The Drone Racing League (DRL) has received a new update for its drone racing simulator, adding new maps and other assets and improvements. The update is version 3.7 that brings added excitement to the current drone racing season. The update is the addition of the first nine tracks from the current 2020 season with new […]
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In November, 2020, two new thermal drones — due to a $4,500 donation — were given by a woman who chose to stay anonymous, for the Police and fire departments in the Town of Putnam, N.Y. These thermal drones arrived just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday as a reminder of the importance of gratitude,
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Autel Enterprise Robotics and AirData, known for its advanced fleet management software, has joined a partnership to provide users of EVO II with enterprise fleet management tools. Such a joint venture makes the EVO series more financially feasible, and compact commercial drones are as a result, even more competitive for enterprise drone programs. According to
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Industrial drone developer Percepto has raised an impressive $45 million in Series B Funding Round and integrates with Boston Dynamics’ Spot as drone investment is soaring and several new companies are entering the drone market, with a mixture of traditional aerospace knowledge and a contemporary technological perspective. Over $1.8 billion has been invested so far
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Skydio is leading the way in America’s surge toward the top of the drone industry. Skydio’s new head of policy affairs, Brendan Groves, hopes to help push regulators to allow the most advanced right-of-use cases Skydio — the California drone startup — is plotting. With the release of its Skydio 2 drone last fall, the
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Boeing, General Atomics and Kratos were chosen by the Air Force’s Skyborg program to create drone prototypes for the air vehicle portion to carry the AI computer brain. The timing for building the first test vehicles of the autonomous combat drone is a mere five months. The Air Force’s Skyborg program is planning on building
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University of Washington researchers have created a drone — a Smellicopter — a drone that is able to accurately detect odors by using a live moth antenna. This moth antenna has two tiny wires that come out of it and are connected, at each end, to a circuit, which enables the drone to detect (smell)
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Thermal imaging giant FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) acquires drone manufacturer, Altavian, thereby setting the stage for its move to provide “comprehensive mission coverage within Group 1 Unmanned Systems for Defense Customers,”* according to a FLIR press release. Thermal-sensor maker, FLIR, has long been one of the most important, drone-adjacent companies because it has provided
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Ecologists are looking to Australian-made drone technology to help in tracking endangered animals. The autonomous drones can reach areas easily and efficiently by marking the location of the animals without having to follow them. For more than 20 years, Dr. Debbie Saunders has been focusing her studies on endangered animals as she has specifically studied
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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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