Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS

Drones Secure Port of Hamburg with Telekom Network

Together with HHLA Sky, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, Telekom is implementing a campus network in the Port of Hamburg. HHLA Sky uses this to control and monitor a fleet of industrial drones from a single control center. At HHLA’s terminals, the flying robots inspect container gantry cranes and asphalt surfaces to increase safety on the port site. Continue reading

Drone Catches Polluting Ship Off Lithuanian Coast

With over 270 flight hours of pollution patrolling in Lithuania on behalf of the Lithuanian authorities, Nordic Unmanned identified more than 10 cases of non-compliant vessels, with one shipping company being fined €10.000 for sulphur pollution. This vessel became the first known violator in the world to be fined under the new IMO 2020 regulation, using drone enforcement. Continue reading

Drones to Aid Medical Sample Deliveries in Scandinavia

Lars Erik Matsson Fagernæs, Bernhard Paus Græsdal, and Herman Øie Kolden (l-r)

Three Norwegian graduate students enrolled in the MIT Professional Education Advanced Study Program (ASP), spring 2020 was the moment when technology, innovation, and preparation met opportunity and they began working together to transport biological samples using autonomous vehicles. Continue reading

Drone Based Water Sampling and Data Collection System

Reign Maker, a drone and data services innovation company, has announced the launch of Nixie, a drone-enabled water sampling and data collection system, designed to drastically increase sampling rates and accuracy while reducing the number of required field personnel and eliminating the dependence on marine vessels. Continue reading

ANRA and Swiggy to Start BVLOS Drone Delivery Trials in India

 ANRA Technologies Private Limited, a supplier of integrated airspace management systems, and Swiggy, India’s leading on-demand delivery platform, announced that stakeholders from the India Ministry of Defense (MoD), Directorate General of Aviation (DGCA), and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA), awarded final clearances for the ANRA Technologies led consortia to commence trials for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations in India. Continue reading