In “Digitise the Skies,” researchers suggest the the U.K. invest £10m “in making recreational aircraft visible to drones” which “would remove major barrier to innovation and set stage for 420,000% return,” says publishers. The paper also suggests that the U.K. drone industry would benefit from the appointment of a a …
Read More »Drone racing championship comes to Las Vegas Strip during CE…
Some of the best drone pilots in the world will converge on the Strip in Las Vegas next year to compete to be crowned the tiny flying machine champion. The Drone Racing League on Monday announced that it will bring its high-speed professional drone racing circuit to Las Vegas with …
Read More »Energy Drones and Robotics Summit Kicks Off in Houston
The Energy Drones and Robotics Summit Coalition kicked off in Houston, TX today. Dor Abuharisa of Percepto and Jack Dunn of Skydio offered keynote addresses on how autonomous drones and AI are contributing to the energy industry. Percepto and Automated Inspections Dor Abuhasira, CEO of Percepto, led off the keynotes to …
Read More »Residential Solar Surveys with Drones Oblique Imagery
2. Better detect small obstructions Pointing a camera straight down negatively impacts detecting small obstructions, like vent pipes and attic fans, because the verticality of those objects aren’t effectively modelled. Missing obstructions in your modelling can derail a solar project by forcing a redesign, delaying an install, or negatively impacting …
Read More »Turkey converts high-speed target drone into missile
25 October 2021 17:16 (UTC+04:00) 430 By Vugar Khalilov Defence Industry Chief Ismail Demir has said that Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) converted the SIMSEK (Lightning) high-speed target drone into a missile, Yeni Shafak newspaper has reported. “Our target plane, SIMSEK, tired of being hit, has now decided to shoot! SIMSEK has …
Read More »Radiometric Thermal Zoom Webinar November 2
Teledyne FLIR’s radiometric thermal zoom sensor is game-changing technology for public safety, industrial inspection, and more. Learn why this next level functionality combination is important for your business at the Teledyne FLIR webinar, November 2 at 1:00 pm EST/10:00 am PST. Radiometric Thermal Zoom: the Ultimate Combination of Functions In …
Read More »Empire State Development Announces Genius NY Round Five Fina…
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the five teams selected to take part in round five of the innovative GENIUS NY business accelerator program. Supported by the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalization Initiative and administered by CenterState CEO at the Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse, these startup, unmanned systems industry companies …
Read More »Honeywell Increases Range Threefold for Light Drones
PHOENIX, Aug. 18, 2021 — Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) is developing a new technology suite for light drones that allows them to fly three times longer and with less human intervention. Compared with traditional drones using batteries and line-of-sight radio links, drones equipped with Honeywell’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) technologies …
Read More »Bengaluru startup among the winners of IAF drone contest- Th…
By Express News Service BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based start-up Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited was among the three firms that won the “Mehar Baba Swarm Drone Competition” conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF). IAF Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Sunday, October 24, 2021, presented awards to Newspace Research and Technologies Private …
Read More »Skydio’s new head of security Jeff Horne
Cybersecurity for drones: in an introductory blog post, Skydio’s new Head of Security Jeff Horne explains why he thinks data security is critical to the future of autonomous systems. by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and leader in autonomous flight, recently appointed Jeff …
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