Amid the avalanche of product and service launches, partnership announcements and general industry news at Interdrone earlier this month, senseFly, a division of French drone manufacturer Parrot, unveiled a new modular drone for aerial mapping and surveying. On paper, the eBee X looks like a useful fixed-wing aircraft that should provide a rugged and adaptable solution for a … [Read more...] about A Closer Look at senseFly’s New eBee X
Impossible Aerospace: US-1’s ‘Battery-First’ Concept Offers 2-Hour Flight Time
It turns out that we've been doing this aviation thing wrong the whole time. Instead of designing a lightweight drone capable of carrying a battery and a useful payload, we should have been developing batteries that can fly. That's the conclusion that acted as the starting point for Impossible Aerospace, a California startup fresh out of stealth mode and ready to shake up … [Read more...] about Impossible Aerospace: US-1’s ‘Battery-First’ Concept Offers 2-Hour Flight Time
Over $2m in Prizes To Be Won in AI Drone Racing Contest
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League (DRL) have announced a contest inviting teams to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems capable of piloting racing drones and beating human pilots. Participating teams will compete in a series of challenges for their share of more than $2 million in prizes. The challenge was announced by Lockheed Martin … [Read more...] about Over $2m in Prizes To Be Won in AI Drone Racing Contest
Yuneec Expands Drone Payloads With E10T Thermal Camera
Yuneec has expanded its commercial drone payload offerings with the new E10T, an advanced thermal camera suitable for a range of applications. Introducing the E10T The E10T is a three-axis gimbal, dual thermal imaging and low light camera that Yuneec is making available in two versions: 320 by 256-pixel or 640 by 512-pixel thermal resolution. Each version comes with … [Read more...] about Yuneec Expands Drone Payloads With E10T Thermal Camera
New Developer Platform Could Make Skydio R1 The Go-To Commercial Drone
When Skydio launched the long-awaited R1 in February, it was clear that we were dealing with something special. The Skydio team had set out to build a drone that could build a picture of its environment and fly as intelligently as a human pilot as a result. And they appear to have succeeded; an amazing technological feat. Our reservations instead revolved around three … [Read more...] about New Developer Platform Could Make Skydio R1 The Go-To Commercial Drone
