Loggerhead Ventures leads the round with follow-on from One Planet Capital, fueling AI-powered drones for wind farm maintenance. Perceptual Robotics has secured fresh funding to scale its autonomous wind turbine inspection platform. Loggerhead Ventures led the round, with follow-on investment from One Planet Capital. The Thessaloniki-based company announced the deal on May 5, … [Read more...] about Perceptual Robotics Raises Funding to Automate Wind Turbine Inspection Drones
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FCC Grants Conditional Approval to Sees.ai UAS, Signaling New Path for Foreign Drone Systems
Limited public details raise questions about “v.USA 1.0” and how international companies can meet U.S. security requirements The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted conditional approval to the Sees.ai v.USA. 1.0 Uncrewed Aircraft System, exempting it from the agency’s Covered List restrictions. The approval, based on a determination by the Department of War … [Read more...] about FCC Grants Conditional Approval to Sees.ai UAS, Signaling New Path for Foreign Drone Systems
Skyports Deploys Automated BVLOS Drone Surveys for Major German Bridge Project
Remote-operated “drone-in-a-box” system delivers weekly 2D and 3D data for construction monitoring Skyports Drone Services has partnered with HOCHTIEF to deploy an automated drone surveying system at a major bridge construction project in Germany. The deployment brings routine beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations to the Rheinbrücke Leverkusen site near Cologne, … [Read more...] about Skyports Deploys Automated BVLOS Drone Surveys for Major German Bridge Project
Texas A&M Team Uses Drones to Map Ocean Currents
By Dronelife Features Editor Jim Magill When an offshore platform experiences a massive blowout resulting in an oil spill covering a vast expanse of ocean waters, recovery teams require accurate data on ocean currents to quickly initiate the cleanup. In past years, it was often difficult and expensive to collect such data, but over the last decade or so, a team of … [Read more...] about Texas A&M Team Uses Drones to Map Ocean Currents
Beyond “BVLOS Is Necessary”: SAFE Brief Defines What a Workable Rule Must Deliver
New policy brief reframes BVLOS as infrastructure policy, industrial policy, and digital coordination policy, not just an aviation update. SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo) will release its new policy brief, From Waivers to Scale: How BVLOS Modernizes America’s Low-Altitude Infrastructure, during a free webinar tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 17) at 1:00 PM ET. Register … [Read more...] about Beyond “BVLOS Is Necessary”: SAFE Brief Defines What a Workable Rule Must Deliver
