The new EU basic aviation regulation, as it pertains to drones, sets down in stone the key principles of…
Peter Gutierrez
Europe Speeding Toward Connected, Automated Driving
One of the overarching themes of the Brussels ‘Connected Cars Europe’ conference was how to accommodate, reconcile and bring together…
Brussels View: Drones Show Up in Bavaria
Unmanned flying systems – ‘them drones – continue their inexorable march toward world domination. One can hardly attend a fashion…
European Space Community Embraces Unmanned Systems
The European space community is embracing its role as an enabler of unmanned technologies. “Satellite communication is becoming indispensible infrastructure,…
Europe Looking for UAV Progress
Europe was an early-rising bright star in the drone industry and it continues to shine. The continent now needs to…
Sights Set High for the Geospatial Industries
UAV-based LiDAR users came from far and wide to Montpellier for a special conference organized by French company YellowScan. Participants…
Coming to America
The French Heliceo company is bringing it’s ‘Foxy’ brand of innovative and modular unmanned surveying and topography systems to the USA.
Picturesque: Using Drones to Preserve Historical Sites
Europe’s heritage sites reflect a history that goes back thousands of years. But the old continent also boasts a resourceful and forward-looking high-tech community, including a growing unmanned systems industry.
The Promising Business of Counting Sunflowers
French UAS manufacturer Delair-Tech is pushing the boundaries of high-tech agriculture with seed producer Maisadour Semences to develop drone-based applications for counting sunflower plants across vast cultivated fields.
Trimble’s Big Deal
Trimble, Delair-Tech and microdrones form strategic alliance to deliver best-in-class UAS through global dealer network.
Hamburg Brings the Drones
InterGEO 2016 landed at Hamburg’s Messe Congress Center this year, an event that featured plenty of UAV action, with some…
European Drone Rules Near Completion
The EU is set to remedy the lack of coherent regulation that some believe has hindered the European drone industry.
Drones Transform Archaeology
In the field of archaeology, researchers and the service providers that support them are reaping the benefits of unmanned aircraft technologies that are easy to use, flexible and low-cost.
Snapshot: Europe’s UAV Industry
Europe is in the midst of a UAS revolution, with business on the upswing and the European Union moving to rationalize its rules and regulations for drone operations continent-wide.
Industry Shifting to Driverless Cars at Different Speeds
Some firms see the way to the driverless car as straight and quick, aiming to revolutionize the way we move…
U-blox Sharpens Focus on Connected Car Market
u-blox’s latest deal underscores its move into the connected and driverless vehicle market.
