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Two of the world’s leading drone delivery companies are spreading their wings this month. San Francisco-based Zipline, which pioneered the use of UAVs for emergency medical supply deliveries in Rwanda back in 2016, is continuing to make a fresh mark in the retail sector. Last week, the eight-year old company began drone flights of food... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:First responders in Atlantic City, NJ are planning to acquire a fleet of drones to patrol the city’s 20-mile coast line next summer. The move is intended to enhance their ability to identify dangerous rip tides and to bring more timely assistance to boaters and swimmers in peril. The Atlantic City Beach Patrol announced its... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Construction is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the drone industry – indeed, #1, according to some surveys. The sector’s exponential growth tracks with the phenomenal expansion of the construction industry itself. For example, in California, construction is the state’s fastest growing industry, regularly adding 7% or more employees to its workforce annually. Globally, the... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drone corridors are an increasingly popular way for unmanned aerial vehicles to make remote deliveries without fear of colliding with manned aircraft or other drones. Some drone corridors – also known as drone “highways” – are being tested over long distances. The FAA-approved NUAIR drone corridor in upstate New York is 50-miles long with an... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drones have many useful roles to play in the area of environmental hazard detection and remediation. One of the least known is the growing use of drones for water sampling collection and analysis. This is potentially a multi-modal intervention; the same work can be conducted by an aerial drone or by an underwater drone (or... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Container ships transport more than 90% of all goods shipped in the world and more than $4 trillion worth of goods annually. But it can take over a month for those goods to sail from Beijing to New York – and supply chains are increasingly vulnerable to disruption. Shipping costs, already high, can escalate when... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drones, like any aircraft, need a place to launch and land. While conventional manned airplanes typically use runways and airports, drones, operating in congested urban areas, don’t have that luxury. To carry goods or passengers from a store parking lot, building rooftop, or maybe a client’s backyard, drones will need smaller self-contained spaces geared to... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:As more and more members of the public learn what drones can do to speed commerce, enhance public safety and protect the environment, support for drone use continues to grow. But not everywhere. Some states, especially in the deep South, continue to lag behind others in their acceptance of drones. South Carolina is one such... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:China-based DJI, the world’s largest drone producer, has just received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to bring its first-ever delivery drone, FlyCart 30, to North America. The drone, first unveiled in China in August 2023, supports two modes of delivery: a cargo box and a winch crane system. It could be a game-changer.... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Miniaturization is the wave of the future, affecting every industry imaginable. Even the diminutive world of drones is about to get smaller. UAVs as tiny as insects are now being developed for a wide range of uses, from military spying to farm management and construction inspections. “Bug-bots” modeled on bees and flies can be powered... Read More
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