Swiss Meteodrone provides real-time low-altitude weather outlook for UAV operators

Bruce Crumley -
Commercial dronesSwitzerlandWeather
Meteodrone weather

Switzerland’s Meteodrone is working to address one of the main elements that can disrupt or even prevent the world’s expanding range of UAV activities: the often sketchy, abruptly changing  weather conditions at the lower altitude levels in which drones operate.

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Swiss Post to hand over drone delivery operations to California’s Matternet

Ishveena Singh -
Drone DeliverySwitzerlandMatternetSwiss Post

California-based drone logistics company Matternet, which has been working successfully with Swiss Post since 2017, says it will take over drone delivery operations from Switzerland’s national postal service starting January 1, 2023. In addition, Matternet will leverage its experience from operations in Switzerland to build Europe’s first city-wide drone delivery network.

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Holiday campaign spreads Christmas cheer through the cutest drone ever

Ishveena Singh -
Drone DeliverySwitzerland

’Tis the season to use creative narratives to celebrate togetherness and highlight the need for kindness on Christmas. And hitting the sweet spot for us right now is a holiday campaign from supermarket brand Migros, featuring the world’s most adorable delivery drone – Robin.

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Digital divining rod: New drone tech accurately measures underground water volumes

Bruce Crumley -
dronesAgricultureSwitzerlandsensorswildfires

A Swiss research group has developed a drone-carried sensor that can detect the water content of terrain below, and are offering it as a cheaper and more accurate measurement supplement to existing technology like satellite imagery. Its creators say the device can optimize a variety of terrain management decisions in a world where drought and fires are becoming a major, recurring problem.

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Switzerland reports sharp decline in drone safety risk incidents

Ishveena Singh -
Drone SafetySwitzerland

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on Switzerland’s aviation sector and the supervisory activities of its civil aviation regulator, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA). One outcome of the same has been a steep reduction in the number of safety risk incident reports and occurrences involving drones in the country.

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Swiss company looks to use drones to capture weather data

Josh Spires -
Drone industrySwitzerland

Swiss company Meteomatics is working with Thales to explore using drones to capture meteorological data for faster, more accurate, and cheaper weather forecasts. The company hopes to replace the traditional balloons, satellite, airborne, and ground-based techniques.

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