In the South of Russia, XAG‘s agricultural drone has been introduced to the full cycle of rice cultivation. It brings new hope to farmers as the use of drone demonstrates the potential to reduce the cost of rice production. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Wingcopter Gets $16M Contract with Spright for Medical Deliveries in the USA
German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter and Spright, a subsidiary of leading American air medical service provider Air Methods, announced a new commercial agreement worth more than US$ 16 million. Continue reading
ANAC Approves iFood Drone Deliveries in Brazil
The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) authorized the manufacturer Speedbird Aero to carry out commercial drone deliveries in Brazil. This was the first authorization granted by the Agency for the commercial operation of an unmanned aircraft used in the delivery of products. Continue reading
Drone Asset Inspection – A Revolution in Asset Management Industry
The use of drones for asset management across different industries has rapidly increased. It has changed the way assets have been inspected for decades, which has clearly impacted how we manage assets in a variety of businesses. But has this change impacted the business landscape positively? Has the use of drones in commercial spaces improved the quality of data collected? Has it led to cost and time benefits? The answer is yes!
Read this article to understand why drones are the future of asset inspection. Continue reading
Morecambe Bay RPAS Transit Route to Link Four Local Hospitals
A plan to use drones to fly items betweens hospitals in south Cumbria has taken a step forward. The Morecambe Bay NHS Trust wants to use the unmanned aircraft to efficiently transport samples and medication across their sites. Continue reading
Kawasaki Unmanned Cargo System Combines Aircraft with Mobile Wheeled Robot
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has successfully completed proof-of-concept (PoC) testing for an unmanned cargo transport system. The system combines Kawasaki’s K-Racer-X1 prototype unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and what is commonly described in the industry as an autonomous mobile robot, and which the company describes as a “delivery robot”. Continue reading
FIXAR Performs Autonomous Large-Scale Environmental Monitoring in Latvia
FIXAR, in collaboration with Latvian State Forests carried out an autonomous large-scale environmental monitoring mission at the Laugas bog in Latvia. Continue reading
Port of Hamburg to Introduce Automated Drones
HHLA Sky, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have agreed to a comprehensive technology partnership. Together, the companies want to make it possible to use automated drones within the Port of Hamburg.
This technology will assist in finding many promising solutions for logistical, sensory or coordinative processes.