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Wildfires cause some $20 Billion in property damage and several dozen deaths annually – and unfortunately due to climate change, the yearly toll is rising. Predicting and containing wildfires has become a top national priority but is also of special concern in states like California where most wildfires occur. It stands to reason that drones,... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Can the introduction of a single powerful weapon system turn the tide of battle in modern war? Not usually, most experts say. But depending on the war’s balance of forces, and the weapon in question, it can prove to be a powerful equalizer in the conflict, especially for the side under siege. The Biden administration’s... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Wildlife extinction is a growing worldwide problem. The World Wildlife Foundation estimates that some 10,000 species, including land and marine animals, birds and insects – become extinct each year. Plants and trees, especially the world’s rain forests, are also under siege. Traditional conservation efforts are helping, but more resources are needed to target conservation more... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drones play an important role on many U.S. farms and more farms than ever are using them heavily, research shows. For example, a survey conducted in 2018 found that more than four-fifths of all US farms with drones deployed them at least once a week; almost a third used them daily. What tasks did they... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:The “dogfight” may be the quintessential aerial contest waged between warring pilots. But is it one in which an unmanned or remotely piloted drone can also compete and win? The Pentagon actually tested the dogfight concept back in the 1970’s with remotely piloted drones, not the autonomous AI-supported aerial vehicles that exist today. Back then,... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Marketers know that kids are an important demographic. Kids have purchasing power in their own right but they also influence their parents’ buying decisions – and they’re tomorrow’s adult consumers. Reach them early and they’ll be buying your brand for years. Do the same basic marketing principles apply to drones? You bet they do. With drones... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Drone industry watchers have debated for years how vulnerable their aircraft are to being hacked. Some opportunistic companies have promoted dire and unrealistic scenarios of terrorists wresting control of commercial drones to attack and destroy US installations or commercial buildings much as Bin Laden did during 9/11. Drone experts discount those fears, noting that no... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:It was once considered the drone industry’s biggest flop. Ten years ago, Jeff Bezos, then President and CEO at Amazon, announced plans to start delivering the company’s products directly to your doorstep – or rather, your backyard – in a matter of minutes. It sounded gimmicky, and it was. The plan ran into a host... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Protecting America’s 2000-mile long southern border with Mexico is a major component of our country’s national security strategy. The clandestine pathways that allow tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to try to cross the border each year are the same ones that facilitate the entry of drug gangs, terrorists and sex traffickers. In theory, unmanned... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:One of the big challenges drone users face is how to keep their battery powered up during an extended flight. While drone batteries are large and relatively heavy, they do not actually store large amounts of electricity. It’s often frustrating to drone users to have to abort or cut short a flight because their vehicle’s... Read More
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