LiDAR is one of the most important tools in the commercial drone industry. While it has been around since the 1960s when it was mounted to aircraft, its uses have expanded dramatically now that LiDAR can be used with commercial drones. What is LiDAR and how does it work? LiDAR is a remote sensing technology: sensors that are mounted to drones send a pulse from a laser … [Read more...] about 50 Ways to Love Your LiDAR: How LiDAR is Used in Commercial Drone Applications
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DroneLife Exclusive: CEO of Terra Drone India, Part of a Global Drone Powerhouse
DRONELIFE recently caught up with Prateek Srivastava, CEO of Terra Drone India. As India becomes a major player in the global drone industry, Srivastava gives his take on the commercial drone industry, unmanned traffic management (UTM), and where he sees the commercial market going in India. DRONELIFE: Can you tell our readers who many not be familiar with Terra Drone what … [Read more...] about DroneLife Exclusive: CEO of Terra Drone India, Part of a Global Drone Powerhouse
SimActive Expands its Partner Network for Medium Format Camera Solutions
SimActive Inc., recently announces the expansion of its network of resellers for medium format licenses. The new strategic alliances allow them to address the growing market need for processing imagery from medium format sensors. Partners include firms such as LiDARUSA, who offers SimActive’s Correlator3D™ to complement Phase One cameras. This announcement follows a recent … [Read more...] about SimActive Expands its Partner Network for Medium Format Camera Solutions
Japanese Firm Inks Drone Deal with African Mining Giant
Japanese UAV company Terra Drone’s South African division is partnering with one of the continent’s largest mining companies to get a better look at sites from above. Terra Drone is looking to expand its nine branches all over the world and is focusing on providing UAS solutions to mining, oil and gas sectors. Sibanye-Stillwater is the largest producer of gold in South … [Read more...] about Japanese Firm Inks Drone Deal with African Mining Giant
Airobotics Receives Unique FAA Waiver for Arizona Drone Flights
Israeli drone provider Airobotics this week announced receiving the FAA’s first ever three-prong certificate of waiver for “flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for automated drone operations, over human beings, with a visual observer that is not required to keep a visual line of sight on the drone.” The waiver will allow the company to operate drones from its Remote … [Read more...] about Airobotics Receives Unique FAA Waiver for Arizona Drone Flights
