Vertical Technologies has released its DeltaQuad series of autonomous VTOL UAVs. This hybrid vertical-take-off fixed-wing UAV can stream telemetry and video over the cellular network using VPN, and bo...

The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo have announced they will host the first and only UAS Mapping Certification in the industry presented by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing...

Carbomap in collaboration with high RIEGL, UAVE and The University of Edinburgh has announced the first successful demonstration flight of a RIEGL VUX-1LR survey-grade waveform laser scanner on a fixe...

An Aeromapper Talon UAV has flown a mission autonomously to a target located 30km away from the operators, while maintaining at all times a strong communications and control link. This demonstrates th...

RTE and Delair-Tech have set a new distance record by flying a civilian UAV 30 miles (50 kilometres). The official purpose of the flight, which took place in France, was to inspect RTE’s power lin...

Engineering design firm Maser Consulting has recently entered the UAS service market and plan to use UAS lidar data and integrate it with mobile and terrestrial lidar data to help support more types o...

Aeroscout, a long-term partner of Lidar manufacturer RIEGL, has launched the Scout B-330 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) helicopter. It is built with a high payload capacity of up to 50kg, a long flight...

Aeroscout, a long term partner of performance leading LiDAR manufacturer RIEGL, has unveiled the Scout B-330 UAV helicopter, which is built with a high payload capacity of up to 50 kg (110 lbs), a fli...

Developments in the field of laser scanners and laser scanning systems have increased in the past few years. Physical size has decreased while performance has increased. The number of laser pulses per...

Atmos UAV has launched Marlyn, the first hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or ‘drone’) in its class that is developed to operate at higher wind speeds while maintaining its helicopter flexibilit...