Drone based LiDAR survey of Oil & Gas assets in the jungle of Gabon (80 000ha)In difficult to reach places in Africa, LiDAR surveys are often prohibitively expensive and can take a long time to perform. Delays due to poor weather, long ferries and bureaucratic processes make it a challenge to undertake accurate and critical information regarding terrain conditions. Drone […]
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UAV-Based Laser Scanning of the Swiss Alps DUFOUR AEROSPACE, RIEGL, BSF SWISSPHOTO AND THE SLF COLLABORATE ON INNOVATIVE FLIGHT TESTS OF LARGE-SCALE AREA. Please find here more information on this UAV-based collaboration in English, followed by a German version. RIEGL is proud to be part of this Swiss-Austrian consortium that will use RIEGL UAV-LiDAR sensors to test the suitability of innovative UAVs for large-scale surveying […]
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Norwegian Microsatellite Developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) Achieves Optical Satellite-to-Ground Communications Link TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, 31 January 2024 – The NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) for the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) has successfully transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology. The accomplishment is a first for a Dutch-built laser communication device and among […]
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Alliance Engineering + Planning, LLC becomes one of the first surveying and/or engineering firms in the United States to successfully receive FAA approval for BVLOS flight operations. Alliance Engineering + Planning, LLC, a LJA company, routinely conducts LiDAR aerial missions, mainly for the purposes of creating topographical surveys for its surveying and engineering divisions. To adhere to FAA Part 107 […]
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New York UAS Test Site Receives Civil Flight Authority Enhancing Capabilities of New York’s 50-Mile Drone Corridor New civil authority provides path for scalable, commercial UAS operations Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. recently announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the New York Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss International Airport new civil authority […]
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First Flight for Uncrewed Firefighting Helicopter Rotor Technologies, Inc.’s uncrewed helicopter prototype achieved first flight at New York UAS Test Site Rotor’s team of MIT scientists is combining flight control algorithms, computer vision, and satellite communications to create CloudPilot, an operating system that will make aircraft operations safer and easier. CloudPilot will initially be used to combat wildfires, where helicopters […]
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Leica Geosystems announces performance upgrades for airborne deep bathymetric surveys The new Leica HawkEye-5 bathymetric LiDAR sensor provides a significant improvement in flight efficiency for detailed data capture in deep waters (Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 13 February 2022) — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the release of the Leica HawkEye-5, the new highly efficient airborne bathymetric LiDAR solution for deep […]
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MEET OUR NEW LONGER RANGE DRONE LIDAR SYSTEM Cover more ground with the mdLiDAR1000LR Rome, NY- Microdrones is pleased to announce a special presentation on the newest member of the GE industrial drone line, the mdLIDAR1000LR. This powerful drone LiDAR integrated system helps professionals collect data from a longer range, covering more area per flight, enabling users to create and […]
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Discover 20+ of Hovermap’s many data capture applications across a wide range of industries Hovermap is a mobile LiDAR mapping solution designed for challenging GPS-denied environments. Uniquely versatile, Hovermap’s scanning techniques employed are diverse, including beyond-visual-line-of-sight flight, lowered on a winch, extended on a boom, vehicle mounted or handheld. Equally capable above ground or underground, indoors or out, Hovermap is […]
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Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved merge to address asset inspection requirements for utilities. Toronto, Ontario & San Diego, California, September 30, 2020 – Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved announce they have, with an investment from Copley Equity Partners, merged to create the most technologically advanced aerial inspection company dedicated to asset management for utilities in North America. By […]
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Velodyne Lidar Sensors Power Emesent’s Hovermap to Fly Beyond the Visual Line of Sight Emesent’s AL2 for Hovermap Leverages Velodyne Lidar to Access the Inaccessible Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced that Emesent’s newly introduced Autonomy Level 2 (AL2) technology for Hovermap uses Velodyne lidar sensors to provide real-time perception and high-quality, accurate 3D data. Hovermap is a plug-and-play mapping and autonomy […]
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Austin, TX — October 2, 2019 — SAM, LLC, a leader in providing geospatial data solutions, will be the first company in North America to acquire and deploy the most recent major advance in aerial scanning technology, the RIEGL VQ-1560 II. The sensor will be installed in SAM’s new fixed-wing aircraft, a 2019 Cessna Grand Caravan EX, to further expand SAM’s national aerial mapping […]
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UPS (NYSE:UPS) subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. today announced it has received the U.S. government’s first full Part 135 Standard certification to operate a drone airline. The company will initially expand its drone delivery service further to support hospital campuses around the country, and to provide solutions for customers beyond those in the healthcare industry. UPS Flight Forward plans in the future to […]
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19th JABLTCX workshop, June 26-28, 2018 Providence, Rhode Island, USA For Immediate Release Horn, June 7, 2018 After successfully integrating and mobilizing a brand new RIEGL VQ-880-GH Topo-Hydrographic Laser Scanning System last year, NAKANIHON will report on their first experiences and results at this year’s Joint Airborne Bathymetry LiDAR Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) workshop in Providence, Rhode Island. The presentation […]
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IN-FLIGHT Data’s five-month ‘UAS BVLOS Proof-of Concept Trial’, supported by senseFly, will span a wide range of real-world drone-missions totalling more than 1,500 km of linear flight Calgary, Canada / Cheseaux, Switzerland, June 04, 2018—One of Canada’s leading commercial drone operators, IN-FLIGHT Data, this week is embarking upon Canada’s largest BVLOS UAS Operations trial to date, with support from senseFly, the industry’s […]
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