Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – With everything from FAA Liaisons and Deputy Commissioners to demonstrations highlighting drone programs and use cases for first responders, the 2024 NYS Public Safety UAS Summit was a truly high-flying event. On July 23 and 24, over 250 public agents from across New York converged on the NYS Fairgrounds for two days
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
PORTLAND, Maine – Organizers of Commercial UAV Expo, the world’s leading commercial drone trade show and conference, have announced their highly anticipated Opening Keynote lineup for the 2024 event, featuring leaders from the FAA, Mitsubishi Electric, NUAIR, Ondas Autonomous Systems, uAvionix Corporation and Commercial Drone Alliance. The Keynotes focus on the urgent call for cross-industry
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
Miami, FL – In response to proposed legislation aimed at banning drones manufactured by Chinese companies, a coalition of agricultural spray drone distributors is banding together to form a grassroots industry group. This coalition, consisting of Agri Spray Drones, Bestway Ag, Drone Nerds, HSE-UAV, Pegasus Robotics, and Rantizo intends to represent, protect, and advocate for
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Vaughan, Ontario, CANADA – Teledyne Geospatial is pleased to announce that Topocart, a leading Brazilian company with over three decades of experience in high-precision mapping, has acquired a Teledyne Galaxy PRIME+ lidar system. This cutting-edge technology will enhance Topocart’s ability to map large urban and rural areas with high-density precision. The Galaxy PRIME+ lidar system,
Monday, July 29th, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO — Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that it has extended its contract to provide data to the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) into 2026. TGI, a rising geospatial research consortium, represents Planet’s largest ever direct university engagement. Under the multi-year contract, TGI can leverage various industry-leading products from
Monday, July 29th, 2024
LONDON – Risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft (Nasdaq: VRSK) has today launched a new data solution assessing location-specific risks to the assets of over 50,000 publicly traded companies. It provides investors with one of the most comprehensive views available of corporate exposure to global climate, environmental, human rights and political risks. Combining the locations of
Monday, July 29th, 2024
MANASSAS, Va. — RapidFlight, an integrated aerospace design, development, and mass manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced signing a memorandum of understanding with Thunder Tiger Group, a leader in the Taiwan drone industry focused on developing unmanned systems for industrial and defense applications. The companies will investigate utilizing 3D additive manufacturing of unmanned systems for Taiwan’s National Defense
Monday, July 29th, 2024
Skydio Connect Fusion brings city-wide connectivity for Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs while new Skydio Connect Access Points bring new capability to rural, urban and battlefield environments, further enabling beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations SAN MATEO, Calif. — Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced Skydio Connect Fusion and Skydio Connect Access
Monday, July 29th, 2024
Warsaw based company Fluid Systems Ltd., founded in 1993, develops proprietary software for the simulation and optimization of fluid networks (gas, water, district heating, and sewage) and carries out consultancy work involving analyses performed using the software. The Company’s main product, SimNet, enables geospatial analysis in real time of measured values, such as flow volume, velocity,
Monday, July 29th, 2024
The $6.1 million contract will support nautical charting needs as well as tourism, fishing, and marine commerce in the region. TANGIER SOUND, Md. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has tasked Woolpert with performing hydrographic survey and collecting bathymetric data in Tangier Sound, Md., under a $6.1 million contract. The data will update National
