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Rantizo ag drone company moving to new facility in southwest…

Three years after its founding, Rantizo has outgrown its current Iowa City location. Rantizo, an agricultural drone-spraying company, is moving from its 105 Iowa Ave. office to a new facility close to Highway 1 at the southwestern edge of Iowa City. “We’ll have everything under one roof with offices, workshops, …

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Sheriff’s Office unveils new drone unit to fight crime

>> IT IS SOUND OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE NEWEST UNIT, THE DRONE UNIT. IT CONSISTS OF EIGHT MEMBERS. >> EVERBODY HAS THEIR FAA PART 107 LICENSE. >> AND TWO OF THE SMALL AIRCRAFT, AT $4000 APIECE. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS DRAWN PRIVACY CONCERNS IN THE PAST. >> THAT’S SOMETHING WE …

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Canadian drone tech used in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – repo…

The Canadian government has been selling sensitive drone technology to Turkey last year, which was used by Azerbaijan in its 2020 conflict with Armenia, Ricochet reported. Internal government documents revealed that the Trudeau government exported the Wescam optics for drones to Turkey in coordination with a defense lobbyist with connections …

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St. Mary’s University will christen new $600,000 drone lab w…

Camille Sauers for MySA March 18, 2021Updated: March 18, 2021 11:16 a.m. 1of3 L-R: Nicole Webb, St. Mary’s University Engineering Technician in the Drone Lab; Dante Tezza, Assistant Professor of Computer/Software Engineering; Baptiste Pousset, Electrical Engineering senior; and Kimberly Tse, Computer Engineering senior, showcase the variety of drones available for students …

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novel camera-based system for automated landing of drone on …

Initially earmarked for covert military operations, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have since gained tremendous popularity, which has broadened the scope of their use. In fact, “remote pilot” drones have been largely replaced by “autonomous” drones for applications in various fields. One such application is their usage in …

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