Global investment in the drone industry continues, as leading drone services provider Terra Drone funding increases by a $14.4 million Series A round. Terra Drone Corporation has had a steep rise since starting in Japan in 2016, to be named a top Drone Services Provider Drone Industry Insights last year. Today, the company announced that they have close a JPY 1.5 billion … [Read more...] about Terra Drone Funding: Leading Drone Solution Provider Scores $14.4 Million in Series A
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European Drone Industry: Terra Drone and Skytools Create Rotterdam Drone Hub
Japan's global drone services powerhouse, Terra Drone, has invested in Dutch drone services company Skytools to create a major European drone hub in Rotterdam. The new venture will include drone training facilities and a research and development center. Terra Drone Corporation provides commercial clients with end to end drone solutions, and is rapidly gaining market share … [Read more...] about European Drone Industry: Terra Drone and Skytools Create Rotterdam Drone Hub
Drone Patrols Support COVID Lockdown Efforts in Kazakhstan
A subsidiary of Japanese drone provider Terra Drone is helping keep communities safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. The Nur-Sultan Police Department hired KazUAV to patrol the capital city to ensure residents obey lockdown orders. On March 16, Kazakh officials imposed a quarantine on Nur-Sultan, and the Central Asian nation’s largest city, Almaty, after the number … [Read more...] about Drone Patrols Support COVID Lockdown Efforts in Kazakhstan
Dark, Dirty and Dangerous: This Drone Can Map Pipes and Underground Tunnels from Above
Drones excel at taking over jobs that are dark, dirty and dangerous - and mapping the sewerage underground electricity tunnels that lie under a city certainly meet that description. Now, a team from Indonesia has demonstrated that it a drone equipped with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) can be used to map assets underground. The uses for this technology are many: construction … [Read more...] about Dark, Dirty and Dangerous: This Drone Can Map Pipes and Underground Tunnels from Above
Drones are Being Deployed in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Last month, aerial footage emerged from a busy intersection in Shuyang, northern China. The video - admittedly a piece of state propaganda - shows drones equipped with loudspeakers being used by law enforcement. The purpose? To remind pedestrians to wear their facemasks in an effort to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. This, it seems, is one way to slow down a pandemic in … [Read more...] about Drones are Being Deployed in the Fight Against Coronavirus
