The Energy Drone Coalition and DRONEII.COM recently released a joint report, “Drones in the Energy Industry,” an industry-specific benchmark of the use of UAVs in the energy industry and analysis of potential future developments. A […]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded the contract to be the sole supplier of a medium altitude long endurance (MALE) remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to the Australian Defense Force (ADF). The ministry had not […]
Recent crimes involving drones have heightened the need for the study of drone forensics, which enables investigators to retrieve photos and videos taken by the drone, along with GPS coordinates of flight paths and user […]
Researchers at the Australian Defense Science and Technology Group are investigating the potential of using drones to inspect subsurface damage in composite aircraft materials. Composites materials are increasingly used in aircraft construction as they possess […]
In Australia, The New South Wales Legislative Assembly recently passed the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 banning drones from being flown above the state’s prisons and juvenile detention centers. Corrections Minister, David […]
MyDefence Communication – a Danish research and development company – has worked with General Dynamics (GD) Land Systems to successfully integrate counter unmanned aerial system (UAS) drone detection sensors in light-armored vehicle platforms for use […]
Emesent, a drone autonomy company spin-out from Australian federal research agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has developed software that allows autonomous drones to create mapping of underground spaces such as mines and […]
Researchers at MIT are working on using a fleet of drones to collaboratively search for missing people under dense forest canopies. They equipped each autonomous quadrotor drone with laser-range finders for position estimation, localization, and […]
Xcel Energy has begun flying drone-conducted exterior inspections at the Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear plants in Minnesota. According to Xcel, each inspection was completed in two days, provided high-quality data, improved crew safety, and […]
‘Deep Forest’, a project backed by environmental group Fundecor, Intel and Aerial Robotixs, aims to give scientists in Costa Rica a better idea of what is happening in the country’s forest canopy, and allow more […]
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