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

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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

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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

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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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Drones Help Railroads Go Digital in Estonia

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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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How Drones are Perfect for Railroads

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The United States has almost 140,000 miles of railroads over 61,000 Class I bridges, according to the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers. One third of U.S. exports, delivering five million tons of freight, and just under 100,000 passengers use these railroad tracks daily. Freight railroads in the U.S. …

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Drones Are Revolutionizing Counting Stockpiles

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It is not an exaggeration to claim that drones are revolutionizing counting stockpiles. There is no doubt that using a drone for measuring stockpiles is a great solution for many companies, especially big ones, with inventory spreading across large worksites. Whether you work in the construction, mining, infrastructure, etc. because industry stockpile management is a …

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Drones Can Monitor And Maintain Roads And Bridges

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There are an estimated 4 million miles of Roads And Bridges crisscrossing the United States and 170,000 railroad tracks, but how are they being monitored? Several infrastructure industries can benefit from drone technology more quickly than others such as roads and bridges. Within these industries, companies can operate extensive networks of complex assets, distributed over …

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