Drone

NEW DELHI: For the last four years, it was used for crop dusting. But now, it has a new name and purpose. Chennai-based startup Garuda Aerospace’s drone is spraying disinfectant all over locked down cities in its new avatar of Corona Killer-100. Garuda has deployed 300 drones across 26 Indian …

Apr 11, 2020 12:29 AM EDT Dealmakers are starting to use drones to help facilitate transactions while observing social distancing. According to insiders, the company Coty Incorporated and suitors for Coty’s professional beauty unit, which can cost up to 8 billion USD, are now considering the use of flying drones across their …

One of the world’s top standardization groups wants to establish a common benchmark for the drone industry. Last week, the American National Standards Institute released a working draft titled the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0). The brainchild of the institute’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative, the document …

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of the content. Apr 10, 2020 (HTF Market Intelligence via COMTEX) — The Global Civilian Drones Market has witnessed continuous growth in the past few years and is projected to grow even further during the forecast period (2019-2025). The assessment …

India 10:46 GMT 10.04.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has been under a nationwide lockdown since 25 March to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and the police have enforced strict surveillance to monitor violations. The Delhi Police have deployed drones for surveillance of the city, which stretches over 21,200 …

Source: Terra Drone A subsidiary of Japanese drone provider Terra Drone is helping keep communities safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. The Nur-Sultan Police Department hired KazUAV to patrol the capital city to ensure residents obey lockdown orders. On March 16, Kazakh officials imposed a quarantine on Nur-Sultan, and the …

Islamabad: Pakistan‘s army said Thursday it had shot down a small Indian surveillance drone in Kashmir, as tensions rose over continued cross-border shelling in the disputed territory. According to a statement from the army media wing, the Indian quadcopter — about the same size as a commercially available hobby drone — had crossed 600 …

U.K.-based Frazer-Nash, is a Systems and Engineering Technology Consultancy, offering a drone specialty. “In my area we are passionate about our vision: making drones common place, safely benefitting society; currently we are doing this by supporting a number of large national organisations in the UK to make the most of …

Public safety departments use drones in all kinds of emergencies – but with communities across the country suffering the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis, first responders are required more than ever to do more with less.  The National Public Safety Drone Donation Program (NPS-DDP) was set up to address …

Source: Near Earth Autonomy As emergency aerial missions become increasingly important during times of pandemic, drones are proving their worth, delivering vital cargo to remote or unreachable areas. Pittsburgh-based drone firm Near Earth Autonomy has developed a system that allows military units to safely execute resupply missions with cutting-edge obstacle …