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 …
Read More »How tech is being used in the Ukraine War
Technology is changing how wars are fought, from drones to satellites, weapons systems to artificial intelligence. Do you know that The Ukrainian conflict began in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine? Since then, fighting between Ukraine and Russia has killed thousands of civilians and displaced nearly two million people. …
Read More »TOPODRONE Launches AQUAMAPPER – DRONELIFE
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 …
Read More »LMT to attempt remote drone piloting across the continent
Latvian mobile innovator, LMT, will attempt to pilot a drone located in Latvia from a 3500+ kilometers distance during the Comp4Drones final demonstration in Spain on October 19, 2022. This demonstration will be unique in the fact that a mobile network will be used as a communication channel for cross-country …
Read More »Kaman selected to build cargo UAS prototype for U.S. Marines
Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Corporation (NYSE:KAMN) announced on October 10th that they have been selected to build a logistics UAS prototype for the United States Marine Corps. Kaman will build a funded military version of its KARGO UAV, a purpose-built autonomous medium-lift logistics vehicle. KARGO UAV carries …
Read More »AURA Network Systems on Dawn of Drones
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 …
Read More »Quantum Systems Funding – DRONELIFE
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 …
Read More »Tokyo Tech third at 8th Iwakuni Underwater Robotics Festival
Members of the Aqua Lab from the Society for the Study of Robotics — an official Tokyo Tech student club — have finished third at the 8th Underwater Robotics Festival held in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture on August 27 and 28, 2022. Team Tokyo Tech competed in the Autonomous Underwater …
Read More »Green Light LiDAR for Aquatic Applications
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. …
Read More »ResilienX Announces Phase IIE / III SBIR Contract with NASA
ResilienX, Inc. announced today that they have been awarded Phase IIE and Phase III contracts by NASA to advance cutting-edge research addressing the impact of winds on uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations in urban environments. The research will be centered around NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) and the Hampton, VA …
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