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Law enforcement agencies nationwide are turning to drones to bolster their crime-fighting capabilities. Normally, a drone is stationed on top of the roof of police headquarters, ready to respond at a moment’s notice. When a 911 call comes in, the drone flies to the scene of an emergency, hovers overhead, and provides arriving officers with... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:The United States isn’t the only major Western nation looking to drones to monitor and contain a migrant influx. In the Mediterranean, thousands of migrants are streaming from the West African coast of Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands, overwhelming the area and outstripping Senegal’s interdiction capabilities. Senegal already deploys boats and helicopters in joint patrols... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Seasonal wildfires destroy millions of dollars worth of property annually, primarily in the western United States. Fires also wreak long-term environmental damage, while endangering wildlife as well as humans. Efforts to respond to these devastating blazes, which are becoming more frequent and damaging due to climate change, are improving. After years of resistance, state fire-fighting... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:A growing number of commercial industries deploy aerial drones to reduce their operational costs, enhance workplace safety and improve their contribution to sustainability. Drones can reduce a company’s need for time-consuming and expensive ground surveys; they can improve data collection in otherwise inaccessible areas; they can reduce the exposure of their field workers to harm... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Mining companies in Australia, like mining companies everywhere, have grown accustomed to deploying drones to conduct aerial surveys to find new sources of ore and to maintain mine and workplace safety. In fact, mining drones were some of the first to be deployed for commercial purposes anywhere in the world. Due to their specialized functions,... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Add two more big city police departments to the growing list of law enforcement agencies that are deploying drones to bolster their crime fighting capabilities. The Grand Rapids Michigan Police Department (GRPD) announced its intent to buy a fleet of new drones for roughly $100,000 at a press event in late September. Specific details about... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Thermal imaging technology has long been associated with the need to inspect electric power grids. Thermal imaging cameras allow field inspectors to identify subtle temperature changes and evidence of “delamination” – or splitting and fraying – in power lines that could prefigure an outage or spark a raging fire. Grid inspections are laborious, expensive and... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:For years, UAV operators have deployed a single drone to perform a dedicated mission in a specific niche – for example, retail delivery or infrastructure inspection – usually on behalf of a single client in a geographically limited area and within the drone operator’s visual line of sight. Until now, a combination of regulatory and... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Landscapes the world over are suffering the ravages of man-made and natural disasters, leaving vast productive forests and farmland devastated and devoid of their full potential. In Guam, researchers have begun turning to sensor-equipped drones to carry out a massive reseeding of these near-desert “badlands” – and it’s beginning to make a difference. While field... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Matternet’s M2 cargo delivery drone was the first in the nation to receive a FAA Type Certificate in September 2022, followed closely by a Production Certificate in November 2022. Last week, the Mountain View, CA-based drone company scored another regulatory victory when the FAA issued the company its second Type Certificate, this time for a... Read More
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