By Chris Stonor The Japanese company, Osaka Metro Co, have started deploying drones within their subway stations to inspect the difficult to get to “nooks
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Category: Inspection and surveillance
U.S. KDOT completes successful drone trial for disaster response and infrastructure inspections
By Chris Stonor The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) says its Division of Aviation completed a field exercise in Rossville to demonstrate the capabilities of
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Africa’s ECG deploys drones for network inspections
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) deployed, this week, 15 drones to monitor its networks. These specialist survey craft are owned and flown by Swiss
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“It’s not only a drone, not only a box, it’s also an autonomous airport”
Nicolas Billecocq is Chief Operating Officer of Azur Drones, a pioneer of autonomous, drone-in-a-box security solutions What is Azur Drones doing that is so different
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Doosan Mobility Innovation “advances into overseas drone market”
South Korean company, Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a producer of portable fuel cell power packs for drones, stated last week it is “to make inroads
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U.S. drone startup attracts USD2.5m in seed-round funding
The latest drone industry startup to attract new funding is U.S. California-based Ware that deploys autonomous drones for warehouse inventory counting, reports a company press
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Finland: Foreship deploys drones for draught surveys
Foreship, a Finland ship design and engineering company, is deploying drones to speed up the process of naval draught surveys, while improving safety and accuracy,
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Transport Canada approves BVLOS commercial drone operations using Iris Automation’s “Casia Safety Technology”
Transport Canada has issued the second Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in uncontrolled airspace to MVT Geo-Solutions, reports
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UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner awards Crowded Space Drones with “first ever private sector certificate”
The UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner has awarded Crowded Space Drones “the first ever” private sector certificate for the use of drones in surveillance, reports a
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Flybotix showcase new flat motor technology drone at world’s largest tradeshow
Switzerland’s EPFL Innovation Park start-up, Flybotix, is showcasing its dual-propeller drone today, online, at Xponential, the world’s largest tradeshow for unmanned and autonomous systems, reports
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