(Source: uasmagazine.com) PrecisionHawk has launched the first app store for drone data analysis, The Algorithm Marketplace. The Marketplace will give anyone the ability to create a solution and license it for profit and allows any unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operator to take advantage of automated analysis instead of hiring a remote sensing specialist. The system uses … [Read more...] about PrecisionHawk Launches UAS Data App Store
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Drone Company Investments Take the VC World by Storm
The recent announcement of Chinese drone industry leader DJI raising $75 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel, underlines a message the drone sector is clearly sending to Wall Street: UAV companies are poised to fly high in billion-dollar market skies. DJI has become the poster child for drone industry success. Sources say the Accel partnership will value … [Read more...] about Drone Company Investments Take the VC World by Storm
Three Quick Takes On FAA Partnerships With CNN, PrecisionHawk And BNSF
(Source: Forbes) Today the FAA announced a partnership with three companies for expanded unmanned aircraft operations. The initiative, called the Pathfinder Program is intended to help the FAA determine if and how drone operations can be expanded in the United States. Through the program, CNN will be researching how visual line-of-sight operations might be used for … [Read more...] about Three Quick Takes On FAA Partnerships With CNN, PrecisionHawk And BNSF
Drones in Enterprise: The Future of Data Collection
(Source: media.precisionhawk.com) To hear some tell it, the world will soon be abuzz with small drones that inspect bridges, monitor pipelines, survey crops and help assess damage for insurance claims. Before companies head off into the wild blue yonder, however, several things have to happen. The federal government needs to figure out how to regulate the commercial use … [Read more...] about Drones in Enterprise: The Future of Data Collection
FAA Greenlights USAA Request for Drone Research
(Source: Biz Journals) USAA’s plan to test drone aircraft for use in reviewing insurance claims has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. The San Antonio-based insurance giant filed for a special exemption last year from federal laws restricting the use of drones, or unmanned aircraft, in the U.S. in order to test their usefulness in speeding up … [Read more...] about FAA Greenlights USAA Request for Drone Research
