Commercial Drones

DRONELIFE named French firm Delair-Tech as one of many prime European drone firms final yr – not simply due to their time within the trade and strong enterprise answer, however due to the thought management they supply. Silicon valley big Intel, closely invested within the drone trade and a bellweather for …

NVIDIA’s Redtail drone group: Nikolai Smolyanskiy, Alexey Kamenev, Jeffrey Smith NVIDIA researchers have launched expertise that may “enable  developers to create autonomous drones that can navigate complex, unmapped places without GPS,” says the corporate. “One of the challenges that many companies have encountered is in flying in environments that are …

The drone trade is celebrating a few of the ladies making headlines this yr.  Drone360 journal and Women and Drones have printed this yr’s 2017 Women to Watch in UAS, a listing of 9 ladies “disrupting, innovating, and shaping the future of the UAS (unmanned aerial systems) industry,” says Drone360. …

Amit Ganjoo, Anra Technologies When it involves new gamers within the drone trade, some are clearly entrepreneurs in search of the subsequent massive factor, no matter which may be.  Others, like founder Amit Ganjoo of ANRA Technologies, have a resume that reads just like the job necessities for a drone …

Hazen Bridge Inspections Bridge inspections are a powerful instance of the worth of drone know-how, and with over 100,000 linear ft of rail bridge inspected, HAZON Solutions is proving the purpose. VA-based HAZON Solutions (“HAZON”) was commissioned by Norfolk Southern to conduct probably the most complete drone-based inspections within the …

As one of many main suppliers of business drone options within the trade – and, based in 2011, one of many earliest drone corporations – Airware has had a entrance row seat as drone expertise developed.  Now Don Weigel, Airware’s Vice President of Professional Services, describes that improvement for each clients …

Yuneec Typhoon H Funding rounds for drone corporations have gotten greater and larger as the trade matures.  A brand new report from CB Insights names the trade’s high 10 funding offers since 2012. Some of the high recipient corporations provide no shock – DJI takes the #1 (and ties for …

DJI Spark DJI, the world’s largest drone producer, introduced immediately the appointment of Roger Luo as President of the corporate.  Luo was beforehand the Vice President of Operations. Luo’s focus would be the enlargement of DJI’s worldwide enterprise as he takes over day after day operations of the manufacturing large. …

Amazon‘s newest patent for “intermodal vehicles” suits in one other piece to the drone supply puzzle.  The patent describes container containers transported by practice, truck or container ship that would launch supply drones – or, as the patent factors out, obtain deliveries. Amazon’s plans for drone supply aren’t only a …

Intel has come a great distance from simply offering chips, and over the previous few years the firm has moved shortly to the forefront of the drone trade.  With a sequence of acquisitions, together with a stake in main Chinese producer Yuneec, and the improvement of drone applied sciences that …