Drone

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has chosen the TEKEVER AR5 to “create the first European maritime surveillance and environmental monitoring system based on drones.”  TEKEVER introduced the 2-year, 77 million Euro (about $85 million) contracts throughout the Paris Air Show yesterday.  The contracts are half of a bigger program to …

Aerialtronics PENSAR Netherlands primarily based expertise agency Aerialtronics has launched a totally built-in laptop imaginative and prescient platform with deep studying capabilities. PENSAR is a stand-alone twin sensor platform that makes use of the GPU-accelerated computing energy of the NVIDIA® Jetson™ module to permit for real-time video processing. The PENSAR …

After what has appeared like a protracted wait, the Drone Racing League’s (DRL) second season is because of air this night. Plenty has occurred behind the scenes on the firm since its immersive motion was final on TV. Here’s hoping that every one the adjustments entrance of home are for the higher. …

Source: Industrial Skyworks Inspection drones have taken off (pun meant) as one of many high industrial makes use of (together with agriculture) within the UAV sector over the previous 5 years. For Industrial Skyworks, the oil and gasoline trade is fueling (second pun meant) a rising demand for drone inspection …

The Drone Racing League has seen meteoric success since the launch of its 2016 season. Last week they introduced a $20 million Series B funding spherical, alongside with new partnerships with Amazon Prime Video, Swatch, and Allianz. They additionally shared the information that their 2017 season will likely be broadcast …

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Not that anybody ready of energy appears to note, however there’s a easy rule for American navy involvement within the Greater Middle East: as soon as the U.S. will get in, regardless of the nation, it by no means really will get out once more.  Let’s begin …

Congressman Jason Lewis Congressman Jason Lewis, Republican of Minnesota, has launched the Drone Innovation Act (H.R. 2930). Lewis, who leads the laws, was joined by Representatives Brownley, Democrat of California, Rokita, Republican of Nebraska, and Garamendi, Democrat from California. The invoice seeks to  addresses civil UAS flying as much as …

DJI began sending movie crews to the World Rally Championship final yr, highlighting the potential of drone know-how and bringing WRC to a wider viewers. Things nearly went very improper at the newest meet in Sardinia, Italy, when a DJI Inspire 2 barely missed a harmful collision with one of many …

The Network of Drone Enthusiasts, NODE, is asking drone operators to foyer Canadian lawmakers for adjustments in Canada’s restrictive Interim Order on drone use. The NODE is a grass-roots group of pilots and producers – the preliminary sponsor is DJI – devoted to performing as a voice to guarantee honest …

In anticipation of our webinar tomorrow with Real Tour Vision entitled The State of Drone Regulations & Real Estate Marketing in 2017 we’re publishing a brief collection of articles that can look at how far we’ve are available the drone trade over the final yr, and the place we’re going subsequent. …