Drone

Since first displaying the prototype to huge hype at CES in 2015, Chinese company eHang has created a vision of passenger taxis. Now, Andreas Perotti of eHang says that the company has not only moved beyond prototypes and proof of concept, they’re very close to full commercial applications.  In China, …

Patrique Zaman, CEO of Avy, a European long-range drone company, sees magic in the skies.  “When I hear people talk about a new revolution, I think it’s true,” says Zaman.  “There is an aviation revolution.  Just look up.” Avy focuses on long range drones for lifesaving missions: medical, conservation, and …

File The Pakistani province of Sindh has a colossal locust problem. Hometown researcher Shahzad Nahiyoon has a solution from on high. For the past 30 years, farmers in Malir have suffered devastating insect attacks without the benefit of pesticide spraying. A shortage of manned aircraft prevented aerial crop-dusting, resulting in …

In English, a paradigm shift or major new idea may be referred to as an “Aha” moment: so the name of this innovative urban delivery service is appropriate in multiple languages. At last month’s Commercial UAV Show in London,  we met Maron Kristofersson, CEO and Founder of Aha.is, a drone …

Silently the eight propellers of the Hermes V8MT drone begin to spin and the large yellow aircraft rises up, locates its direction and moments later disappears into the sky in southern Poland. The drone last week made a successful 8.5-kilometer test flight near the headquarters of the Polish firm Spartaqs …

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Parrot, Europe’s leading drone manufacturer, has launched a new SDK Partner program with a view to ramping up the enterprise use of its ANAFI and ANAFI Thermal drones. The program aims to help organizations and startups create new applications to work with Parrot’s hardware platforms. Parrot’s current SDK program opens …

Courtesy XAG One of China’s largest agricultural drone companies and Airbus are teaming up to launch aerial delivery trials. XAG announced the pilot program last week on the heels of a joint agreement signed by the two companies in July at the World Economic Forum. During the trial initiative, drones …

SINGAPORE: A new Home Team agency that develops cutting-edge technology to keep Singapore safe was officially launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday (Dec 2). Mr Lee said he looks forward to the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) becoming the leading science and technology agency for homeland …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Navy unveiled a vertical takeoff naval drone with the capability to fly horizontally and land on water, dubbed Pelican-2, on Saturday morning in a ceremony where a homegrown Inertial Navigation System (INS) was also put on display. Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein …