A major Kansas utility is ramping up a two-year love affair with drone technology. Westar Energy, a company serving nearly 700,000 customers in much of east and east-central Kansas, recently announced a drone program that will inspect rural power lines for breakage and damage as well as boilers. With tornadoes and ice storms ravaging the region each year, power-line … [Read more...] about Westar Energy Lights Up Inspection Drone Program
Kansas State University-Salina
KSU-Salina Students, Welcome to the Drone Dome
UAV researchers at Kansas State University-Salina had a problem – the campus is so close to a local airport that faculty and students had to travel offsite just to conduct simple drone tests or educational flights. The solution? Think inside the box…rather – the cage. In partnership with Westar Energy, the university erected the UAS pavilion, one of the largest enclosed … [Read more...] about KSU-Salina Students, Welcome to the Drone Dome
