Avion Unmanned, the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) division of Avion Solutions, has been awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Virginia allowing it to provide
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Category: Inspection and surveillance
DroneUp gets first multi-state contract for public sector access to drone services
In a first, DroneUp, an end-to-end drone pilot service provider for aerial data collection, has secured a contract for the total unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
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Canadian company battles energy-leaking high-rises with infrared drone cams
by Michael Willoughby A Canadian company is using drones to spot heat leaking from high-rise buildings. QEA Tech, based in Ontario, has created “a synchronised
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UK prison escapees tracked down with drones
Drones have been used to hunt prisoners who escaped from a UK jail, the Sunday People reports. The UAVs were helped track down two people
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Alaska University completes first UASIPP BVLOS test flight without observers
University of Alaska Fairbanks conducted its first Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) flight without ground observers on 31 July 2019 under the US Department
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Drones to monitor traffic violations in Spain
Spanish police are using drones to fine people committing traffic violations, national paper El Pais reports. At the start of August, the Directorate General of
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Washington State Patrol’s 111 drones form largest US government fleet
The police agency for the state of Washington almost certainly operates the largest drone fleet of any state or local government agency in the US,
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“More than 20 UK local authorities now using drones” – press reports
Coverdrone (www.coverdrone.com) reports that according to research by the UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper more than twenty UK local authories have been granted approval by the Civil
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Drones help combat Notre Dame fire
Firefighters in Paris used drones to help combat the Notre Dame fire which destroyed much of the roof and interior on 15 April 2019. According
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