SkySkopes, one of the top five UAS flight operators in the UAS industry, has spun off a new company for UAS-related oilfield operations called SkySkopes Oil & Gas LLC. With a significant amount of UAS flight experience in the Bakken and Permian basins, SkySkopes launches this new division as
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Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has conducted drone-based visual inspections of onshore flare stacks for energy major Chevron (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia). The drone-based flare stack inspection was done in Duri field, one of the largest production fields in Rokan PSC, Sumatra. Using a
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Wisk is a new company established in 2019 as a joint venture between The Boeing Company and Kitty Hawk Corporation. This strategic partnership brings together the innovation of Kitty Hawk with Boeing’s scale and aerospace expertise. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA with locations in Atlanta, GA and New Zealand,
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Memphis, TN – DJI, a global company specializing in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, has joined the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) at Memphis International Airport. DJI joins several local participants involved in the Memphis program, including the City of Memphis,
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BlueBird Aero Systems‘ WanderB vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) electric mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its Latin America debut on 2 December at the Expodefensa trade show in Bogota. The fully autonomous WanderB is designed to facilitate covert, over-the-hill operations or extensive, day-and-night intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, according to
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Pierce Aerospace, a Remote ID UAS Service Supplier (RID-USS), recently set distance and altitude records with the ASTM F38 Workgroup “UAS Remote ID and Tracking” draft standard. Pierce Aerospace’s demonstrations were performed at a US Army experiment with aircraft operated by UAS operators, TDRS. Pierce Aerospace’s Flight Portal ID (FPID)
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Bozeman, MT, December 3, 2019 Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) recently completed comprehensive field training exercises of the X-MADIS Fixed Site system with a key international customer, demonstrating its core capabilities and operational criteria. The training focused on critical details for successful mission execution, system installation and maintenance requirements. The X-MADIS,
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SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) and its subsidiary HAPSMobile Inc. (“HAPSMobile”) are conducting international standardization activities related to High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) spectrum at the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT). Both companies today announced that the Asia-Pacific region common proposal (APT Common Proposal) for HAPS spectrum
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Rome, NY- December 18, at 9am or 6pm, join Microdrones for their final Wednesday Webinar of 2019, with a special presentation that dives into the science behind the data of LiDAR and Precision Mapping led by Dr Mohamed Mostafa, Director mdSolutions, Microdrones. This webinar is intended for the unmanned airborne
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Visionair’s Latest Upgrade ensures Improved Predictive Path Predictive paths play a critical role in the overall performance of UAVs. After taking into account the challenges faced by industry professionals, UAV Navigation is all set to roll out upgrades to Visionair. As a cutting-edge flight control solution, Visionair has been the
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Drones are becoming an increasingly familiar sight in the UK. They play a growing role in commercial activities as well supporting services such as speeding up the delivery of urgent medical supplies or carrying out inspections on North Sea oil and gas platforms. They are capable of going into hostile
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RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s innovative drone program has earned another award, this time for the use of drones to deliver medical supplies and the positive environmental impact the initiative will have in the future. The Cleantech Innovation Awards was organized this year to recognize and honor the
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Join industry veteran Brian Soliday for a 30-minute webinar focused on ways to integrate Juniper Unmanned’s UAS technology and processes into your workflows through our enablement and collection/processing services. Additionally, we will cover several transportation sector case studies for performing UAS-based pre-construction design surveys. Join Juniper Unmanned to experience how
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Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), otherwise known as drones, have become quite accessible and common across many industries. Many challenges and questions regarding the use of sUAS remain. It may seem simple to start using this new and exciting technology but, once you move from hobbyist to professional, there are
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Indianapolis, IN Pierce Aerospace, a leading Remote ID UAS Service Supplier (RID-USS), recently set distance and altitude records with the ASTM F38 Workgroup “UAS Remote ID and Tracking” draft standard. Pierce Aerospace’s demonstrations were performed at a US Army experiment with aircraft operated by UAS operators, TDRS. Pierce Aerospace’s Flight
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November 2019 saw seven civilian casualties incidents from drone strikes in four different war-zones illustrating the growing spread of drone warfare. The seven strikes between them are thought to have killed 41 civilians including 11 children. Proponents of the use of armed drones often argue that drones are better
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Cross-channel cable-lay project looks to Flylogix UAVs to enhance live intelligence over the congested waterway Portsmouth, UK: British technology and aviation business, Flylogix, is pleased to announce the completion of a series of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) operations in the Solent and Channel to provide live video of National Grid’s
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Libyan forces trying to seize Tripoli shot down a U.S. military drone over the capital by mistake last week, officials said. The U.S. military said it lost the drone Thursday while it was assessing the security situation and monitoring extremist activity. U.S. Africa Command declined to elaborate Monday, saying only
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Dozens of defense companies are developing lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS), as humanitarian groups seek to build international support for a treaty to ban them, according to a recent report. LAWS, so-called “killer robots,” would rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to remove the human from targeting decisions, but how close such
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Parrot, the leading European drone group, officially launches today the Parrot SDK Partner Program and announces its first major partner Kittyhawk. Parrot, the leading European drone group, announces a new way to work with enterprise partners. Its new SDK Partner program expands its offerings to help both enterprise and start
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Widely recognized as a pioneer of drone painting, KATSU merges public art and technology to progress the development of drone technology in art and activism. After years of research and development, KATSU and Tsuru Robotics have developed the first for-sale smart painting drone, dubbed the “KATSURU BETA.” The semi-autonomous spray
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Parrot officially launches the Parrot SDK Partner Program and announces its first major partner Kittyhawk. Its new SDK Partner program expands its offerings to help both enterprise and start ups create new applications, software and hardware to seamlessly integrate with Parrot ANAFI and ANAFI Thermal drones. Parrot’s SDK program currently
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Terra Drone India now offers Geo-Plus Vision suite which includes more than 16 3D measurements, 3D structure, geometry, cadaster, and document management software related to the territories Hyderabad, India – December 3, 2019 – Leading industrial drone solutions provider, Terra Drone India, has announced that it is joining forces with
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Austria, November-2019, Entner Electronics announces a new software programmable camera with a remote head for 4K imaging. The low mass and compact outline of this camera make it an ideal solution for security and surveillance applications in unmanned systems. The UC-200FE is a remote head camera with proprietary electronics and
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Review: Eachine Novice II Micro Drone RTF Kit
The Eachine Novice-II is an RTF (ready to fly) FPV drone kit. It comes with everything you need – the drone, radio controller, FPV goggles, batteries and charger. If you are new and don’t know what to buy, or you just
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OSS, NETHERLANDS – Acecore Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer of professional-grade unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV), announced today that the company partnered with Robotic Skies Inc, the only certified global maintenance network for commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), to provide customers with full-service maintenance and field repair support for Acecore’s
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