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Source: Wingcopter UAV startup Wingcopter is flying high this week after being named one of nine winners of Germany’s top global hackathon to kick-start humanitarian drone delivery. The autonomous delivery drone manufacturer partnered with UNICEF and the African Drone and Data Academy to develop a concept to deploy humanitarian drone delivery …

Source: Flirtey UAV startup Flirtey announced the granting of a new drone delivery patent the company says will make the process safer and more precise. According to a press release, the drone-delivery patent “describes a combination of hardware and software that enables the delivery of packages by a drone, potentially …

Kongsberg Geospatial to use AI and Drones to enhance Search and Rescue Operations in Canada Kongsberg Geospatial, Larus Technologies and CASARA are working on a new project funded by Public Safety Canada to develop new procedures for using UAS to assist Search and Rescue efforts in remote communities in Canada. …

The command is responsible for defending the continental United States and territories and provides military aid to non-military agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The command has deployed Army and Navy medical personnel to New York, sent Navy hospital ships to New York City and Los Angeles, and …

Mapping and GIS applications are one of the largest business verticals in the drone industry, and mapping drones represent a significant market.  The South Korean manufactured Remo-M is an award-winning and unique mapping solution – and if you haven’t yet seen it, you’ll want to.  As a recent winner of …

Since it’s inception, the FAA’s UAS Symposium, co-sponsored with AUVSI, has been a significant drone industry event.  This year, even more people may be able to attend: the Symposium is going remote. The event is a chance to meet and understand the FAA in discussions on many of the critical …

John Deere has developed a leading approach to precision agriculture technology through advanced communications May 21, 2020 (AB Digital via COMTEX) — Hardware to hold the largest share of agriculture IoT market during the forecast period Hardware is expected to account for the largest share of the agriculture IoT market …

A new study, released by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, confirms that aircraft are too often forced to share airspace with unauthorized drones. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (PRWEB) May 20, 2020 Related Research Article: Visit the IJAAA website. A dangerously close encounter between a camera drone and six F/A-18 Hornets flying in formation …

Unmanned Leadership forum The first Unmanned Leadership Forum took place yesterday. Over a dozen unmanned experts spoke to a global audience of over 300 people about topics that included Covid 19, drone company financing, Chinese based air-frames and components, and FAA regulations.   In the absence of many of the …

Imagine a system that operates as a mobile phone application and/or computer program, which displays a map of an area with restricted areas marked, and which also displays real time data on drones currently in the air. For authorities, it is a system that enables them to enforce flight safety …