AeroVironment Quantix Drone and Decision Support System To Aid National Park Service Recovery Efforts From Woolsey Fire AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems for both defense and commercial applications, today announced it is supporting the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program to assess the environmental impact of the Woolsey wildfire in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation…
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The central theme of this section is the applications and uses of drone, more specifically how drones are used for inspection. Using drones in inspections eliminates the need to contract out an external firm. Some of the various inspections types of inspections where drones are useful are power lines, oil and gas pipelines, and bridges.
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Royal Australian Air Force Uses DJI Phantom 4 Drone
Royal Australian Air Force Uses DJI Phantom 4 Drone To Inspect The C-17A Globemaster Airforce Technology reports that the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) No 36 Squadron has introduced a DJI Phantom 4 drone to support the Home Station Check on the service’s C-17A Globemaster military transport aircraft. Home Station Check is a routine servicing conducted on each Globemaster transport…
Read MoreUAV Inspection and Data Analytics Service
Honeywell Launches Commercial UAV Inspection and Data Analytics Service In India Honeywell is launching its commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Inspection and Data Analytics Service in India. Targeted at utilities and oil and gas companies, the new service is designed to help customers across the country improve and modernize critical structural inspections. Using UAVs to carry out this work and…
Read MorevHive Releases Autonomous Drone Solution
vHive Releases Autonomous Drone Solution for Complex Cell Tower Inspection vHive, the developer of a cloud-based software solution that enables enterprises to deploy autonomous drone hives to digitize their field operations and assets, announced today the enhancement of its fully automated workflow for cell tower inspection using drones to also support guy wire towers. “Millions of cell towers worldwide require…
Read MoreSIEAERO To Change Overhead Line Inspection
SIEAERO – The Next Generation of Overhead Line Inspection From Siemens Early this month Siemens announced the launch of its new service approach for overhead line inspection called “SIEAERO“. For the first time artificial intelligence and a long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are used to bring inspection of transmission lines to the next level. SIEAERO smart analytics software is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI)…
Read MoreDrones to Support Class Surveys for Offshore Rigs
AviSight Recognized by ABS to use Drones to Support Class Surveys for Offshore Rigs AviSight, Inc., the leader in unmanned industrial inspection and advanced data solutions, added yet another certification to its resume this week. American Bureau of Shipping has awarded AviSight certification to support survey-related inspections on all types of rigs using drones. ABS is the leading provider of…
Read MoreHES Energy Systems Launches Hycopter
HES Energy Systems Launches Hycopter HES Energy Systems is announcing the commercial launch of HYCOPTER, an industrial-grade multi-rotor drone designed for large-scale industrial maintenance inspections. Addressing short flight durations is one of the final frontiers in drone technology. HES has a long-standing reputation for producing the world’s lightest and most compact fuel cell systems, which can be as much as 5 times lighter than…
Read MoreEwatt Aerospace Helps Police With Technology
Ewatt Aerospace Helps Police Explore New Ideas on Technology and Drug Control From July 9 – 15th, Ewatt Aerospace helped to assist the anti-drug attachment of Wulanchabu City Public Security Bureau and the Kexin detachment by using drones to conduct “air-eye inspections” in areas such as LIangcheng County, Zhuozi County, Fengzhen City and Xinghe County to help crack down on…
Read MorePSEG Long Island Deploys Drones
PSEG Long Island Deploys Drones to Further Improve System Reliability In order to further improve and advance Long Island’s electric system, PSEG Long Island and ULC Robotics, a leading technology company based in Hauppauge, are deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) – or drones – to conduct the utility’s inspections of power lines and other important equipment. The two companies began working together in…
Read MoreDrone Crews Are Helping Restore Power
Here’s How Drone Crews Are Helping Restore Power After Hurricane Florence WVXU reports that power companies, including Duke Energy, are putting their drones into action to survey damage from Hurricane Florence. The information they get helps develop a plan to get the electricity back on sooner. The problem with Hurricane Florence is all the flooding and bucket trucks are not…
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