DJI has announced the Zenmuse Z30, an aerial zoom camera that can be easily snapped into DJI's Matrice airframes. The high end imaging capability that the Z30 brings to the table will have applicability to a number of commercial markets including traffic, construction, inspections, and disaster relief such as search and rescue and damage assessment. Designed to seamlessly … [Read more...] about DJI Raises Ante in Industrial Space with Addition of Zoom Camera, Zenmuse Z30
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Commercial Drone Companies: Making Drones an Integral Part of Industrial Practices
Guest post by Efrat Fenigson, Head of Marketing at Airobotics (Autonomous Drones) It took a tease and a bold prediction from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to get the general public to begin thinking a couple of years ago about the ways in which drones might change the business landscape forever. But commercial drone companies were already far ahead of the game by that time, … [Read more...] about Commercial Drone Companies: Making Drones an Integral Part of Industrial Practices
DJI and Datumate Partner to Deliver Site Survey Solution
Firms partner to provide software, app ease & automate surveying, infrastructure-mapping and inspection The Chinese drone powerhouse DJI and Datumate, a developer of geomatics software, are offering a drone, software and app package that automates and expedites site surveys. The DJI-Datumate Site Survey Solution is targeted at professionals that want to simplify … [Read more...] about DJI and Datumate Partner to Deliver Site Survey Solution
Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
A growing turn-key drone company knows the old saying is true—“a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”—especially when it comes to expanding into a dynamic new UAV market. Airware – a California-based enterprise firm – acquired Redbird, a Paris-based UAV cloud/data telemetry company in a deal last week that will fly Airware higher into the growing, drone-based … [Read more...] about Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
Senator Optimistic About Drone Inspection Sector
While the winds of politics continue to buffet the future of drone use, at least one legislator looks forward to blue skies for UAVs Virginia Sen. Mark Warner recently witnessed a demonstration of an unmanned aerial inspection at a quarry in Culpeper, prompting the veteran Democrat to express optimism about the industry. Warner is no stranger to new technology, he made … [Read more...] about Senator Optimistic About Drone Inspection Sector
