BORTALA, China, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On August 16, State Grid Bortala Power Supply Company organized personnel to carry out independent inspection of drones on the 10-kilovolt Tejie line. Distribution line inspection is the focus of power supply guarantee work. Drones have become an important tool for distribution network …
Read More »Drones attack two Russian power plants and Moscow refinery –…
Two thermal power plants in Moscow and Tver oblasts, as well as a Moscow oil refinery, were also attacked during a massive drone attack on Russian oblasts on the night of 1 September. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing local authorities in the town of Kashira; Russian media; …
Read More »These autonomous drones can recharge themselves from power l…
Drones get a lot of attention in warfare, but their impact goes way beyond that. The rapid advancement of drone technology has transformed various industries, from filmmaking to agriculture. However, one significant limitation has always been battery life, which restricts the duration and range of drone operations. This is about …
Read More »Drone attack cuts power to Sevastopol
KYIV STRIKES BACK: Earlier Ukrainian attacks damaged aircraft and a fuel storage facility at Russia’s Belbek air base near Sevastopol, according to satellite images A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea early yesterday caused power cutoffs in the city of Sevastopol and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia, Russian …
Read More »‘Vampire drone’ can leech electricity from power lines to li…
Engineers working at the University of Southern Denmark have created a vampire drone capable of living forever. The drone is able to fly for extended periods of time without landing, as it can take breaks and leech power from nearby power lines to recharge its onboard batteries. The maneuver is …
Read More »NTPC Darlipali Thermal Power Station in Odisha to use drones…
Drones can increase this efficiency by 80% in pipeline inspections. IG Drones has bagged the contract for a crucial pipeline inspection at NTPC Darlipali Thermal Power Station in Odisha, recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The company has secured the deal for drone surveillance of the MUW piping system …
Read More »Russia Ukraine war live: Drones cut power to Crimea as Germa…
Navalny supporters chant outside funeral service in Moscow For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The power supply to large swathes of Crimea has been severed as the region was …
Read More »Drone-deployed Mini LineFly robot crawls power lines to save…
It’s a sad fact that birds are often killed when they collide with unseen overhead power lines. A new system is designed to keep that from happening, by using a drone and a robot to make those lines more visible. Announced earlier this month, the setup consists of an E2500 …
Read More »A power bank to charge your DJI drone and phone? It’s here!
Tech giant DJI has added a brand-new product to its incredible civilian drones and innovative camera tech portfolio. The company has just rolled out DJI Power, a series of portable power banks that can rapidly charge the most commonly used electronic devices today such as mobile phones, digital cameras, laptops, …
Read More »FlytBase and Skyqraft to enable autonomous power grid manage…
Enterprise drone autonomy software platform company, FlytBase, has announced its strategic partnership with Skyqraft, a leading visual data analytics provider for the grid infrastructure. Through this collaboration, FlytBase and Skyqraft aim to empower system integrators and enterprises in the transmission and distribution sectors with autonomous drone operations and analytics on …
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