In late February, Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) successfully completed the first test flight of the…
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Digging Deep
Drones are making their mark in mining, allowing for more efficient inspections, increased productivity, improved prospecting and enhanced safety. For…
Sensing Collaboration
To build its new U.S. headquarters, leading laser scanning company RIEGL enlisted major construction engineering company DPR. Both firms profited from working together.
Trends: Invaluable Insights
Drones are increasingly being deployed for inspections, efficiently and safely gathering data from assets, buildings, construction sites and confined spaces.
Up Close With…Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch, a premiere construction, engineering and inspection mega-firm, is integrating UAS into multiple aspects of its work.
Long-distance Bird Reports on Weather: the BOREAL UAV
Skimming for 8 hours over the Caribbean sounds like a dream, but for the BOREAL UAV it was just another…
Getting Nods “North & South” on BVLOS Inspections
The latest survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) found that 49 of 50 states…
Drone RID: Solving the Riddle
If Law-Tech Connect columnist Dawn Zoldi and I were successful in covering December’s breaking news about the FAA’s Remote ID…
Kongsberg Sea Drones to Ferry Grocery Freight in Push for Sustainability
As freight movement constitutes a major source of carbon emissions, a pioneering project from Kongsberg Maritime partnered with ASKO, Norway’s…
Hydrogen-Powered Drones Could Refuel Faster, Cheaper
Intelligent Energy, a U.K.-based manufacturer of lightweight fuel cell power modules for UAVs, claims it has solved the just-in-time delivery…
LongShot UAV Carrying Air-to-Air Weapons: DARPA Launches Design Phase
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) LongShot program seeks to increase engagement range and effectiveness of air-to-air weaponry…
Urban Air Mobility Gets a Foot on the Ground with Coventry’s Urban Air Port
The Urban Air Port’s Air-One concept represents a “pop up” urban airport and charging hub for electric vertical take-off and…
NOAA Contracts for BVLOS Navigation Technology to Map 95,000 Miles of Coastline
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected Black Swift Technologies to develop commercially viable technology enabling GPS-denied navigation…
The Rain Maker: China’s Ganlin-1 Large UAV Patrols, Seeds the Skies
China deployed a large UAV in early January for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China’s Gansu Province, with the aim…
AeroVironment to Acquire Arcturus UAV
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Arcturus UAV, Inc., a privately-held leading provider of Group 2 and…
Drones Defend Nature
Drones are increasingly being deployed as part of wildlife conservation efforts.
