Latvia has contributed more to the drone industry than you might expect. The country's most notable entrance to the market has come from Aerones, a startup you might remember for assisting a world record skydive and, more recently, using drones to fight fires and clean windows and wind turbines. Today we have news of another heavy lifting drone out of Latvia. This time it's … [Read more...] about Latvian Startup AirBoard Launches Agriculture Drone For Vineyards
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Drone Start-Up Birdstop Expands Flight times by Easy Battery Exchanges
DroneLife had a chance to catch up with the CEO and C0-Founder Keith Miao of a new drone start-up named Birdstop.io at the Commercial UAV Expo in London recently. Keith was a member of a several panels that we participated including the ROI of Drones. We caught up at the show. The Palo Alto, California based drone start-up builds autonomous battery exchange stations … [Read more...] about Drone Start-Up Birdstop Expands Flight times by Easy Battery Exchanges
PrecisionHawk Acquires Drone Inspection Firm Uplift
Drone tech provider PrecisionHawk, has purchased inspection service Uplift Data Partners. Uplift provides turn-key inspection services for construction and building information management (BIM) as well as for real-estate. The company’s nationwide network of commercially trained drone pilots will join PrecisionHawk’s Droners.io network which consists of more than 15,000 … [Read more...] about PrecisionHawk Acquires Drone Inspection Firm Uplift
Delair Counts on a Bumper Crop with Launch of Ag Drone Line
A French-based drone provider is planting new seeds it hopes will take root over farms around the world. Commercial drone solution provider Delair this week launched a new UAV model focused on the agriculture industry -- the UX11-Ag. Built on the company’s current UX11 fixed-wing drone, the new version “combines the productivity benefits of long-range/BVLOS flight … [Read more...] about Delair Counts on a Bumper Crop with Launch of Ag Drone Line
Propeller Partners With DJI to Bolster Drone Analytics and Mapping
Cloud-based drone analytics provider Propeller has inked a deal with drone giant DJI in a new partnership that will marry the company’s mapping platforms with DJI’s Phantom 4 RTK drone. The Propeller PPK Solution integrates a software and hardware system that features photogrammetric model outputs in geodetic, projected, or local coordinate systems. The PPK is accurate to … [Read more...] about Propeller Partners With DJI to Bolster Drone Analytics and Mapping
