Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Geopipe as the winner of the GENIUS NY program with a grand prize of $1 million to create 3D models using drones. BotsAndUs, Droneseed, Eget Liber, and Skyy Network all received $500,000.
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced its MultiFlyer fleet of non-combat drones earlier this month to support disaster management, security, and mapping. IAI worked with Alpha Unmanned Systems, Simplex, and Sightec to create the MultiFlyer drones.
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Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) management provider, AlarisPro has added new features to its platform to allow for improved decision making by drone pilots.
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Chinese passenger drone company Autoflight recently unveiled its V400 Albatross cargo and passenger drone at the 2020 World UAV Conference in Shenzhen, China. The company also announced its product development road map.
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British drone manufacturer UAVtek has been awarded the drone innovation award for its 200-gram nano drone that goes by the name Bug. The Bug nano drone provides military forces and law enforcement with an eye in the sky while making minimal noise.
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SPH Engineering a software developer for the UgCS app has partnered with the app’s creator Eye4Software to advance bathymetric and hydrological surveying. The system would allow drone operators to capture contour maps, depth maps, and 3D models.
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Late last week Dedrone announced its new CEO, Aaditya Devarakonda (AD) after the company’s co-founder switched roles in becoming the executive chairman. AD hopes to further the company’s reach in airspace security with a focus on drone technology.
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A recent study performed by market research firm Global Market Insights found that the robotic sensor market is expected to be worth over $4 billion by 2026. This is in part thanks to the cost reductions we have seen over the recent years of components and products.
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WiBotic has just announced that it has received FCC approval for its drone wireless charging tech providing up to 300 watts of power to equipped devices. The approval is the first of its kind, allowing mobile robots and drones to be charged wirelessly.
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Aerodyne Group and Celcom Axiata Berhad have joined forces to explore the development of drone technology in the current fourth industrial revolution. The two will explore the use of drone technology, focusing on urban and agriculture issues.
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AiRXOS has announced its new fully faceted drone solution for customers in the energy industry. The system allows for organizations to plan, schedule, operate, and monitor all areas of a drone fleet using one simple platform.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has given out $13.4 million to five US drone startups in the hope of further developing current and new technologies. The companies to receive the money include AirMap, Graffiti Enterprises, ModalAI, Obsidian Sensors, and Skydio.
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WiBotic has secured $5.7 million in Series A funding, allow it to grow in the world of wireless power solutions and expand its products capable of charging drones mid-air and various other systems. The funding round included investors Junson Capital, SV Tech Ventures, Rolling Bay Ventures, Aves Capital, The W Fund, and WRF Capital.
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ParaZero has just passed an important milestone: The FAA has issued 100 waivers to companies using its parachute drone safety system. The parachute system allows for flights over people and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights.
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French drone maker Parrot has partnered with Hoverseen, which creates automated drone-in-a-box systems. The partnership will give Parrot’s ANAFI Thermal and ANAFI USA the ability to deploy via Hoverseen boxes.
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Altitude Angel has welcomed another new partner in its global partnership program, AIRVID. The two will work together to enable safe and complex flight operations. AIRVID has been providing drone services to a wide range of industries for the last seven years.
AirHub and Mapture.ai have partnered up to create a drone-in-a-box that can autonomously launch, land, and be controlled from a remote location. The solution means a skilled drone pilot is no longer required with all pre-flight checks being automated.
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has once again stated that its mandatory drone registration and pilot accreditation will open later on this year, on September 30. It was originally set to open last month, but was deferred due to COVID-19.
Andrew Davies is the first drone pilot to be granted a drone spraying license for weeds in Tasmania, Australia, after years of fighting to get the license. Previously in mining and construction, Andrew saw a hole in the market and decided to fill it, using a drone equipped with pesticide sprayers.
Drone maker Skyfront has partnered with Silvus Technologies to create a drone with a maximum flight time of five hours and an operating distance of 100km. The new long-range drone will allow operators to inspect pipelines and other assets as well as conduct long-range surveillance missions.
UAV company UAVOS has managed to convert a Robinson R22 manned helicopter into an autonomous cargo drone, capable of flying over 1000km. The UVH R22 is capable of carrying 400 pounds of cargo, agricultural monitoring, and video surveillance, just to name a few.
Pyka is taking on the crop-spraying business with its autonomous crop drone, which is capable of spraying 135 acres in an hour. The drone removes the danger for pilots who fly a few meters from the ground and reduces costs.
SwissDrones is a leading drone manufacturer and has its SDO-50V2 product used around the world in critical missions for surveillance, search and rescue, inspections, and transport of goods. The company is now finally moving into Australasia as a focus area for 2020.
There are thousands of drone-related companies in the world, but a majority of them didn’t have any firsts, Draganfly is one of the companies that do. Draganfly was the first company to commercialize the drone along with a few other firsts we learned while interviewing the Chairman and CEO Cameron Chell of Draganfly.