NATO Nations Unite to Create a High-Tech Border Defense System In a recent announcement, Lithuania's interior minister revealed a groundbreaking initiative: six NATO countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland, and Norway, are collaborating to construct a "drone wall" aimed at bolstering their border security. This unprecedented project is intended to … [Read more...] about What Would a ‘Drone Wall’ Look Like?
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Wingtra Drones Help Norway Build Safer Roads.
Swiss drone manufacturer Wingtra is helping its neighbor improve road safety and save thousands of taxpayer kroners. The company provides Statens Vegvesen, Norway’s Public Roads Administration with vertical-take-off-and-landing drones to survey roads for data analysis and construction projections. Norway’s road system has been consistently ranked as the safest in Europe. … [Read more...] about Wingtra Drones Help Norway Build Safer Roads.
Norway Splashes Cash to Homegrown Drone Reasearch
A Norwegian drone maker is swimming in a sea of fresh cash after earning a research grant to explore drone deployment at sea. The Research Council of Norway awarded a $2 million grant to GRIFF Aviation that will fund innovations to launch UAV flights for the maritime sector. Tasking drones to enhance industry and research projects on the ocean blue has recently created a new … [Read more...] about Norway Splashes Cash to Homegrown Drone Reasearch
Video of the Week! Norway!
The folks at AirVuz have highlighted this trailer for Discover Norway, a project by Natural Light, based on 100 days of filming in Norway with drones, helicopters, timelapse photography and much more. This trailer is based on material from western Norway, which makes up about one quarter of the locations they filmed. And the soundtrack is awesome! Posted by Grim Berge. You can … [Read more...] about Video of the Week! Norway!
Drone Research Project Could Save Norway’s Salmon Population
Something fishy is going on in Norway and drones could make things even fishier, in a good way. Norwegian research conglomerate Sintef announced a project to deploy UAS to optimize aquaculture in regional waters – especially for the beleaguered salmon population decimated by sea lice (ugh!). Sintef is offering a fresh solution: an underwater inspection drone that can … [Read more...] about Drone Research Project Could Save Norway’s Salmon Population
