Source: U.S. Army A scene depicting dozens of autonomous drones shifting shape while in midflight isn’t from a trailer of the (inevitable) Transformers sequel. It’s a soon-to-be reality for the U.S. Army. Researchers with the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory and Texas A&M University recently presented findings from a two-year …
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This week, Commercial UAV Expo‘s Danielle Gagne and DRONELIFE’s Miriam McNabb discussed the latest Unmanned Leadership Forum. The Unmanned Leadership Forum, led by FLIR‘s Randall Warnas, is a monthly Facebook live opportunity for the drone community to get together and discuss the critical topics facing the industry with a panel of …
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Drones still can’t dodge a bullet – but new research will now help drones avoid relatively fast moving objects. A team of three researchers at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich in Switzerland have created a method of sense and avoid for drones using event cameras so that the …
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As summer sports start to come back, golf is back too. Will drones be the newest accessory on the course? This video of a golf ball in flight went viral – and it’s our pick of the week from our friends at Airvuz, the largest collection of drone videos …
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File photo Toronto-based Drone Delivery Canada has picked up its second contract with DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada, a subsidiary of Danish conglomerate DSV Panalpina A/S. With the assistance of Air Canada, DDC will deploy its drone delivery platform to help DSV deliver healthcare-related cargo from its warehouse in Milton, Ont. Last …
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Source: FlytBase California-based drone software startup FlytBase continues to enhance its flagship product, FlytNow. A cloud-based drone video streaming and fleet management solution, FlytNow provides a web-based portal to manage live drone operations remotely over 4G, LTE or 5G. The solution also includes live HD video feed, drone/camera gimbal control …
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ANRA Technologies is a global unmanned traffic management (UTM) leader, with a suite of solutions designed to incorporate state of the art technologies to facilitate safe commercial drone operations. Las Vegas -based Switch is a technology infrastructure corporation, with a deep expertise in data centers and technology solutions. Together, ANRA and …
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Drones have had a bad reputation at airports. Since the infamous Gatwick incident during the holiday travel season of 2018, which caused week-long chaos for airlines and travelers and cost an estimated $65 million in damages, most of the drone projects for airlines and airports have been focused on keeping …
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Guest post: This article published with permission from our friends at DroneII, Drone Industry Insights. Article authored by Lukas Schroth. With a new year come new challenges, new market players, new use cases and new regulatory hurdles for the commercial drone industry. For this reason we’ve worked hard to develop our …
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From Zipline If the current pandemic has created “a moment” for unmanned technology, where are all the drones? It’s not that simple, say humanitarians. The following is a guest post co-authored by Olivier Defawe, Director of the VillageReach Drones for Health Program, and David Sarley, Innovation and Supply Chain Director at …
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