Sustainable Skylines, the aerial drone advertising and data analytics company, announced a $1M pre-seed funding round in preparation for its initial launch. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
TSA Drone Program Won’t Collect Much Info on the Public
The Transportation Security Administration’s new drone security program might collect pictures of private individuals by accident but shouldn’t have major privacy implications, according to a new privacy document released by the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading
1,000 Drone Light Show at Coronation Concert Rehearsed at Secret Location
The mastermind behind the “largest ever multi-location UK drone show” said the incredible spectacle was fine-tuned at a secret location in Yorkshire. Continue reading
Agricultural Drone Use Rises in Moldova
DRON Assistance, a company financially supported by UNDP Moldova and the European Union, provides, with the help of drones, intelligent services to Moldovan farmers. Continue reading
Toyota Unit Funds Japanese Startup for ‘Flying Minitruck’ Drone
Toyota Motor-affiliated supplier Jtekt has funded a venture developing a drone for airlifting cargo to hard-to-reach areas and disaster sites. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Startup Zipline Boosts Valuation to $4.2 Billion
AI Weed-Killing Drones to Reduce Herbicide Use While Cutting Costs
For the past three years, Terry Aberhart has watched the spindly, fixed-wing drones zip across the big skies above his farm in Canada’s Saskatchewan province, testing a technology that could be the future of weeding. Fitted with an artificial intelligence system, the drones are designed by local startup Precision AI to spot, identify and kill the weeds without drenching the entire crop in chemicals. Continue reading
Guardian Agriculture’s Aircraft Becomes First eVTOL Authorized to Operate in the US
Guardian Agriculture, a respected developer of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming, announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate its aircraft nationwide. Continue reading