Swiss drone manufacturer Wingtra is teaming up with distributor RDO Equipment to roll out a certified repair center servicing the company’s vertical-takeoff-and-landing drone solutions. The certification program will reduce downtown for Wingtra’s survey drones within RDO’s domestic coverage area across the American Upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southwest. RDO will … [Read more...] about VTOL Drone Firm Wingtra Creates Certification Service Process with RDO
Vigilant Obtains Export Waiver for Drone Product
Drone firm Vigilant Aerospace has obtained a special license from the U.S. State Department to allow streamlined export of its FlightHorizon GCS UAS system. By obtaining a “special determination (known as a Commodity Jurisdiction),” Vigilant can send out the system without being classified as a “defense article” under International Traffic in Arms Regulations , thus not … [Read more...] about Vigilant Obtains Export Waiver for Drone Product
Condor: Drone Delivery Canada Launches Largest Delivery UAV
Today, Drone Delivery Canada unveiled its largest and longest-range drone, the Condor. Under development over the past year, the single-rotor vehicle offers a payload of 400 pounds and can travel up to 124 miles on a tank of gas. At 22 feet long, 5 feet wide and 7 feet high, the Condor has a wing/rotor span of 20 feet and is equipped with the company’s FLYTE UTM system … [Read more...] about Condor: Drone Delivery Canada Launches Largest Delivery UAV
Delair Offers New Drone Platform Aimed at Construction, Mining Industries.
French drone company Delair is taking artificial intelligence to a new altitude with the launch of the Delair Aerial Intelligence platform, a solution the company says will convert UAS-gathered images into “actionable business insights.” The platform provides custom analytic models for industries such as mining, construction, and agriculture to “enable more accuracy and … [Read more...] about Delair Offers New Drone Platform Aimed at Construction, Mining Industries.
Japanese Drone Project Can Identify Bad Guys in Stadiums
Japanese drone provider Terra Drone Corporation has teamed up with Japanese telecommunications and security firms, KDDI and SECOM, to demonstrate a new drone security system that can detect and identify suspicious people at one of Japan’s largest stadiums. Integrating Terra Drone’s drone software solutions and KDDI’s Smart Drone octocopters, the UAVs patrolled Saitama … [Read more...] about Japanese Drone Project Can Identify Bad Guys in Stadiums
