past visible line of sight (BVLOS ). In Nevada a analysis crew has recorded the longest unmanned, cross-country flight in Nevada historical past. Flown at …

UPS will not be an organization that plans to be left behind. With WalMart, Amazon, DHL and others all making forays into subsequent gen bundle supply methods utilizing drones, UPS is trying to preserve tempo.  UPS (NYSE:UPS) introduced at present that it has efficiently examined a drone that launches from …

Guest post by DroneDeploy — As one ag industry expert put it, using a drone on the farm is like being able to see your field from a 10,000-foot altitude, but also being able to zoom in to two inches above the plants. Growers are increasingly discovering that drone mapping …

Maintaining optimal water quality can drive the almond industry a little nuts (sorry). However, a California-based drone company is teaming up with an academic research team to give growers a powerful new tool for a healthier harvest. Military and commercial drone provider AeroVironment recently launched a year-long study with Fresno …

Industrial-drone automation firm Airobotics this week launched a new software developer program the Israeli company says will allow customers to work smarter with customizable new UAV mission programs. In a press release, Airobotics states that the new program empowers third-party customers to design and develop software that can be integrated into …

CEO Chris Anderson presenting BIM capabilities at 3DR offices In advance of a new product announcement scheduled for today, Chris Anderson, CEO of 3DR, hosted a media event yesterday in which he provided an overview of 3DR’s primary focus going forward, performed a demonstration of capability, and fielded questions. In …

A recent firmware and app update to the Parrot Bebop 2 delivers follow me functionality to Bebop operators. It is free to try in the upgraded FreeFlight Pro app for 15 days but after that you’ll have to pay to take advantage of the functionality. Parrot touts the follow me …

Sky-Futures, a developer focused on the drone-based industrial inspection market, has announced that their in-house software, Expanse, is now commercially available. Expanse, the drone-based industrial inspection  platform, assists organizations with viewing, understanding and managing their assets. Sky-Futures clients have been using the software, which has been built, designed and focuses entirely …

Guest post by Efrat Fenigson, Head of Marketing at Airobotics (Autonomous Drones) It took a tease and a bold prediction from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to get the general public to begin thinking a couple of years ago about the ways in which drones might change the business landscape forever. But …