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Volatus Aerospace adds over 500,000 km of oil & gas pipeline right of way surveillance with acquisition of Synergy Aviation Ltd.

October 14, 2022 Greg Suart Business Partnerships, Inspection and surveillance

Volatus Aerospace has announced that it has signed an arm’s length definitive agreement dated Oct 12, 2022, to acquire Alberta-based Synergy Aviation Ltd. This acquisition

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Verizon “becomes first corporate drone programme awarded IS-BAO registration”

September 26, 2022 Greg Suart Inspection and surveillance

Verizon has announced it has received the International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) registration for best practices for its commercial drone program. Verizon says

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An ambitious drone traffic monitoring experiment with Kenya Flying Labs

August 18, 2022 Greg Suart Inspection and surveillance, New city projects

WeRobotics reports on its website that together with researchers at the Laboratory of Urban Transport Systems (LUTS) at EPFL (one of Switzerland’s leading polytechnic universities),

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Quantum-Systems announces opening of new regional hub in Brisbane, Australia

July 26, 2022 Greg Suart Business Partnerships, Cargo and logistics, Inspection and surveillance

Quantum-Systems, producer of advanced eVTOL UAVs, today announced that it has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in Brisbane, Australia. The company says that the formation

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Red Cat Holdings brings “world first fully operational multi-drone system” to market

June 2, 2022 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Cargo and logistics, Inspection and surveillance, Security and law enforcement

Red Cat Holdings has reported it had completed development and was now marketing a four-drone integrated swarm capability for defence, government and public safety markets;

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Percepto drones receive approval to fly BVLOS under new European regulation

April 7, 2022 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Inspection and surveillance

The Dutch civil aviation authority (ILT) has approved Percepto drones to operate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), making it the first BVLOS approval granted

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US Virginia Department of Aviation reports over 2,500 UAS advisories in first year

April 1, 2022 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Emerging regulations, Government investment, Inspection and surveillance, UTM

The Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) and partners at the Unmanned Systems Center at the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), the Virginia Department of Transportation

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Flying Forward to start autonomous drone operation trials at Eindhoven HTCE

March 29, 2022 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Inspection and surveillance

European Union funded urban air mobility research programme Flying Forward 2020 (FF2020) has announced it will initiate autonomous drone demonstrations on High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE). FF2020 has been

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Wales Senadd Member raises USD56,000 to purchase drones for Ukrainian medics

March 15, 2022 Chris Stonor First responders, Inspection and surveillance

By Chris Stonor Mick Antoniw, a second-generation Ukrainian representing Pontypridd in the Welsh Senadd Parliament, has raised over USD56,000 in charitable donations for the purchase

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“World’s first” hydraulic hybrid multicopter can fly up to 560 miles

February 28, 2022 Chris Stonor Cargo and logistics, Inspection and surveillance

By Chris Stonor A classic case of “a drone with a difference”. Scottish-based company, Edinburgh Flowcopter, which specialises in Industrial Heavy-Lift Drones, has come-up with

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