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Percepto Monitors Florida Power Grid

Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, today announced it will deploy autonomous drones to monitor Florida Power & Light’s substations and power distribution grids across the state. The first electric utility to deploy drone-in-a-box (DIB) technology statewide, the arrangement represents the largest commercial autonomous drone project in the world. It’s also the first operation […]

Auterion Adds Acecore Zoe

Auterion, the company building an open and software-defined future for enterprise drone fleets, is pleased to announce that Acecore Zoe is now part of the Auterion Open Ecosystem. The high quality Zoe, well known for its versatile, all-weather design, is a portable heavy-lifter that can be configured from quadcopter to octocopter for added motor redundancy. […]

Offshore Deliveries

German logistics and aviation holding Zeitfracht Group and its subsidiary German Airways will be among the first companies worldwide to commercially deploy drones in logistics. In a joint letter of intent with the German manufacturer Wingcopter, the companies have agreed to purchase 17 Wingcopter 198 delivery drones and acquire options to order an additional 115 […]

Teal Drones Helps Ukraine

Teal Drones founder and CEO George Matus believes that reconnaissance drones are vital technology in wartime. Yet Ukrainian forces fighting the battle against the Russian invasion don’t have access to the most effective drone technology. The drones most commonly used in these scenarios have a backdoor that the Russians use to track drones in the […]

DroneTechnic Delivery Training

Drone delivery training will be offered for the first time in Canada this spring by DroneTechnic, only 30 minutes away from Montreal. DroneTechnic – the first drone flight school in Canada to offer training programs from Visual Line-of-Sight (VLOS) to Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations (BVLOS), just received permission from Transport Canada to add drone delivery […]

Wingcopter wins ITOCHU

German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter has announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU joins Wingcopter’s Authorized Partnership Program (WAPP) and will act as a dedicated distributor and lessor for the Wingcopter 198, Wingcopter’s new eVTOL delivery drone, in Japan. On top, the Japanese conglomerate also decided to make a strategic […]

An Exemplary Police Drone Program

Drones have become increasingly popular tools for law enforcement departments across the country. Huntsville, Alabama is one such place, with a very successful drone program that was implemented with careful planning and support from city leaders. The program is increasing in size and scope, and the successes are attracting attention from neighboring agencies. Huntsville, with […]

Volocopter Crewed & Uncrewed Flights

On 21 March 2022, Volocopter became a two-time pioneer as the first eVTOL developer to conduct both crewed and remotely piloted test flights in France. The crewed flights were part of a week-long urban air mobility (UAM) test campaign that will give Volocopter and its partners – Groupe ADP and RATP Group – key insights […]

DJI Enterprise

DJI, the world leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today launches an all-in-one solution for professional drone operators that for the first time puts a powerful flying platform in the service of a fully remote fleet management system and an autonomous docking and recharging station. This integrated solution unlocks powerful new functionality for […]

Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board Announced

Organizers of the eighth annual Commercial UAV Expo, the leading global commercial drone conference and expo, have announced an impressive list of influential leaders in the drone industry who will be participating on the Advisory Board. The event will take place September 6 – 8, 2022 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas. “Commercial UAV Expo’s […]