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Airobotics Earns Innovation Award for Autonomous Drones
An Israeli drone company has won industry accolades for deploying a first-ever autonomous drone platform. Innovation leader Frost & Sullivan awarded Airobotics with the 2018 Global New Product Innovation Award. The company’s Optimus drone surveys and collects aerial data and includes integrated software for mission planning and data analytics. The drone platform … [Read more...] about Airobotics Earns Innovation Award for Autonomous Drones
AUVSI Takes Steps to Create Drone Best Practices
One of the drone sector’s top industry groups is one step closer to launching a best-practices/code-of-conduct program for UAV pilots. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International appointed a steering committee this week to develop the Trusted Operator Program for remote pilots and unmanned aircraft systems training organizations. The working group will also … [Read more...] about AUVSI Takes Steps to Create Drone Best Practices
Kespry About to Fly a Bit Higher With $33 Million in Series C Funding Led by G2VP
Kespry has just received a significant infusion of cash which should position to battle on in the crowded drone data analytics space. The firm has received $33 million in its Series C round of funding, led by G2VP with Shell Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, and ABB Ventures joining as new investors in the company. Each investor has a history or supporting companies … [Read more...] about Kespry About to Fly a Bit Higher With $33 Million in Series C Funding Led by G2VP
Cyberhawk Inspects American Nuclear Plant in a First for UAVs
Cyberhawk Innovations is claiming to have completed another world first for the drone industry in the nuclear energy sector. Cyberhawk has inspected two concrete PWR containment domes for American Electric Power at the Cook Nuclear Plant, located along Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline. Although drones have been used in the nuclear industry, according to Cyberhawk, this was … [Read more...] about Cyberhawk Inspects American Nuclear Plant in a First for UAVs
