PrecisionHawk, an information delivery company that uses a small, lightweight UAV and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today announced it has closed a Series B financing round of approximately $10 million led by New York City-based investor Millennium Technology Value Partners with Bob Young, co-founder of RedHat, and The Innovate Indiana … [Read more...] about PrecisionHawk Raises $10 Million in Series B Funding
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FAA Approves Second Application for Drone Flights in New York
The Federal Aviation Administration today approved a second application from the Syracuse-based NUAIR alliance to begin flight tests of unmanned aircraft in the skies over Central New York. The latest approval is for Fairfax, Va.-based Logos Technologies to test a parafoil drone, flying exclusively out of Griffiss International Airport in Rome, according to U.S. … [Read more...] about FAA Approves Second Application for Drone Flights in New York
The Drone Revolution Is Coming To America’s Farms
A new age of "precision farming" could be near for America's 2 million farms thanks to the drone revolution. Farmers around the world are already experiencing the benefits of using small commercial drones to gather data and make real-time decisions. But this breakthrough is awaiting formal approval from the FAA, which is has yet to issue guidelines for regulating … [Read more...] about The Drone Revolution Is Coming To America’s Farms
Tech Breakthroughs Paving the Way for Robots
from PrecisionHawk's Irwin Amago Pop culture paints a picture of our collective imagination, and we are enamored with the concept of robots. When they first appeared in print and film, robots were our way of conceptualizing how technology can change our world. We imbued on them our hopes for progress and our fears about the rapid developments of society and the loss of our … [Read more...] about Tech Breakthroughs Paving the Way for Robots
Hyperspectral Drones See ‘Down to the Grape’
from optics.org The word itself might conjure up images of remote military operations and modern warfare, but drones – more formally referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - are capable of many civilian applications. And they are increasingly being deployed in combination with state-of-the-art photonics technology for a variety of innovative agricultural … [Read more...] about Hyperspectral Drones See ‘Down to the Grape’
