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U.S. Drone Manufacturer Skyfish Receives $20 Million in Funding!

U.S. Drone Manufacturer Skyfish Receives $20 Million in Funding! Investment in drone companies shifts as drone technology matures. In fact, U.S. drone manufacturer, Skyfish, announced $20 million in additional funding, which is an indication that investment in drone companies is changing to reward companies that are providing advanced technology for an already established sector. The […]

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Nuclear Waste Site Inspection Done By Drones

South Carolina switches to deploying drones for nuclear waste site inspection at Savannah River Site (SRS). Contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, has relieved employees from manually inspecting cleanup sites by turning to camera-mounted drones to conduct inspections of nuclear waste sites at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina.  This shift was

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New Bridge Inspection Business Experiences 70X Growth Using Skydio

Japan Infrastructure Waymark (JIW) — a bridge inspection specialist — grows bridge inspection business 70-fold by using Skydio. This is timely because Japan has a network of approximately 714,000 bridges that are due for inspection.  After a careful testing process that evaluated several different company drones, the JIW team chose AI-enhanced Skydio. According to JIW,

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NASA’s Compact Radar Testing Will Allow Drones to Fly in Crowded Airspace

US National Aeronautical Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Compact radar completed a testing program to allow drones to fly autonomously in crowded airspace. This was NASA’s final stage of its drone testing program, which was in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and three partners in the industry to show potential commercial applications by using different

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The Future of Luxury Engineered Passenger Drones

Vertical Aerospace’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) solution is expected to be the Rolls-Royce — luxury engineering — of passenger drones. This means that the electrical power system of Rolls-Royce will be integrated into Vertical Aerospace’s “piloted all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle.”*  According to a press release, the drone will carry as many as

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The Major Impact that Skydio’s AI is Having on the Construction Industry

SKYDIO is the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight and was recognized as Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan, a leader in global research and consulting solutions. This award recognizes companies that demonstrate excellence in visionary innovation performance as well as customer impact. The construction industry is one of

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Drones Help Railroads Go Digital in Estonia

Estonian Railways is a state-owned company that is responsible for Estonia’s railway administration, which has been responsible for ensuring the smooth operation, management and maintenance of the country’s railway infrastructure since 1870. It has selected Hexagon’s Geospatial division to implement a transportation system that will use drones to automate and digitize the railway’s infrastructure maintenance,

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Altitude Angel Selected To Provide Global Map Data

Altitude Angel, the world’s leading unmanned traffic management (UTM) technology provider, is selected to provide global map data by Iprosurv, the survey and inspection provider. This embeds Altitude Angel’s market leading data in its flight mapping solutions. Although established fairly recently (2014), Iprosurv are considered a crucial company in the promotion and implementation of many

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Debut Flight of EHang Air Taxi in Korea!

Hang Holdings Restricted/Limited (Nasdaq: EH) introduced its EHang 216 two-seater passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle/car (AAV), which has completed its maiden flight in Korea. “It’s Korea’s first time to launch a flight of an autonomous “air taxi” over a densely populated downtown space,” according to an organization press release. The flight, which took place on November

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“Drone Zone” Created By Altitude Angels To Support Drones & Planes

Altitude Angel created “Drone Zone” to support drones and planes where they will share the same sky. The “Drone Zone” will enable automated drones, and general aviation, to harmoniously fly in the same environment. Altitude Angel is a UK company that works on the safe integration and use of UAVs (drones) into international airspace. The

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