The Japanese Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is one of the largest telecom companies in the world. The company makes extensive use of drones to inspect critical infrastructure such as cell towers and cabling along bridges. Until now, this was…
The Dutch engineering and consultancy firm Antea Group has conceived a plan for a long-distance drone flight of 470 miles from the Frisian Oranjewoud town to the Danish city of Copenhagen next year. The aim is to show the possibilities…
At the beginning of this month, a Canadian police drone of the DJI Matrice 210 type collided with a Cessna carrying two people during deployment by a Canadian police force. The aircraft was damaged at the front but was able…
Ever heard of BoboChic? Neither had we until recently that is. Thanks to this unique short video where a drone films a pair of street dancers on the Eiffel tower.
Transport and logistics company DHL will be deploying large freight drones for urgent transport in the near future. To this end, the company has entered into a partnership with Dronamics. The first freight flights are to take place in 2022.…
Normally, drones are not exactly water-resistant. A few splashes of rain is usually not such a problem, but a dip in salty seawater is best avoided. How different things are with the new waterproof SplashDrone 4 from Swellpro: this drone…
Under the acronym JEY-CUAS – which stands for “Joint European System for Countering Unmanned Aerial Systems – the European Union will invest no less than 15 million euros in the development of a new generation of anti-drone measures, also referred…
Parcel delivery using drones is on the brink of a breakthrough. The hardware is ready. Slowly but surely the regulations are becoming more accommodative. And, the first business cases are also emerging. However, there is a lack of a good…
Drone photographer Tom Durden has a special aerial photo shoot in mind. He wants to photograph 100 nude models with his drone in the center of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Preferably in a special place, such as the Domplein or a…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars drone made its most complex drone flight yet over the surface of the red planet on Sunday. The space agency reported this on Twitter. During the Mars drone flight, ten different waypoints were visited. A record height…
Ask any aircraft expert about the Antonov An-225 and chances are you’ll get an answer laced with the necessary superlatives. The An-225 (nickname: Mrija, Ukrainian for “dream”) is the largest aircraft ever built, in terms of maximum weight. A drone…
The Dutch drone makers Delft Dynamics and Tective Robotics, in collaboration with TNO and Avalor AI, will develop an autonomous drone swarm that can be used by military personnel to collect tactical intelligence. The idea is that one operator can…