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DRONE LIGHT SHOWS: The new frontier of fireworks display
Over the past decade, traditional fireworks displays have been overcome by the arrival of drones. This innovation is known as “drone light sho
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AUTONOMOUS AQUATIC INSPECTION AND INTERVENTION
THE CHALLENGEThere are a number of challenging environments that would benefit from fully autonomous operations including oil & gas, nuclear
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ATRP SERIES V4 PAVES THE WAY FOR UNMANNED AQUATIC INSPECTIONS
ATRP V4.0A A lot has happened since our last update on the ATRP.The v3+, has been retired after extensive application testing and paved the
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Aeronext and its 4D GRAVITY technology opened a test line in Kosuge Village
Aeronext and its 4D GRAVITY technology opened a test line in Kosuge Village in anticipation of social implementation of logistics drones.Logi
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will commercialize a system that can operate multiple drones from a distance of 1,000km by 2022.
The defence technology that enables stable flight of the aircraft is being diverted to the private sector: for disaster prediction and monitorin
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Moonrock Insurance have launched a new drone insurance product in response to growing demand from customers, including UAV operators in the medi
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries succeeded in flight test of unmanned compound helicopter "K-RACER
Kawasaki Heavy Industries succeeded in flight test of unmanned compound helicopter "K-RACER" The technology was demonstrated by an unmanned tes
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Automatic inspection of wind power plants using J-Power, KDDI and drones
The blade was inspected by remote control by taking a picture of the wind power plant with a drone equipped with auto flight software. It is thu
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Mission possible for unmanned aircraft systems
During the COVID-19 pandemic, air drones or unmanned aircraft systems have played vital roles, from delivering aid to monitoring social distanci
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EU UAS Implementing Regulation 2019/947 Delayed
Whilst the European Commission have delayed the EU UAS Implementing Regulation 2019/947 until 31 Dec 2020, they have not announced a delay to EU
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Successful development of an intensity measurement system using Kansai TV and drone
Kansai TV has developed a radio wave measurement system for terrestrial digital broadcasting using drones to measure the radio wave radiation pa
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The New Leadership Challenge
John Lowe's Experience has exclusively involved helping individuals and companies to improve their performance. He has interviewe
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UAS Components press release
Addressing a growing demand from our clients and users in subsystems that are being used in PD-1 UAS for their own projects we decided to launch
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Reality of drone delivery unveiled - Myths, mistakes and the way forward revealed
The UK Government’s new initiative to find a fast way to deliver medicines and supplies via air drones, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic,
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UK Drone Delivery Group releases plan to accelerate growth of UK drone industry
The UK Drone Delivery Group, the new drone industry initiative established to provide guidance on the steps required for the UK to accelerate t
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Why we do blade inspections, the way we do blade inspections
Writing is ambiguous. It misreads, misdirects, and paves the road for misunderstandings.Though the written word holds endless opportunities, whe
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A Scopito White label
Has the thought of building your own analytics platform ever crossed your mind? Here’s a little exercise for the next time it happens.Grab som
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Succeeding with using drones/UAVs to optimize maintenance operations, in 4 steps
This article builds on the premise, that using drones for maintenance inspections, provides significant value.If you are looking to harvest the
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How to create UAS jobs for yourself. Starting a DSP in 4 steps
1. Picking a marketAre you stuck looking for UAS jobs in your area, but finding nothing? Have you considered starting your own company? It is ea
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Exactly how much is visual inspection data worth?
It can be easy to look for a one-and-done solution, when it comes to pole-maintenance. But is it worth it?In most cases, cooperatives are missi
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InsurTech SkyWatch.AI and Starr Insurance Companies launch a Usage-Based Drone Insurance Product in Canada
SkyWatch.AI and Starr offer on-demand hourly, monthly and annual drone insurance solutions based on a proprietary safety platform SkyWatch.AI,
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Alert for Restricted Airspace - Cheltenham (Temporary)
Categories: Air displays and events, Air traffic control, Airspace alerts, Balloons, Commercial pilot helicopter, Drones, Flight training pri
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CHIRP General Aviation FEEDBACK Edition 83
Categories: Aerodrome safety, Air display and events, Airspace alerts, Airspace change, Autogyros, Balloons, Drones, Flight training private, G
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Public engagement on the criteria for assessing and accepting the Airspace Change Masterplan
Categories: Airspace changePublic engagement on the criteria for assessing and accepting the Airspace Change MasterplanAs part of the CAA’s A
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NAV CANADA signs strategic agreement with Unifly
February 26, 2020, OTTAWA/ANTWERP – NAV CANADA has entered into an agreement with Unifly, a strategic technology partner, in the deployment o
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DRONE DELIVERY WHITE PAPER SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE
The Drone Delivery Group committee met on the 12th of February 2020 and we are proud to announce that the White Paper has been fully revised and
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UK Drone Delivery Group makes urgent ‘call to action’ for property owners and influencers to provide testing areas for drones - to prevent ‘bottleneck to growth’
One of the UK’s leading drone experts today urged British property owners and business leaders to leverage the opportunity of their under-used
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Jamming trial to effect electronic situational awareness devices and UAS system 40,000 FT AMSL
Categories: Drones, Gliders, Microlights, Private pilot aeroplane, Private pilot helicopterJamming activity will take place 10 - 21 February 20
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Wingtra and Delair sign on dotted line to offer practical business insights from large, high-accuracy drone mapping projects
The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) WingtraOne mapping drone and delair.ai artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software will now
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What’s the difference between PPK and RTK drones, and which one is better?
Post-processed kinematic (PPK) and real-time kinematic (RTK) are not new technologies. They’ve been used in terrestrial surveying for years to
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Mira Early Adopter Program
To visionary UAV/RPAS pilots,Mira cordially invites visionary UAV/RPAS pilots and entrepreneurs to join our early adopter program of the Mira Ro
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SN-2020/001: Small Unmanned Aircraft - Water Ingress
Please find below details of the CAA Publication you have selected. Dependent on availability, you are able to download the file, or purchase a
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SN-2020/002: Small Unmanned Aircraft – Overflight of Uninvolved People
Please find below details of the CAA Publication you have selected. Dependent on availability, you are able to download the file, or purchase a
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Shetland Space Centre (SSC) Design Principles Questionnaire
Shetland Space Centre (SSC) is developing a vertical launch spaceport on the island of Unst, Shetland. The spaceport will launch small rockets i
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The CAA has launched a consultation on our airspace classification review
Help us identify volumes of controlled airspace in which the classification could be reviewedOn 30 October 2019 the Secretary of State for Trans
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SkyWatch.AI Drone Insurance Launches Partnership with ParaZero Drone Safety Systems to Benefit Safer Drone Pilots
SkyWatch.AI Drone Insurance, a prominent risk-assessment and InsurTech platform for the drone industry and ParaZero, the leading developer of ad
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Commercialisation of the Drone Industry... are we just dreaming?
Without question, the most exciting emerging industry mankind has ever witnessed but are we really moving as fast as some would have us believ
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The UAS community created ‘a new transport ecosystem’ at Amsterdam Drone Week
Just like the drone industry itself, the Amsterdam Drone Week is rapidly outgrowing its infancy. Together with the High Level Conference on Dron
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A MEDICAL CHECK FOR YOUR UTILITY
Colorado Aerial Imaging’s insights to being a successful DSP. “I see a lot of people worrying about drones invading their privacy. It neve
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FROM EXCEL TO EXCELLENCE
The story of how one Co-op turned 3000 images in Excel into actionable insights about their assets. “Successful people don’t keep up. They
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AUTONOMOUS DRONES FOR INDUSTRIAL SITES
The push for digitalization in the global business age exacerbate with challenges familiar to manufacturers. Increased volatility in prices and
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Dutch Drone Delta: Dutch consortium is preparing for Urban Air Mobility
Drones have the potential to reduce traffic congestion, to automatically inspect and secure ports and to deliver medicines at the right time and
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Introduction of priority rules for manned and unmanned aircrafts
Growing number of drones requires uniform European regulationsThe rapidly increasing number of complex flights undertaken by drones makes the ad
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Flying motorbikes showcased at Amsterdam Drone Week
Amsterdam Drone Week is getting ready to show two innovative flying machines designed and created by students from TU Delft University. Both are
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Digital Catapult announces Platinum Award winners
This week Digital Catapult celebrated the launch of the inaugural Platinum Awards and the announcement of our eight winners. Digital Catapult
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Medical drone showcased at Amsterdam Drone Week
KPN provides communication data links for test flights The prototype drone used for trials with medical drones will be showcased at the Amsterd
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DASA awards £2m contracts to counter hostile drone threats
Funds will develop new technology to tackle rising security risks posed by Unmanned Air Systems. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) ca
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Percepto Autonomous Drone-in-a-Box Shortlisted for Prestigious Security Technology Innovation of the Year Award
Percepto, the global market leader for autonomous industrial drone solutions, has revealed its Drone-in-a-Box (DIB) solution is a finalist for t
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Percepto at AUTOMA 2019 to Show How Autonomous Drones Improve Inspection, Operation Security and Safety at Oil & Gas Refineries
Percepto, the global market leader for autonomous industrial drone solutions, today announced its participation in AUTOMA 2019 – The Oil &
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Why you should be outsourcing your data analysis
Are You spending unnecessary resources on in-house analysis, or are you right to hold off when it comes to outsourcing? Trusting an external com
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5 steps to mastering your commercial drone operations
Electric Transmission & DistributionEveryone with a stake in the Electric Transmission & Distribution industry,are aware of the rapidly
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A journey with drones
The story of a CEO, who believed that you can be a successful entrepreneur and still maintain a healthy work-life balance. Once upon the magi
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Thermal orthographic vs individual images
We thought it would be interesting to compare thermal orthographic (stitched images) versus individual images, to examine flight times of data c
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DROWNING IN DATA
It used to be more data = more problems. But for Jim and Fenix I.S.R, one tool changed it all.Jim Timberlake. Director of Field Operations at
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DfT Transport-Technology Research and Innovation Grants
The Connected Places Catapult supports the DfT’s Transport-Technology Research and Innovation Grants (T-TRIG) programme. T-TRIG bridges the ea
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JAPAN DRONE 2020 (International Tradeshow in Tokyo)
The best platform to understand and access the Japanese market! In 2020, Japan Drone will celebrate its 5th Anniversary.
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ZeroAvia Announces £2.7m UK Government Grant for the Development of Zero Emission Aviation
Project partner Intelligent Energy will optimise its higher power fuel cell technology for aviation use cases. Department for Business Energy
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SkyWatch.AI Announces New Partnership with AUVSI to Provide Certified TOP operators with Lower Drone Insurance Rates
Palo Alto, California, September 3rd, 2019 SkyWatch.AI Drone Insurance, a leading risk-assessment and InsurTech platform for the drone industry,
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Drone Technology in the World of Entertainment
Entertainment As We Know It:Since the establishment of the film industry, storytellers, screenwriters, and producers have always looked for ways
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SkyWatch.AI Announces New Partnership with Drone U to Provide Flight Mastery Graduates with Lower Drone Insurance Rates
Palo Alto, California, Aug 14th, 2019 SkyWatch.AI Drone Insurance, a leading risk-assessment and InsurTech platform for the drone industry, ann
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Successful inspection flights in the North Sea, Germany
Aero Enterprise uses its new developed helicopter drone for offshore inspection operations for the first time.
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Airspace Access: Integrated or Segregated?
9 October 2019 - 10 October 2019No.4 Hamilton PlaceConference
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Artificial Intelligence finds damages on wind turbines
Aero Enterprise is specialized in airborne inspection of damages on wind turbines as well as on other vertical objects, such as dams, chimneys o
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GreaterBayX 8-Week Cross-Border Mobility/Smart-City Scalerator Project Looking For Applicants: Investment and Business Opportunities Available.
Dear Drone Major Group Community, An excellent last-minute opportunity from our partner, GreaterBayX, based in Hong Kong and China. The core i
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Drone Collision Avoidance for Beginners
Drone collision avoidance and obstacle detection are key focus points in the booming global UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) market. The industry i
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First Class Delivery
In an exclusive interview with one of the Drone Major Group’s newest members, we speak with Ryan Walsh, CEO and co-founder of Valqari, about d
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Fostering Strategic Innovation with Lloyd’s Register
Drone Major Group is delighted to welcome Lloyds Register to our supplier cluster. As a global brand, Lloyd’s Register’s engineers and techn
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Coverdrone Launch Bespoke ROV Insurance
By Jess Brown • July 30, 2019We are extremely excited to announce that today we are launching our newest product – bespoke marine equipment
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EuroUSC Introduces SAMWISE – UAS Risk Assessment using SORA Methodology
SAMWISE is a free online tool based on the SORA methodology, developed by JARUS, to support operators and authorities in carrying out risk asses
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Global Drone Traffic Leader Unifly Raises €17M in B-round
Unifly NV, provider of the world’s leading unmanned traffic management (UTM) software for drone enablement, has completed a €17m Series B ca
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Drones and Forestry
The application of drone technology in the forestry industry offers significant advantages to those who embrace it. This exciting and rapidly
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In Case of Emergency Call... a Drone?
Drone Major Group is excited to welcome Australian based drone consultancy Mirragin Unmanned Systems to our supplier cluster. Based in Australia
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Urban Air Mobility: The Future of Human and Freight Transport
The drone industry is as complex as it is intriguing – many people still have the image of a drone as a small, airborne device used to take ph
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Wingtra Closes Series A Fundraising Round with $10M
The Swiss drone developer and producer, Wingtra Ltd., recently raised USD 10 million to further scale its global business. The company leads the
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How Drones Will Help Save the Environment
Often when considering ways to reduce our carbon footprint, we are bombarded with propaganda that promotes going “back to the basics”: Eat l
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How Drones Helped Save Notre Dame
Paris used to be a no-fly zone – well, for drones that is. The city, rich in history, art, fashion, to name a few, is known for taking cultura
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Drone Delivery: Think Outside of the (Take Away) Box
In tech reporting, drone delivery is consuming more headlines than ever. Companies such as Alphabet, Amazon, FedEx and even Domino’s Pizza are
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SKYCORP & The Bionic Eye: Upgrade Your Drone System with Hydrogen Technology
SKYCORP, a Drone Major supplier and the provider of Europe’s only commercially available hydrogen drone (e-Drone Zero) has recently announced
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MetaVista breaks Guinness World Record of multi rotor UAV flight time using Intelligent Energy Fuel Cell Power Module
Longest ever multi rotor flight of over 12 hoursLoughborough, Tuesday 16 April 2019 – A flight time of 12 hours, 7 minutes and 22 seconds was
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Intelligent Energy leads UAV fuel cell power market with launch of 2.4kW module
Intelligent Energy is to launch a market leading 2.4kW fuel cell power product for the commercial UAV market at the largest industry show, AUVSI
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Are Drones the Farm Aids of the Future?
The days of small, recreational drones are long behind us, with commercial applications of drone technology expanding at an exciting, and often
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Robert Garbett on Start-Up Funding and Business Planning
The world today is fast paced, innovative and highly competitive. At times it seems that regulations cannot keep pace with inventors and at othe
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Robert Garbett Named “Expert Speaker” For 2019 AeroPodium Event
Robert Garbett Named “Expert Speaker” For 2019 AeroPodium Event2019 well very may be the Year of the Drone, with the technology advancing at
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A SKYCORP announcement - e-Drone Zero - 2019 Deliveries
A SKYCORP announcement - e-Drone Zero - 2019 Deliveries Almost 3 months have passed since the unveiling of Europe’s first commercially availa
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Drones, Standardisation and the UK Economy
Drones, Standardisation and the UK EconomyThe drone industry is stirring up both praise and controversy, proving that rapidly developing technol
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