Autonomous drone developer Percepto has snagged a financial bounty just in time for Thanksgiving—$45 million. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the Series B funding round to launch “a transfo... Read more
In 2019, Switzerland-based Flyability had a mystery to solve at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Was nuclear waste still present in one of the plant’s decommissioned reactors? “At the time... Read more
Verizon is dialing up a new mission for its drone subsidiary – wildfire damage inspection. The telecom announced today the FAA granted Portland-based Skyward a temporary waiver allowing comp... Read more
Drone giant DJI is partnering with energy multinational Shell Oil to deploy a drone project at Shell’s Deer Park Manufacturing Complex. As a “Solution Development Partner,” Shell and DJI wi... Read more
Switzerland-based Drone Harmony is upgrading its line of terrain aware flight planning platforms to better account for differences in elevation – a key requirement in many industries from su... Read more
Drone companies like PrecisionHawk have led the industry in the inspection power distribution and transmission infrastructure like lines, towers, transformers and other components of the ele... Read more
European UAV maker Parrot is partnering with French automatic-drone startup Hoverseen, allowing clients to deploy Parrot’s enterprise-level ANAFI drone as an automated, drone-in-a-box survei... Read more
How AI and machine learning algorithms redefine utility inspections as society faces this pandemic. The following is a guest post by Jaro Uljanovs, Lead AI Developer and Data Scientist at Sh... Read more
The power industry was an early adopter of drone technology, but in this insider piece Andre Louis-Ferdinand says that the sector continues to find new applications and new uses for drones... Read more
Iris Automation‘s latest product, the Casia 360, is a 360 degree onboard detect and avoid system – and a major step forward for flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The C... Read more
Despite stay-at-home orders in more than 25 states due to the coronavirus pandemic, utility workers (including drone operators) remain on the job as the first line of defense of critical pow... Read more
Drone manufacturer ZM Interactive recently picked Iris Automation as the detect-and-avoid provider. The deal will empower ZMI customers to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operati... Read more