A delivery drone A medical drone delivery service that makes it possible for the machines to carry Covid-19 samples, test kits and personal protective equipment between hospitals has been backed by the UK Space Agency. Apian, which was founded by NHS staff as part of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, …
Read More »Emesent is Making History DRONELIFE
Australian data analytics and drone autonomy start-up Emesent is making history with remotely operated autonomous drone flights. The latest flight took place underground in a mine in Canada – but was operated from Australia. These missions “promise to drive revolutionary change in the heavy industry space,” says an Emesent press …
Read More »AgEagle Soars into Drone Delivery Manufacturing Deal
Source: AgEagle Agricultural drone company AgEagle Aerial Systems has landed a two-year contract manufacturing agreement with Chicago drone delivery startup Valqari, LLC . The deal will allow AgEagle to produce Valqari’s recently released Drone Delivery Station – a landing solution with six separate storage units to accommodate multiple deliveries or pickups. A recent …
Read More »Tips from Professional Drone Pilots Skyward Webinar
The drone industry is growing, and enterprise drone programs are expanding fast. Employees from a wide variety of industries are adding drones to their toolkits, helping them to do their jobs more safely and efficiently. Drones are getting easier to fly and more automated all the time, but there is …
Read More »Surveillance camera commission certifies drone company DRONE…
The U.K.’s Surveillance Camera Commission was created to ensure that the public’s privacy was protected as CCTV cameras proliferated for security purposes. The Commission encourages compliance with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, and to provide input on “the effective, appropriate, proportionate and transparent use of surveillance camera systems.” Now, the …
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Read More »Transport Canada OKs IRIS Drone Flight Certificate
Source: IRIS Automation Transport Canada this week approved a special dflight certificate that will allow advance Iris Automation’s onboard drone detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution With the approval of the second Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights in uncontrolled airspace, IRIS will partner with MVT …
Read More »Drone Experts Name SkySkopes Top U.S. Drone Service Provider
Source: SkySkopes One of the world’s top drone-market analysts named North Dakota’s SkySkopes as the #1 drone service provider (DSP) in the U.S., as well as one of the best globally. Drone Industry Insights (Dii) ranked SkySkopes according to the company’s size, consistent drone-industry development, global UAS market-share, growth, public …
Read More »Tanks future on battlefields in doubt due to drones, rockets
Armored tanks dominated the theater of war from the Battle of Kursk to Desert Storm and helped define combat in the 20th century. But the mighty tank’s place in the battles of tomorrow isn’t entirely clear. Specialists argue that the changing nature of war could limit tanks’ effectiveness and mean …
Read More »DroneDeploy Conference: The Future is Here
At this week’s DroneDeploy conference, DroneDeploy co-founder Mike Winn says that despite the challenges of 2020, the future of drone mapping, and the drone community, is here. In an opening address, Winn presented a fascinating view of the worksite of the future, using the construction industry as an example. “Almost …
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