Drone

default Around the word, power companies are using drones for power line monitoring, especially after extreme weather events.  Now, Finnish energy company Järvi-Suomen Energia, who distributes electricity for over 100 000 customers in Finland’s lake district, is working with Estonian technology company Hepta Airborne to detect post-storm damages.  Hepta Airborne’s drone is …

Thermal imaging giant FLIR acquires drone manufacturer Altavian in a move to provide “comprehensive mission coverage within Group 1 Unmanned Systems for Defense Customers,” says a FLIR release today. “FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has acquired Altavian, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems …

It’s been three and a half years since P.E.I. RCMP trained its first five drone pilots and just last week, eight more members were added to the team.  “As time goes on we’re seeing more and more calls where a drone is useful,” said RCMP Staff-Sgt. Kevin Baillie, the drone co-ordinator for …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec 1, 2020– The “Drones in Logistics Market by Solution, Sector, Drone Type, and Geography – Forecast to 2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Drones in Logistics Market is projected to grow at the rate of 22% CAGR by 2026. Drones in logistics refers to the …

The latest rescue took place last month, when sherriff’s deputies found a missing 93-year-old woman in a dark field in Missouri – using a DJI drone with a thermal imaging camera.  That brings the total to more than 500 lives saved by drones, according to DJI’s project counting the lives …

NEW DELHI: India is accelerating plans to develop an air-launched swarm drone system designed to attack enemy advanced air defences, like the ones deployed by China across the Ladakh border, thereby greatly reducing vulnerability of pilots and fighter jets to ground based air defences. The project, which envisages a Jaguar …

Drones provide an aerial perspective for almost any use.  Mobile apps for drones can take that aerial perspective and turn it into something useable: from counting sheep and cattle to pizza delivery.   Meet Godfrey Nolan, president and founder of RIIS: one of the companies helping drones work harder in …

China’s government is determined to lead the world in implementing urban air mobility, enabling companies like EHang to accelerate applications from emergency response to aerial sightseeing. “The General Office of the State Council of the PRC has recently issued a circular proposing to accelerate the strategic development of Urban Air …

There is still time to get deeply discounted hardware and software for your business.  Check out these Cyber Monday drone deals and Pix4D‘s Cyber December offers! This year, the industry is embracing year end discounts: Cyber Monday drone deals are going well beyond recreational hardware (but that’s included, too.)  If …

In northern Syria, Turkish drones played a major part this year in a series of devastating attacks on Syrian armored forces that caught some military observers by surprise and helped bring a Syrian government offensive against rebel areas to a halt. At home, the drones have become a symbol of …