Drone

Swiss startup Drone Harmony has launched a data capture platform for drone service providers and enterprise customers, which will work in tandem with its established flight planning tools. Drone Harmony users can now count on cloud storage of mission data and a web-based flight planning interface that can be used …

CHICAGO – The N.C. Department of Transportation has received national honors for its innovative use of drones during the state’s coordinated response to Hurricane Florence. NCDOT was awarded the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s XCELLENCE Award in the humanitarian category at the AUVSI’s annual XPONENTIAL conference this week. The …

This is one of the coolest things we got to experience at this year’s AUVSI Xponential: finding a drone in the sky through Hololens augmented reality glasses. Here it is: imagine that you’ve secured an area of airspace around your drone operation.  The Echodyne system has identified a drone in …

(But still claim no affiliation to the Mota Group) Their drones may be little more than a bunch of rebranded year-old models from China’s High Great, but at least Drones by US (DBUS) are continuing to deliver creative marketing ploys worthy of any cutting-edge manufacturer. If you’ve been following our …

Seven tech startups have been chosen as winners for the 12th wave of the Qatar Business Incubation Center’s (QBIC) LeanStartup program which culminated here yesterday. After 10 weeks of training under the program and a series of business pitches in front of a panel of judges, the QBIC awarded QR100,000 …

Estonian drone manufacturer SKYCORP has doubled the maximum flight time of its hydrogen-powered e-Drone Zero. The commercial drone can now fly for two hours with help from a new, ultra-lightweight gas cylinder from AMS Composite Cylinders. Endurance-focused quadcopter hits the market in June The e-Drone Zero is a drone built …

In a world-first flight and a significant step for human medicine, a University of Maryland drone has delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center, before being successfully transplanted into a patient with kidney failure. It’s an exciting development in the use of drones to …

image courtesy Hirth The Xponential expo floor is packed with innovations this year.  Among the hundreds of startups and spinoffs is a company that’s been around for more than 90 years – Germany’s Hirth Engines.  Founded by a student of Thomas Edison who collaborated with the Wright Brothers and Zeppelin, …

Raytheon has showcased two directed energy platforms that were able to destroy drone targets as part of an experimental demonstration for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Tuesday its high-energy laser system was installed onto a Polaris MRZR vehicle and engaged unmanned aerial systems, while its high power microwave technology countered drone swarms through advanced detection features. HPM …

Wednesday at AUVSI’s Xponential conference in Chicago kicked off with another keynote address – this one carrying the theme of “The Power of Execution.”  In addition to David Albritton, President of General Motors Defence LLC; and Mike Fields of insurance giant State Farm, the morning introduced Carl Burleson, the second …