Conservation
Using Drones to Monitor Salt Marsh Shorelines
August 2, 2019Drones are now a vital tool in assessing the health of salt marshes which are crucial for the ecosystem. Salt marshes provide a critical habitat for many species, decrease storm surge by...
News
Deep Learning-Based Real-Time Multiple-Object Detection and Tracking via Drone
August 2, 2019Target tracking has been one of the many popular applications that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is used for, in a variety of missions from intelligence gathering and surveillance to reconnaissance missions....
Construction & Mining
Kespry and DroneBase Announce Partnership to Expand Drone Program to Insurance and Mining
August 2, 2019Kespry, a drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, and DroneBase, a drone services company, have announced a partnership to enable insurance, mining, and aggregates enterprises across North America to expand aerial analytics implementation...
Autonomous
First Ever BVLOS Drone Operation Without Visual Observers
August 2, 2019The University of Alaska’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) conducted the first ever beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation without visual observers, an industry milestone powered by Iris Automation’s on-board, and Echodyne’s...
The Drone Wire
Grand Sky Purchases the Northrop Grumman Firebird
August 1, 2019Grand Sky Development Company, LLC (Grand Sky) signed a deposit agreement with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to purchase Firebird, the company’s optionally piloted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft system. Northrop Grumman’s...
Back To Base (B2B)
