Two big names in the construction industry have joined forces, as equipment supplier John Deere (NYSE: DE) and CA-based drone solutions company Kespry announce an exclusive global strategic alliance. The agreement means that John Deere Construction & Forestry dealers will provide the Kespry Aerial Intelligence System to their customers on job sites around the world. … [Read more...] about Industrial Drone Adoption Accelerates: Kespry and John Deere Announce Exclusive Alliance
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Survey Drones Pave the Way for Better Road Construction
Drones are paving the way to a better road-construction industry. Both paving companies and state transportation departments have geared up new drone programs that not only provide more precise data for specific projects but also save money that would otherwise have been invested in manned aircraft flights. Massachusetts paver Ryan Anderson tells ForConstructionPros.com … [Read more...] about Survey Drones Pave the Way for Better Road Construction
Drone Companies Flying High Across Construction Sector
Loaded with state-of-art sensors and backed by unprecedented software analysis, drones are building a better future for the construction industry. Goldman Sachs projects construction companies will lead the way in adopting drone technology with a myriad of uses from surveying new projects for defects to patrolling construction sites for bad guys. According to a recent … [Read more...] about Drone Companies Flying High Across Construction Sector
Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
A growing turn-key drone company knows the old saying is true—“a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”—especially when it comes to expanding into a dynamic new UAV market. Airware – a California-based enterprise firm – acquired Redbird, a Paris-based UAV cloud/data telemetry company in a deal last week that will fly Airware higher into the growing, drone-based … [Read more...] about Airware Acquires Drone-Data Firm Redbird
3DR Site Scan Maps Dallas Skyscraper
According to a recent Interdrone white paper, “of the total global spending over the next five years on drones in the commercial market, about $11.2 billion will be generated by the construction industry, with $1.3 billion in the U.S. alone.” Dallas-based Austin Commercial is contributing to the billions spent on construction drones after hiring 3DR to scan a newly … [Read more...] about 3DR Site Scan Maps Dallas Skyscraper
