NEW YORK and LONDON, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Funding will support vHive’s rapid growth trajectory as it helps enterprises gain business insights to their field assets while streamlining costs vHive’s platform digitizes enterprise’s field assets using autonomous drone hives, powering their digital business transformations. Deutsche Telekom, one of the […]
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With COVID Demanding Speed, Walgreens Boosts Airborne Drone Deliveries 5X
Walgreens really exemplifies the RIC20 theme of “The Big Acceleration.” “With COVID, projects that would have taken months were suddenly being developed in weeks,” said Andrea Farris, VP of Development and Head of Solution Planning at Walgreens. He and Lindsay Mikos, Director of Omnichannel for the retailer, presented How Walgreens […]
Canadian block on drone parts shows Turkey’s defense industry still not independent
ANKARA, Turkey — The Canadian government’s decision to suspend export of key drone parts to Turkey has once again thrown a spotlight on Turkey’s ongoing efforts to develop a self-sufficient defense industry. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often boasts at party rallies that his governance since 2002 has reduced Turkey’s […]
Drone maker Delair spins out its computer vision platform to create Alteia
In recognition of shifts within the drone sector, Delair today announced that it will spin its drone data platform out as a separate company. Called Alteia, it will focus exclusively on developing and selling the AI-based visual intelligence platform Delair launched last year. Based in Toulouse, France, Delair got its […]
Walmart delivering COVID-19 at-home self-collection kits via drone in Cheektowaga
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Walmart is partnering with Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp to create a pilot program to provide drone delivery of COVID-19 at-home self-collection kits to single-family homes in Cheektowaga. This is the second program of its kind, after it was introduced to suburban Las Vegas in September. Drone […]
Flytrex pilot program with Walmart focusing on backyard drone deliveries
The two companies have partnered up to see if deliveries by drone can be done in a safe and cost-effective way. delivery man and modern drone Gualtiero Boffi Flytrex and Walmart are now weeks into a pilot program that will see the two companies join forces to see whether deliveries […]
State police drone used to find missing dog | News
MARBLEHEAD — A 10-year-old Australian shepherd mix named Sport is back home with his family thanks to some persistent volunteers and some high-tech gear normally used by the state police to locate humans or find evidence. The 80-pound, black and white dog, with one brown eye and one blue eye, […]
Dispatch a Drone from Your Phone with New Drone-on-Demand App
Drones offer unparalleled views from above, but the cost and complexity of operating drone equipment often outweigh the benefits for many organizations – even for individuals. Now Aquiline Drones (AD), the nation’s fastest-growing drone manufacturing and cloud technology company, is just weeks away from launching the nation’s first true “Drone-on-Demand” […]
News agency apologises to Harry and Meghan over drone pictures
© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A news agency has apologised to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after drones were allegedly used to take pictures of their son Archie. The couple launched legal action in Los Angeles in July claiming an individual had photographed Archie, then 14 months old, […]
Loose washer brought down Reaper drone
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A loose washer in a control console caused an electrical short that ultimately brought down an $11.3 million MQ-9 Reaper drone last April, an Air Force investigation found. According to an accident investigation board report posted online Aug. 17, a flat metal washer in a control console serial module at […]
WATCH: Spectacular Drone Footage of Cruise Ships Being Scrapped in Turkey
Maybe it can be argued that even before 2020, the cruise industry was reaching a saturation point. A long period of explosive growth perhaps forewarned that our cruise ship fleet was due for a correction. But what a reversal. Carnival Corporation, which comprises nine cruising brands, has already decided to […]
State police drone used to find missing dog | Local News
MARBLEHEAD — A 10-year-old Australian shepherd mix named Sport is back home with his family thanks to some persistent volunteers and some high-tech gear normally used by the state police to locate humans or find evidence. The 80-pound, black and white dog, with one brown eye and one blue eye, […]
Drone Photo Awards 2020: Extraordinary image of shark in heart-shaped school of fish wins top prize | UK News
The winners of this year’s Drone Photo Awards have been announced as part of the Siena Awards Festival – offering an array of striking images showing the world from above. The overall winner was declared to be an aerial shot by Australian photographer Jim Picôt that shows a school of […]
What to Do if a Drone Crashes Through Your Window
We see them everywhere, the new multi-purpose “eye in the sky” that serves a number of purposes for federal, professional and personal use. Load Error Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), more commonly known as drones are a type of unmanned aircraft that uses multiple rotors to hover, fly and twist through […]
Behind the Photo: When a Drone Photo is not Worth a Visit from the Feds – Rowing Stories, Features & Interviews
While we have spent a fair amount of time sitting in the same spot for hour upon hour, we have also done a lot of crazy stuff (as much as we can, to be honest) to get row2k photos – we have climbed into open-door planes and helicopters and even […]
xponential 2020 dr robert ballard underwater drone pioneer
In this week’s roundup from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, which highlights some of the latest news and headlines in unmanned vehicles and robotics, pioneering work with remotely operated underwater vehicles, and drone-based bridge inspections. Dr. Robert Ballard highlights discoveries of Titanic, unique underwater creatures using ROVs and […]
Exclusive photos of Drone views of Oakland’s Oak Knoll development
OAKLAND — There is activity once again on the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital site in the east Oakland hills. Work at the Oak Knoll Development continues after an annual city grading ban from Oct. 15 – April 15, and after the coronavirus pandemic clobbered the Bay Area, halting many […]
The US Army wants to build an autonomous drone charging system
“Imagine in the future, the Army deploying a swarm of hundreds or thousands of unmanned aerial systems,” Dr. Mike Kweon, program manager for the Army Research Laboratory’s Versatile Tactical Power and Propulsion Essential Research Program, said in a press release. “Each of these systems has only roughly 26 minutes with […]
Drone footage helps Stratford capture new angles during football practice
Actually, it is none of the above. It is a drone, one of two that the Stratford Spartan football team uses to film portions of its practices. John McClain: Texans fire coach/GM Bill O’Brien after 0-4 start Coach Todd Rankin brought over the use of drones from Klein Collins, where […]
This massive drone beamed broadband from the sky in a key test
A HAPS Mobile broadband drone in flight Spaceport America Facebook may have scrapped its Aquila project to beam broadband internet access down from high-altitude drones, but a Japanese venture called HAPSMobile has reported success in testing similar technology. The company lofted a giant solar-powered wing called Sunglider up to an […]