State agencies will test drones and aerial technologies for environmental monitoring, wildfire response, infrastructure, public safety and agriculture. Michigan has selected five companies for advanced air mobility projects designed to solve real-world challenges for state agencies. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Future Mobility and … [Read more...] about Michigan Awards $2 Million for Five Advanced Air Mobility Projects
Drone Technology
With Nexus, Airwise Solutions Champions “Free and Open” Sensor Integration
New airspace-awareness platform brings radar, RF, Remote ID, ADS-B and other operational data into a unified operating pictur Airwise Solutions has launched Airwise Nexus, a new airspace-awareness and sensor-fusion capability within its airwiseOS Operational Intelligence platform. Nexus brings data from multiple airspace sensors and operational systems into one common … [Read more...] about With Nexus, Airwise Solutions Champions “Free and Open” Sensor Integration
BRINC Brings Wildfire and Smoke Tracking Into Drone Operations
New LiveOps layers integrate NOAA fire and smoke data to give public safety agencies a more complete operational picture BRINC has added wildfire and smoke tracking to its LiveOps platform, giving public safety agencies another source of information during active fire response. The company announced two new map layers on August 10. The features display active fire detections … [Read more...] about BRINC Brings Wildfire and Smoke Tracking Into Drone Operations
Don’t Miss Mike Moulton on the Public Safety Drone Review, August 4
Join us Tuesday, August 4 at 3 p.m. ET for the next edition of the Public Safety Drone Review, presented by DRONELIFE and DRONERESPONDERS. Register here for the free webcast. Hosted by DRONELIFE Editor in Chief Miriam McNabb, DRONERESPONDERS Director Charles Werner, and public safety aviation expert Mike O'Shea, the monthly livestream brings together leaders from across the … [Read more...] about Don’t Miss Mike Moulton on the Public Safety Drone Review, August 4
DARPA Launches $6.5 Million Challenge to Reinvent Heavy-Lift Drones
DARPA challenges innovators to create muscular drones By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Heavy-lift drones, the workhorses of the drone ecosystem, face a significant obstacle to their widespread adoption for military and commercial uses: their payload-to-weight ratio is low, typically far below one-to-one for multirotor UAVs. Hoping to solve this problem, the Defense … [Read more...] about DARPA Launches $6.5 Million Challenge to Reinvent Heavy-Lift Drones
