Month / February 2019
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Money Talks: Drone Investment Trends Update
Earlier this month the thermal imagery manufacturer FLIR bought the UAV developer Aeryon Labs for $200 million, beating their previous record in publicly disclosed drone investments of $134M. This has been yet another signal that even though the drone industry suffered some hard hits in 2018, the period of consolidation, larger investments and serious R&D…
28th February 2019 -
RDO becomes first WingtraOne drone Certified Repair Center
Billings, MT–February 21, 2019–Swiss-based Wingtra, the leader of professional VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) surveying drones, and RDO Integrated Controls, a division of RDO Equipment Co., one of the largest Topcon dealers in the US, are excited to announce the rollout of the first Wingtra “Certified Repair Center.” The agreement between the two companies further…
23rd February 2019 -
Zing Launches Kickstarter for Drone Delivery
Tampa Bay, FL / February 20, 2019 – The Zing team envisions a future where the everyday drone pilot can make deliveries around their community with the same drones they have been using for photography. Whether it’s a cup of sugar to the neighbor down the road, a tool across the farm, a part from…
23rd February 2019 -
Why the Skiing Industry May Soon be a Big Customer for UAVs
Ski resorts are big business. A recent analysis revealed that the annual impact of the industry amounted to 4.8 billion USD in the state of Colorado alone. Considering that ski resorts exist all around the globe, from Finland to Argentina, you may want to let the sheer scale of the industry sink in for a…
21st February 2019 -
IN-FLIGHT Data awarded three GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for groundbreaking Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) project supported by senseFly
The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ were awarded specifically for BVLOS flights conducted in Calgary, Alberta, which saw the City of Calgary commission IN-FLIGHT Data to collect mapping data for the development of Calgary’s first new cemetery since 1940. This resulted in IN-FLIGHT Data completing North America’s first urban BVLOS drone project in a major urban area. Using a…
21st February 2019 -
Why Former Royal Air Force Tornado Jet Pilot Has Turned His Sights on Drones
One of the RAF’s former top instructors is on a new mission … to make the skies safer. Squadron leader Andy Holland used to fly ground attack Tornadoes at speeds of around 650mph … and is now a British Airways pilot responsible for the safety of 469 passengers each time he’s at the controls of…
19th February 2019 -
Terra Drone Optimizes Long-Distance Power Line inspection
Terra Drone conducted a long-distance power line inspection for EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) and a power energy distributor in Poland and completed 12km power line mapping in a day. The purpose of the mission was to research the distance between power lines and the surrounding vegetation and to create tree-trimming report. As a…
19th February 2019 -
What Would Be Required For Drone Delivery to Be Safe?
The next frontier in the drone industry is fast approaching: the movement of into the public sphere as a delivery bot. In the last several years, there’s been a shift in the regulatory resistance to delivery drones. What was once considered a speculative proposal is now beginning to be accepted as inevitable, and solutions are…
14th February 2019 -
Unifly partners with Terra Drone India to support UTM in India
Antwerp, Belgium – February 13, 2019 – Unifly NV, the leading drone traffic management provider, has entered into an agreement with Terra Drone India Pvt. Ltd., an end-to-end drone solutions provider, to facilitate the safe integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the Indian airspace. Unifly’s highly-automated air traffic management system combines technologies like flight…
14th February 2019 -
Drones & AI 2.0: Drone Data Analytics
In our previous article (Drones and Artificial Intelligence) we discussed the principles of intelligent data processing for drones, in order to introduce you to the links between drones and artificial intelligence. One of the most important goals of AI in the drone industry is to make efficient use of large data sets which are collected…
14th February 2019
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News & Articles
- Three companies co-establish Center of Excellence for Drones in India 19th April 2019
- Sky Power GmbH expands direct distribution 18th April 2019
- The Drone Market 2019-2024: 5 Things You Need to Know 16th April 2019
- ANAFI THERMAL: The thermal ultra-compact and lightweight drone solution dedicated to all professionals 16th April 2019
- Terra Drone Indonesia teams with Japan’s leading power industry research institute to monitor transmission lines for PLN 12th April 2019