Last year at Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, DRONELIFE got to see two amazing products at work. Demonstrated by the Las Vegas Police Department and Sundance Media Group, the Autel Evo II flew over a mock nighttime crime scene for evidence documentation: and Pix4Dreact, Pix4D’s real-time mapping solution for law enforcement, sent the scene…
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image: public domain, PXfuel In the final keynote address of DJI Airworks 2020, DJI’s VP of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman spoke about the direction U.S. government drone regulation is taking – and spoke out against fear-based policies. U.S. government drone regulation has increasingly focused on security, with drones in the cross-fire of the…
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Today, Autel Robotics and Pix4D are announcing a new partnership specially tailored to meet the needs of the public safety sector: Autel Evo II Rugged Bundles will now includePix4Dreact, Pix4D’s 2D fast-mapping software at no extra charge. Now compatible with all Autel Evo II camera models for real color mapping, Pix4Dreact isspecifically designed to provide…
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Riga, August 27, 2020 – Octopus ISR Systems announced today the release of a new and unique optional software upgrade for all Epsilon ISR payloads to support advanced image-aiding features: an Artillery Fire Adjustment plugin. The newly released feature enables coordination of artillery battery fire by providing gun target corrections. The operator marks the impact…
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The use of drones in agriculture has gained size and momentum due to their capability to save time and costs while improving crop profit. However, most multicopters aren’t powerful enough to cover large crop areas or plantations. In the best of cases, electric multicopters offer flight times that range from 10 to 25 minutes with…
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SECORX-S expands to include modules and boxed receivers offering convenient plug-and-play accurate positioning Septentrio’s first-of-a-kind SECORX-S GPS/GNSS receiver product line offers sub-decimeter accuracy without the need for additional positioning service subscriptions Leuven, Belgium – August 27, 2020 – Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, announced today an expansion of their SECORX-S product line. The multi-constellation multi-frequency GNSS* receivers of the SECORX-S family offer a novel approach to GNSS positioning. They conveniently deliver sub-decimeter positioning right out of the box, without the need for any additional correction service subscription…
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CHICAGO, IL USA; MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug, 2020 – DroneSec Pty Ltd in concert with Valqari LLC are excited to announce their strategic partnership. DroneSec will work with Valqari to further enhance the implementation, safety, and security of drone delivery technologies globally. One of the key concerns for the progression of delivery-via-drone systems is in ensuring…
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Leading air traffic management (ATM) systems provider, Frequentis, and Finnish drone advisory specialist, Robots Expert, have signed an agreement for the delivery of U-space (unmanned airspace) related solutions in Finland and Estonia. Robots Expert will support Frequentis in both countries with the aim of co-creating and implementing the next level of digital concepts to support the safe…
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Twenty-six institutions across the nation have been selected for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Program. August, 2020 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Northland’s Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Technician program for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Program (UAS-CTI). Launched in April of this year, the UAS-CTI is a result of the 2018 FAA Reorganization…
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VA-1X has been designed to be a high performing aircraft, able to connect entire regions as well as carrying out shorter missions across single cities. Capable of carrying up to five people, a pilot and four passengers, VA-1X is set to be the world’s first certified winged all-electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and…
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