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At INTERGEO, Europe’s biggest mapping and GIS Expo held this week in Essen, Germany, AgEagle Regulatory Compliance Manager Pierre-Alain Marchand gave a presentation about the challenges, benefits, and opportunities in European drone regulations.  DRONELIFE spoke to AgEagle about the regulation framework, and developing products to match. The European Union Aviation …

TOPODRONE Launches AQUAMAPPER Airborne Bathymetric Surveying Solution by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby At global mapping show INTERGEO this week, LiDAR equipment company TOPODRONE has launched AQUAMAPPER, a UAV-based solution for bathymetric surveying and marine construction.  Bathymetric surveying is the underwater equivalent of topographic surveying, mapping the floor of …

Don’t miss AURA Network Systems on Dawn of Drones, Wednesday October 19 at 11:00 am EST.  Stream below: This is the third week of “Industry Enablers” month, sponsored by TruWeather Solutions, featuring Grand Sky, and presented by DroneLife. Dial in as Dawn and Bill Tolpegin, AURA CEO, discuss how AURA’s …

Quantum-Systems Gains New Investors in Funding Round by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) specialist Quantum-Systems has announced the closing of a financing round with new investors Peter Thiel, Project A, and Sanno Capital. The round also saw participation from existing investor Bayern Kapital. With its …

INTERGEO – one of the largest GIS and mapping shows in the world – is back and in person this week, in Essen Germany.  DRONELIFE is on the floor at INTERGEO and the INTERAERIAL Solutions section of the show, dedicated to the drone technology powering mapping applications around the globe. …

Soaring Eagle Technologies Granted New BVLOS Waiver for Commercial Inspection Missions by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone data collection company Soaring Eagle Technologies has received one of the first BVLOS Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waivers authorizing the deployment of small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) …

BRINC is best known for it’s LEMUR drone designed to de-escalate crises and improve outcomes for SWAT teams and police. LEMUR is both rugged and sophisticated, equipped with tools specific to the job.  While the LEMUR’s glass cutter and “turtle mode” may make the best media, one of LEMUR’s most …

Jeremy Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0 Powering Up Your Drone Program — Overcoming Implementation Challenges DroneNerds is a top drone reseller, offering a wide variety of services and support.  They’ve helped enterprise clients from many different verticals starting a drone program– and they’ve published a new ebook based on a real …

GordonJ86, CC BY-SA 4.0 Volatus Aerospace Acquires Synergy Aviation, Adds 500,000+ km Pipeline Right of Way Surveillance Continue reading below, or listen: Today, Volatus Aerospace announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Synergy Aviation, a move that will strengthen Volatus’ position in the oil and gas industry in …

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week October 14.  Click on the titles below for the full story.  This week we were at the DJI AirWorks show in Las Vegas – find out what happened! Continue reading …