Australian counter-drone agency DroneShield is taking the pole place in the world of NASCAR in the race to guard racing occasions from rogue drones. DroneShield offered anti-drone safety for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway. A law-enforcement job pressure comprised of the Texas State Department …
Read More »Aquabotix’s Newest Drone Swarm Can Dive on Command
Australian start-up Aquabotix this week launched SwarmDiver, a micro-aquatic drone that may deal with floor and underwater missions as a single car or in a swarm. In swarms of 30 models, the drones can dive on command and gather underwater information for surveying, aquatic analysis, surveillance and reconnaissance for navy and industrial …
Read More »Amateur Drone Pilot Surprised to Film Civil War Ship
When Brent Garlington determined to launch his drone whereas on a seaside trip, the North Carolina man by no means dreamed he would discover a piece of Civil War historical past. The Fayetteville native captured distinctive footage whereas filming through UAV over the Lockwood Folly Inlet between Oak Island and …
Read More »California Police Department is Gunning for Rogue Drones
As counter-drone explodes right into a multi-billion-dollar business, police companies are making the most of the brand new tech to neutralize rogue UAVs that threaten emergency conditions. In California, the Oceanside Police Department has obtained an “anti-drone gun” to cease and land errant drones. As drone use grows, many public …
Read More »Commercial Drone Alliance Wants Congress to Repeal Sec. 336
The industrial drone business desires safer skies for unmanned aerial automobiles and so they’re taking their case to Capitol Hill. The Commercial Drone Alliance, an unbiased 501c6 non-profit led by key figures of the industrial drone business, known as on Congress in a latest assertion to repeal Section 336 of …
Read More »WorkHorse Snares Drone Delivery Patent
As the battle for delivery-drone methods heats up, a number of David’s are difficult company Goliath’s like Amazon. Workhorse Group this week introduced a patent submitting to develop a truck-launched drone bundle supply system. Dubbed a “custom-built, high efficiency delivery UAV that is fully integrated with the Workhorse line of …
Read More »Fukushima: Autonomous Drones Inspect Radioactive Hot Spots
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is teaming up with Tokyo Electric Power to deploy autonomous drones that may assess situations and injury to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy following a 9.zero magnitude earthquake in 2011. Working with the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab on the University of …
Read More »Xponential: Novadem Will Launch New Tethered Drone
In April, French drone firm Novadem will unleash it latest tethered UAV platform, the NXWIRE 2.zero at AUVSI XPONENTIAL, the most important UAS commerce present that brings collectively greater than eight,500 unmanned techniques business leaders. A second-generation tethered system, NXWIRE 2.zero gives a number of new options: Ground-based energy provide …
Read More »U of Michigan Lab Reaches “Final Four” of Drone Testing
The University of Michigan is flying excessive following Saturday’s Final Four victory, however Wolverine engineering college students are already taking autonomous drone testing to national-champ ranges. In 2017, the college’s College of Engineering started work on M-Air, an outside fly lab created to check autonomous aerial automobiles. Now, the four-story …
Read More »New UAVOS Fixed-Wing Drone Offers Easy Setup, Launch
A Silicon Valley drone startup is making on-the-spot drone missions speedier and longer. Mountain Valley-based UAVOS final week introduced the launch of the Borey-10 unmanned fixed-wing plane, a drone with a number of new design enhancements that enable a person to assemble the UAV in about 10 minutes. Innovative design …
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