Autonomous drone company Apollo Robotics is launching an early-bird program allowing professional drone industry players to pre-order new products. The Ventura, Calif.-based firm has launched the Apollo Development Partner Program which will give early access …
Guest post by leading drone industry analyst Colin Snow of Skylogic Research. This was a big year for the commercial drone industry as a whole. It saw a significant increase in the business adoption, the …
A major name in sports brings his business savvy to the skies with Avisight. When my 17-year-old son heard that I was going to interview J.B. Bernstein, his first thought was that I had gotten …
Japanese UAV player Terra Drone Corporation is expanding its global reach after the Tokyo-based company bought a major stake in Australian firm C4D Intel. Terra Drone specializes in commercial drone hardware, software and UTM. The …
Not that long ago military bodies were racing to distance themselves from drone industry leader DJI. The US Army grounded its use of DJI products in a move that was probably justified at the time. The …
A Singapore-based company has launched a new hydrogen-based drone designed for large-scale, industrial maintenance inspections. HES Energy Systems this week released Hycopter, a multi-rotor system that can keep precision cameras and other sensors in the …
Drone tech provider PrecisionHawk, has purchased inspection service Uplift Data Partners. Uplift provides turn-key inspection services for construction and building information management (BIM) as well as for real-estate. The company’s nationwide network of commercially trained …
IBM has applied to patent a system that would use block chain technology to tackle privacy and security concerns for drones, according to a filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) September 20, 2018. IBM joins a …
It’s become clear that drones are a critical tool for Hurricane response – not just during the storm, but immediately after. The FAA has granted major insurer State Farm permission to fly drones over people …
The Australian based Telecommunications giant Telstra is trialing new drone technologies to help in disaster management scenarios. If you are not familiar with them, Telstra currently has over 35,000 employees and does business in over …
North Carolina-based PrecisionHawk has purchased drone inspection service HAZON as well as renewable energy data company InspecTools. The acquisitions will expand PrecisionHawk’s already impressive array of drone-based solutions by adding more horsepower to inspection missions for distribution …
A Colorado-based firm is shedding new light from above on vital data for the oil and gas pipeline industry. SolSpec has developed an online asset management tool that allows users to visualize and extract information …
AI startup Clobotics has raised $11 million in funding in a continuation of its Series A round of financing, bringing total funding to $21 million. The company will use the funds to expand AI, machine …
Kespry, the leading drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, today announced new high-resolution thermal inspection capabilities for commercial property and industrial facilities. It’s a technology that may mean inspections by drone become standard operating procedure. Drones …
Last year’s Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) XPONENTIAL trade show included the inaugural XCELLENCE Humanitarian Awards. …
