More than a year after launching a new product line, tether-drone firm Hoverfly Technologies announced a golden benchmark this week – selling its 50th LiveSky system to an unnamed federal customer. Due to the contract’s security terms, company officials can’t reveal the mysterious customer, but a law-enforcement or military client wouldn’t surprise us. Unveiled at last … [Read more...] about Hoverfly Sells 50th Tethered Drone System to U.S. Government
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Hoverfly Launches Brawny Security Drone Solution
At the recent GSX conference in Las Vegas, tether-drone firm Hoverfly Technologies unveiled the LIVESKY SENTRY UAV solution aimed at the security sector. The company describes the system as a “multiplier to augment labor costs by allowing control of multiple tethered drones from a single security operations center.” “We listened to the voice of the customer and designed a … [Read more...] about Hoverfly Launches Brawny Security Drone Solution
Winners and Losers From 2014 Precision Aerial Ag Conference
from droneanalyst.com Last week my colleague Mitch Solomon and I were privileged to be in the company of more than one thousand farmers in rural Decatur, IL, for the two-day Precision Aerial Agriculture Show 2014 (PAAS 2014). Mitch covers five key takeaways from the show in his post about the event – including the most salient one: There is no killer drone app for farmers – … [Read more...] about Winners and Losers From 2014 Precision Aerial Ag Conference
Drones in Land Surveying a No-Brainer
Over the last 50 years, surveying and measurement technology has made five significant breakthroughs: total station, the electronic distance meter, robotic total station GPS, and laser scanner. The use of Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), marks the latest industry's latest milestone. As a result of the basic advances in drone and photography tech, the use of UAS in land … [Read more...] about Drones in Land Surveying a No-Brainer
