Civil engineer/surveyor firm Crafton Tull, equipment provider Navigation Electronics, Inc. (NEI) and systems integrator Microdrones collaborated to solve a literal cliff-hanger….
Abe Peck
Coronavirus Spurs Percepto’s Drone-in-a-Box Surveillance Solution
Dor Abuhasira was as surprised as the rest of us when the coronavirus erupted. The CEO of Percepto, a multinational…
A Troubled Bridge Over Muddy Water
Ah, the Lapalco Bridge. Built in 1972 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, the half-mile long span carries numerous commuters and freight…
A Massive Crop Duster Links East and West
Ukraine is too often known for strife and tragedy. But for decades, agriculture and aviation have been integral to the…
Extended Range: VECTOR Autopilot Flies Nearly 200 Miles
Beyond visual line of site restrictions (BVLOS) are the thunderheads of UAS flying, clouding the prospects of long-range flying. While…
The Leica Aibot AX20 Promises High Precision, High Accuracy Photogrammetry
At trade shows, some booths attract quick-hit visitors, while others draw attendees deeply into what’s on offer. The Leica Geosystems…
DroneFox Goes to Montreal: Counter-Drone, Pro-Drone
Leading drone airspace security company WhiteFox is partnering in a year-long UAS-defense trial at Canada’s Montreal-Trudeau International Airport. By using…
Are You Ready for Some [Drone] Football?
It looks like a small, black bat as it flies into a subway tunnel, deploys ski-like tracks to crawl through…
A Very Merry LiDAR Christmas
RedTail LiDAR Systems Verifies Tree Health for the Holidays Between 25 and 30 million Christmas trees are sold annually in…
Quantix Ag Hybrid Fields Continuous Improvement
It was unusually cold at the flight line outside of Las Vegas, but the Quantix™ drone was one of those…
Aftermath: How Hurricane Maria Became a Mother of UAS Invention
On-the-fly solutions by Duke Energy and Southern Company helped repair storm-damaged transmission lines, spurring innovation and expansion at two major…
Flying a one-foot gap
between the floodwaters of San Francisquito Creek and the base of Highway 101.
Rise of the Machines
Capitalizing on a high-tech location and forward-thinking leadership, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has become a leader in UAS…
From War Zone To Work Zone
In 2017, 799 people died from roadside work zone accidents across the United States. Military developer Kratos Defense & Security…
SlantRange Positions Defense-to-Commercial Lessons for Ag-Precision
During a decade at General Atomics, Mike Ritter was embedded in defense solutions. Beginning there as a project engineer, he…
Resting in Peace
An NGO is deploying drones to locate and restore 1,500 Jewish cemeteries, memorials to often-vanished Eastern European communities. “Bloodlands” is…
Surveying Florida’s Integrated Highway Solution
Combining mobile and aerial LiDAR with ground surveying creatively contributed to widening a Florida road near an operating airport on…
Back to the Future in Fort Worth
Will Rogers was once America’s best-know political humorist. Born in the Cherokee Nation, his Oklahoma-cowboy persona placed him among Hollywood’s…
