Slated to officially begin the last week in February is a drone-inspection program offered by Gulf Power Company. PANAMA CITY BEACH — Gulf Power has taken to the sky in hopes of preventing power outages before they happen. The regional utility company is slated to officially begin a drone-inspection program …
Read More »NSB police want to add drone aircraft – News – Daytona Beach…
New Smyrna Beach police department emphasizes benefits to adding drones as policing tool. NEW SMYRNA BEACH — New Smyrna Beach Police Department is looking to become the latest local law enforcement agency to fly drones in public safety and crime fighting situations. Police say going to the air can help …
Read More »USAFA takes to the skies in upcoming collegiate drone compet…
COLORADO SPRINGS — It’s a competition like no other. “It’s kind of like playing Mario Kart,” said U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Caleb Davis. “Top speed for these systems is somewhere on the order of 70 to 80 mile an hour,” said Colonel Brian Neff. USAFA will be …
Read More »Drone images detect in-field tomato diseases with near 100% …
New technology being developed by University of Florida scientists identifies two dangerous tomato diseases with 99 percent accuracy. This finding is critical because diseases can cost growers millions of dollars annually in the state’s third most valuable crop. Thus, the earlier farmers detect those ailments, the better their chances of …
Read More »Drone academy students help map out Africa’s future
LILONGWE – For Ethiopian aeronautical engineer Lydia Elias, building and piloting a drone to support humanitarian and development projects on the continent of her birth has been a lifelong dream. Now, as a student at Africa’s first drone academy, she is about to make it come true. The institute is …
Read More »DARPA tests drone swarms that send groups of up to 250 auton…
Experimental new drone program can use swarms of up to 250 air and ground vehicles to coordinate military raids In Mississippi, DARPA researchers successfully tested a new drone program The program is called Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics, or OFFSET OFFSET will allow DARPA personnel to control swarms of up to 250 drones …
Read More »ETRI develops drone and AI technology to predict algal bloom…
The technology analyzes water quality with drones and artificial intelligence to predict the level of algal bloom. Daejeon, Korea, Jan 31, 2020 – The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has developed a technology for analyzing water quality with drones and using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the level of …
Read More »US Interior Dept Grounds Drone Fleet Over Cybersecurity Fear…
Tech 19:21 GMT 30.01.2020(updated 19:22 GMT 30.01.2020) Get short URL The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has grounded its fleet of 810 drones over fears the fleet’s Chinese-made drones could leave sensitive information they handle vulnerable to hacking – a reversal of their previous vindication of the Chinese drones …
Read More »Vodafone Spain conducts first 5G-controlled drone flight in …
Vodafone Spain has claimed a global first after it deployed a commercial 5G network in the coastal resort of Benidorm to fly a drone in a real urban environment. The operator obtained the authorisation of Spain’s aviation safety agency (AESA) for the trial flights conducted in collaboration with the City …
Read More »FAA doesn’t have a plan for drone data
A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that while the FAA has years of data on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) — commonly known as drones — it has not “fully leveraged” the data to advance UAS integration into the National Airspace System. The report also found that the …
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