Source: SkySkopes Police in North Dakota are celebrating after search-and-rescue drones helped locate a missing child last week. Working with top-rated drone firm SkySkopes, the Minot police and fire departments found two-year old Kevin Hochsprung in a nearby unoccupied, unlocked house several hours after the boy wandered away from home. …
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Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) / CC BY-SA In a recent press release, start-up F-drones announced the first commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone delivery in Singapore. This is the first time that authorized drone delivery to ships has taken place in Singapore. The company recently obtained the first ever authorization in Singapore for …
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The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International has announced a weeklong series of UAS webinars. XPONENTIAL Virtual Sessions kicks off May 4 with five webinars across next week on topics ranging from robotics to drone delivery. In response to coronavirus concerns, the AUVSI postponed its major drone show, XPONENTIAL 2020 but is offering …
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Drone Mapping of UNESCO Archaeological Site: From Simactive Drones mapping of UNESCO Archaeological sites are helping to gather the necessary data to help prepare orthophoto maps and digital elevation models of valuable areas. The drone mapping company SimActive recently announced that it is involved in the mapping of a UNESCO …
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DJI’s Mavic Air 2 has been confirmed as the drone giant’s latest mid-range model. After months of anticipation (and a few leaks), the Chinese manufacturer officially announced the release of the Mavic Air 2, a folding quadcopter, on Monday night. Featuring 8K functionality, the Mavic Air 2 sports a larger …
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DJI Mavic Air 2 Announcement is scheduled for today. DJI Mavic Air 2 Closed Leaked Image The long anticipated and often rumored DJI Mavic Air 2 announcement will occur tonight – we think. DJI is going to announce something later today, April 27 at 9:30 pm EDT, or the webmaster …
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Flytrex File Photo: The drone delivery service has already taken off in Iceland. Drone delivery relief is coming to a North Dakota city to promote social distancing. Israeli UAS startup Flytrex is partnering with EASE Drones, the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation and the City of Grand Forks to …
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Zipline has started drone delivery of covid-19 tests in Ghana. Separately but related, Zipline has been working with the US FAA to launch of U.S. operations for drone delivery including the ability to distribute test kits and PPEs via drone. Zipline covid-19 delivery As we have written before about Zipline, …
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Courtesy: Global Aerospace In HBO’s hit series Westworld, advanced air mobility vehicles zip characters from one plot twist to the next in a 2050s world of AI-piloted air taxis. Advances in fuel cells, drones and air-traffic management have pushed the nascent sector into a higher altitude of innovation, However, aviation …
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Source: Draganfly A Connecticut town is testing a drone that can measure social distancing and detect COVID19 symptoms from the air. The Westport Police Department recently partnered with Canadian drone company Draganfly to deploy unmanned aircraft equipped with a sensor package that can display body temperature, heart and respiratory rates, …
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