Drone in a box

Autonomous drones – the drone in the box solutions that deliver drone operations without a pilot onsite – are emerging as an important market sector.  Polish autonomous drone company Dronehub is the latest autonomous drone company to get new investment funding in order to grow their operations. Dronehub has raised …

Despite – or maybe even because of -the current pandemic, drone industry investment continues to grow.  The latest announcement comes from Easy Aerial, a leading provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions.  Easy Aerial announces a Series A round of $6.15 M, led by the same private investment group that funded …

Israel’s Percepto claims to be the most deployed autonomous drone-in-a-box solutions, with Fortune 500 customers in more than 10 countries.  Part of the way they achieve that level of deployment is through an emphasis on safety – paramount for any system designed to operate without the necessary intervention of human pilots. …

Israel’s Percepto has scored a major win in Florida.  Florida Power and Light (FPL) will deploy Percepto’s Sparrow drones in hurricane response, after Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution passed level 5 hurricane testing at the Florida International University Wall of Wind.  “The box can withstand winds of up to 150mph making it …

image courtesy Percepto One of the most dangerous and unpleasant effects of extreme weather is a loss of power across large areas.  Florida Power & Light is accustomed to the problem – and they’re finding new ways to deal with it.  The power company has received an FAA waiver to …

image courtesy Percepto A DRONELIFE Exlusive interview with Dor Abuhasira, Co-Founder and CEO of Percepto. Of all of the buzz words used in the drone industry in 2019, “automation” was one of the biggest.  Along with AI , drone companies touted automation in every aspect of drone use.  There are …

Israeli drone-in-a-box provider Percepto has announced a $15m Series A funding round led by U.S. Venture Partners. The company has to date raised a total of $27.5m, with previous investors including R&R Venture Partners and Hyundai Motors. The funding will be split between driving Percepto’s autonomous drone-in-a-box solution into emerging …

Israel based, Percepto   announced that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous drones over SK Telecom’s 5G trial network in Korea. While possibly less familiar to western readers,  South Korea is the 11th largest economy in the world. From it’s recent press release: “Percepto today announced that it has successfully …