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Fire departments, like police departments, are discovering the many uses of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Whether they’re conducting aerial surveillance or active fire suppression, fire-fighting drones can contain blazes more quickly while reducing property damage and saving the lives of first responders and fire victims alike. Most of the media coverage regarding drones and fire-fighting... Read More
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Percepto, the Israeli UAV company, is well-known for its ability to navigate through and around the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) byzantine regulations relating to drones. Last November, Percepto was the first US company to receive a nationwide exemption to conduct autonomous Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations at its infrastructure sites. So, this... Read More
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Some drones fly; other drones swim. Is it possible for a single drone to do both? Several Chinese companies are currently in the forefront of developing drones that can launch from the water and become airborne or plunge into the watery depths from the sky. These “transmedium” drones could one day revolutionize the way... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drone taxis are coming to America, and sooner than you think. A Japanese drone company, Sky Drive, recently established an office in Beaumont, South Carolina and two local airports – one in Columbia, another in Spartanburg – have signed off on the idea. The earliest drone models will likely be two seaters, one for the... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Not all remote aerial package delivery companies are enjoying enormous success these days. But two state-of-the-art drone delivery companies– Zipline and Flytrex — achieved important new milestones last week, placing them at the forefront of the field. Silicon Valley-based Zipline, which first garnered global headlines when it pioneered emergency medical supply flights to Rwanda via... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Under growing pressure from the drone industry, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving ahead with new waiver approvals for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) inspection operations at major US grid facilities. Last week, the FAA approved the application of Skydio – a ;pioneer in autonomous drone technology – for expanded BVLOS flights at... Read More
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Are “flying taxis” a Jetsonian fantasy? Or could passenger drones –with proper regulation – soon become an integral part of the urban transportation landscape? The debate has raged for years, with naysayers pooh-poohing the idea on two counts: First, the persistent air traffic risk of autonomous drone flights, especially ones involving human passengers, and... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drones powered by lithium ion batteries have dominated the drone market for well over a decade. But the search for alternatives is beginning to bear fruit. Hydrogen fuel cell batteries offer a robust storage capacity that can allow drones formerly limited to 20 to 30 minutes of continuous flying time to go for 100 minutes... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Deforestation is a global environmental challenge but has hit the African continent especially hard. Sierra Leone, for example, has lost 30% of its natural forest since 2000 alone. Climate change and the effects of excess logging operations are largely responsible for the problem. The national government, under pressure from the United Nations and other international... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Mass retailers like Amazon and Walmart continue to dominate the global headlines when it comes to news about remote package deliveries by drone. But based on actual flights, it’s the aerial delivery of badly needed medical supplies, not consumer goods, that is surging worldwide. In Africa and increasingly in the United States, small innovative drone... Read More
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