In a groundbreaking move for U.S. aviation, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently authorised commercial drone flights without visual observers in the Dallas-area airspace. The historic decision allows Zipline International and Wing, a part of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone deliveries while …
Read More »Clean and green: Drones hose down Supertrees, water and fert…
SINGAPORE — They fly around the trees, but they are not birds. Equipped with hosepipes, drones built by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are deployed to clean the Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay. The iconic, 50m-tall structures that tower over the tourist attraction get hosed down …
Read More »Bright future for green tech
PETALING JAYA: Engineers, scientists, technicians and information technology (IT) experts can look forward to a very bright future with the growth of green technology in the country, said Malaysian Green Technology Society (MGTS) chairman Dr M. Chandra Segaran. “By 2030, more than 200,000 jobs will be created in the green …
Read More »AUVSI Lanuches Green UAS Cybersecurity Certification Program
AUVSI announced the launch of Green UAS, a new program to expand the number of commercial Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) that have been verified to meet the highest levels of cybersecurity and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) supply chain requirements. Green UAS mirrors the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)’s Blue …
Read More »UK Gov’t Gives Green Light for World’s Largest Drone Superhi…
London, UK: The UK government has today announced it has given the go-ahead to for the world’s largest and longest network of drone superhighways to be built in the UK. The drone superhighway will link cities and towns throughout the midlands to the southeast of the country, with the option …
Read More »Filinvest invests in digital infrastructure, green technolog…
FDC and FLI president Josephine Gotianun-Yap. INQUIRER file photo Gotianun-led Filinvest group seeks to accelerate investments in digital infrastructure and green technologies to future-proof various core businesses, especially during this state of public health emergency. “We have always viewed digital and the new eco-friendly technology to be the way of …
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