Drones for Nuclear Power: Flyability Collaborates with Mirion Technologies to Support Operators by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Swiss drone company Flyability has announced its collaboration with Mirion Technologies, a leading provider of radiation detection, measurement, analysis, and monitoring solutions. The new agreement will see the integration of the …
Read More »Dronecode Year in Review 2022
PX4 is an open-source drone ecosystem: a group of contributors committed to the transparency and philosophy of open source technology systems. The Dronecode Year in Review report includes metrics on the contributors who write the code, and a transparent look into the funding sources and expenditures of the Dronecode Foundation. …
Read More »Public Safety Drone Review March
Don’t miss the March 7 episode of the Public Safety Drone Review, presented by DRONERESPONDERS and DRONELIFE, with guests from BRINC Drones and Airobotics! The Public Safety Drone Review is a new monthly resource for the public safety community. This free event will be held live on March 7, 2023 …
Read More »Colorizing Lidar: SimActive and LiDARUSA Partner
Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) imagery offers high resolution models of ground elevation, with vertical accuracy. As Lidar sensors have gotten smaller and lighter for use on drones, the use cases have expanded. Lidar imagery is flexible and precise, which makes it useful for professionals who want to understand a …
Read More »Skydio Funding 230 Million Series E
US drone manufacturer Skydio funding soars by $230 million for a total of over $562 million. From the Skydio funding announcement: The $230 million Series E round brings Skydio’s total funding raised to $562 million with a current valuation of over $2.2 billion. Linse Capital led the round, joined by existing …
Read More »GLOBHE on Carbon Offset Monitoring
Image of an Yves St. Laurent (YSL) carbon offset project in Morocco, shown on Explorer.land. GLOBHE is the impact tech company behind the crowd-droning concept and the largest album of drone-collected images in the world. With a network of local drone operators in more than 140 countries, GLOBHE enables stakeholders …
Read More »TEKEVER Adds GAMASAR to AR5 UAS
TEKEVER Equips its AR5 Drone with Groundbreaking SAR Technology by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Unmanned aerial systems leader TEKEVER has announced the addition of GAMASAR to its AR5 UAS. A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) developed by TEKEVER’s Space division, GAMASAR is available on both AR5 and AR3 systems …
Read More »BRINC in Turkey: Responding in Crisis
image courtesy BRINC, used with permission US Drone Manufacturer BRINC Drones Sends Drones and Pilots to Turkey BRINC Chief of Staff Andrew Coté had arrived from Turkey only hours earlier when we met at the BRINC facility in Seattle, but the former Marine brought the same calm efficiency to our …
Read More »AUVSI Green UAS Program – DRONELIFE
AUVSI Launches Green UAS for Cybersecurity Certification of Commercial Drones by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby AUVSI announced today the launch of Green UAS, a program seeking to verify a greater number of commercial UAS in line with the highest levels of cybersecurity and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) …
Read More »Mayman Aerospace Investment UAE SDF
Air Speeder Utility Vehicle UAE’s Strategic Development Fund Invests $3M in Mayman Aerospace by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Tawazun’s investment arm, Strategic Development Fund, is investing $3 million in Mayman Aerospace through its venture capital program. Continue reading below, or listen: A JetPack Aviation Corp. brand, Mayman Aerospace …
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