FLIR's US$200 Million Takeover of Aeryon Labs
FLIR Systems, the US-based global manufacturer of thermal imaging infrared cameras, has confirmed its takeover of the Canadian firm Aeryon Labs, a developer of high-performance unm...
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Microdrones Acquires Aircam UAV Technology to Expand into Asia
As part of an ongoing global growth initiative, Microdrones has acquired Aircam UAV Technology, a 64 employee Chinese company with its main location in Foshan, an hour-drive from Guangzhou in Southern...
UAS Proves Valuable for Firefighters Against California Fires
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, assisted from the air in the firefight against the Camp Fire in Northern California, now deemed the deadliest, most destructive wildfire in C...
Topcon Introduces MAGNET Inspect for UAV Inspection Applications
Topcon Positioning Group has announced a software package designed to facilitate data processing workflow for UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) infrastructure inspection - MAGNET Inspect. The software eff...
Insitu ScanEagle UAS Helps Suppress Wildfires
Insitu, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has been helping firefighters combat wildfires in Oregon, USA, providing information for fire suppression activities via its data collection, ...
Airsight Australia Launches NextCore UAV Lidar System
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) service provider Airsight Australia has announced NextCore, a UAV Lidar scanner and processing system that offers comparable performance at a considerably lowe...
Next-generation Mapping UAV Raises Capital for Further Expansion
Drone start-up Atmos UAV has closed its next investment round with investment firm Disruptive Technology Ventures (DTV). Atmos has developed an industrial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or 'drone') that...
Sphere Drones and Delair Sign Australia-first Distribution Partnership
Sydney-based Sphere Drones has recently signed an Australia-first deal with Delair – a global UAV solutions provider for commercial drone applications. Delair‘s UAV solutions are currently in use ...
FLIR Launches Next Generation Black Hornet 3 Nano-UAV
FLIR Systems Inc has announced the Black Hornet 3 nano-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for use by global militaries, government agencies, and first responders. The Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance ...
Accurate Georeferencing for UAV Surveying without Base Station
Klau Geomatics, specialised in post processed kinematic (PPK) direct georeferencing technology, has announced its new No-Base-Station high-accuracy georeferencing solution for unmanned aerial vehicl...
Mapping Asia’s Biggest Copper Mine Using a UAV
In early May 2018, the Czech company UpVision used an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to map a copper mine in Mongolia – the largest in Asia – as part of an ongoing Czech geological expedition at th...