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Source: Aaronia German counter-drone company Aaronia has landed a huge contract with one of Europe’s busiest airports. The company recently announced taking on London’s Heathrow airport as a new client, deploying an array of drone-detection measures across the entire facility. Last year, the British airport made headlines after a drone …

Source: Skyward Oregon-based drone company Skyward today announced a new feature for its Aviation Management Platform. Live Flights supports program oversight and risk mitigation — users can monitor their drone flights in real time via a device app. Company officials added, the new feature will serve as a foundation of their Remote …

One of the world’s top standardization groups wants to establish a common benchmark for the drone industry. Last week, the American National Standards Institute released a working draft titled the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0). The brainchild of the institute’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative, the document …

Source: Terra Drone A subsidiary of Japanese drone provider Terra Drone is helping keep communities safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. The Nur-Sultan Police Department hired KazUAV to patrol the capital city to ensure residents obey lockdown orders. On March 16, Kazakh officials imposed a quarantine on Nur-Sultan, and the …

U.K.-based Frazer-Nash, is a Systems and Engineering Technology Consultancy, offering a drone specialty. “In my area we are passionate about our vision: making drones common place, safely benefitting society; currently we are doing this by supporting a number of large national organisations in the UK to make the most of …

Public safety departments use drones in all kinds of emergencies – but with communities across the country suffering the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis, first responders are required more than ever to do more with less.  The National Public Safety Drone Donation Program (NPS-DDP) was set up to address …

Source: Near Earth Autonomy As emergency aerial missions become increasingly important during times of pandemic, drones are proving their worth, delivering vital cargo to remote or unreachable areas. Pittsburgh-based drone firm Near Earth Autonomy has developed a system that allows military units to safely execute resupply missions with cutting-edge obstacle …

It’s time.  Drones are part of industry, of enterprise businesses, government and military processes, and the everyday life of millions of hobbyists and photographers.  But in this day and age, there’s another real sign of mainstream acceptance – an emoji. Drone services firm DroneUp is leading the charge – sign …

DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, has announced it will extend the warranty service period for products with an original warranty ending from March 14, 2020 to April 30, 2020. They will have the warranty extended to April 30, 2020, in response to customers’ inability to leave their homes during …

In a recent press release,  SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, announces that their Correlator3D™ product is being used by Dutch company NEO B.V. to assess solar potential in multiple cities.  Digital surface models (DSMs) are generated from WorldView and GeoEye satellite stereo images and serve to calculate …