Insurance is taking a more important role in the drone industry, as InsurTech and drone insurance companies collaborate with hardware and software providers. Leading commercial and defense drone systems provider AeroVironment announced a collaboration with REIN's DroneInsurance.com, a digital drone insurance portal. DroneInsurance.com will offer commercial drone insurance … [Read more...] about Drones and Insurance are Moving Closer All the Time: AeroVironment Collaborates with DroneInsurance.com
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High Resolution Thermal Imaging for Drones: Changing the Game on Building Inspections
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 already provide efficiencies in thermal inspections, but only go halfway - they can't … [Read more...] about High Resolution Thermal Imaging for Drones: Changing the Game on Building Inspections
Drone Mapping Gets Better and Better: DroneDeploy Releases Live Map, Map Creation in Real-Time
Drone technology is evolving at an incredible pace these days, but few new announcements really offer a really game-changing - or work changing - feature. This one is different. A few years ago, the ability to create a map from drone data in real time would have been unthinkable - but now DroneDeploy, the world's leading drone mapping software platform, has done just … [Read more...] about Drone Mapping Gets Better and Better: DroneDeploy Releases Live Map, Map Creation in Real-Time
Toro Invests in GreenSight Agronomics to Integrate Drones and Irrigation Systems
Agriculture is one of the top verticals for the drone industry. A study by the Farm Journal says that about thirty percent of farmers in the US are already using drone technology; another 30 percent say they'll use them this year. Market reports put the value of the agriculture sector at over $2 billion in the next few years. The ROI for the sector is already clear - and … [Read more...] about Toro Invests in GreenSight Agronomics to Integrate Drones and Irrigation Systems
Airbus Shows Off Drone Delivery at Singapore University Campus
The demonstration in Singapore was significant, as the Airbus drone delivery project - called Skyways - has entered into an agreement with SingPost to trial small parcel delivery via drones to "designated stations" on the University campus. " Incoming packages are first loaded automatically onto the drone via a robotic arm at designated parcel stations," says Airbus. … [Read more...] about Airbus Shows Off Drone Delivery at Singapore University Campus
