Since Part 107 was enacted last year, more than 30,000 drone pilots have received their certification and joined the marketplace of commercial operators. For some, getting the license was the easy part: but finding steady work can be more challenging. Adding mapping skills to your portfolio can be a game changer - drone mapping pilots are in demand. Part of the reason for … [Read more...] about Drone Pilots Wanted: Why Drone Mapping is the Skill You Need
Construction drones
Industrial Drone Adoption Accelerates: Kespry and John Deere Announce Exclusive Alliance
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
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
