Energy & Utilities
Xcel Energy First Ever Utility Inspected by BVLOS Drone Ops
September 13, 2018Electric and gas utility giant Xcel Energy has become the first ever US utility to undertake drone inspections of transmission lines using beyond-line-of-visual-sight (BVLOS) deployment. Inspection of utilities is an absolute necessity,...
The Drone Wire
Partnership Will Deliver Drone Training to the Maritime Industry
September 13, 2018AMC Search, the commercial arm of the Australian Maritime College, and The Institute for Drone Technology™ have signed a memorandum of understanding to bring drone technology training into the maritime training environment....
Autonomous
City of Reno and Flirtey Commence FAA’s Drone Integration Pilot Program
September 13, 2018The City of Reno and Flirtey have announced they have successfully completed their first flights in the FAA’s Drone Integration Pilot Program (IPP), which is fast-tracking regulatory approvals for drone delivery. Flirtey...
News
A Small Cooled Turbine for Drones
September 12, 2018Southwest Research Institute engineers are developing a cooled, radial gas turbine for a small generator that provides thousands of hours of electricity to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a significant improvement to...
AI
AI, Autonomous Robocops from Motorola – What Could Go Wrong?
September 12, 2018Mobile phone company Motorola has come up with an idea that it thinks is so good it’s worth patenting – a robotic cop. It’s an idea that first entered popular culture in...
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