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Medical drone BVLOS flight over urban area takes place in Belgium
In Belgium, the first medical drone BVLOS flight over an urban area and out of sight of the pilot was carried out last Wednesday according to the new EASA rules. The flight was performed with an X-8 multicopter developed by…
British grid operator wants high-voltage transmission towers inspected by autonomous drones
When it comes to inspecting high-voltage transmission towers using autonomous drones, the British grid operator, National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), has big plans. The company wants to allow drones to fly independently around the masts and to have the obtained…
Zipline drones equipped with microphones to detect other air traffic
In order to be able to evade independently, Zipline drones will be equipped with microphones that can detect other air traffic within a radius of 2 km. According to the company, the acoustic detect-and-avoid (DAA) system is the key to…
Robotized asset inspections in 2022: driving, walking, and flying
Reading a pressure gauge in a hard-to-reach place in an industrial installation. At the moment, inspectors literally have to squeeze in all sorts of twists and turns. But in 2022, driving, walking, and flying robots could largely take over this…
Danish fixed-wing medical drone project kicks off with 31-mile BVLOS drone flight over the sea
In Denmark, the start of the three-year HealthDrone project has been heralded with a medical drone flight over a distance of no less than 31 miles. During the flight, a number of blood samples were transported from Svendborg Hospital to…
Antea Group conducts longest continuous drone flight in the Netherlands
Between June 30 and July 4, the longest continuous drone flight to date is to take place, from Oranjewoud in The Netherlands to Copenhagen in Denmark. Today, the initiator Antea Group is carrying out the dress rehearsal, covering 52 km…
Bobby Healy from Manna Drone Delivery: “We get almost no complaints”
Every day, the drones of Manna Drone Delivery deliver meals and groceries to customers in two suburbs of the Irish capital, Dublin. After a successful start in Ireland, Manna is working on expanding to six other European countries, starting in…
Hundreds of Percepto autonomous drones to monitor Florida power grid
Florida Power & Light (FPL) will deploy Percepto autonomous drones on a large scale to monitor high-voltage substations and power distribution grids throughout the state of Florida. To this end, the energy company has entered into a partnership with Percepto.…
Groceries delivered by drone for Dallas residents starting today
Residents of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, can have their groceries delivered by drone from drugstore chain Walgreens starting today. To this end, Walgreens has partnered with Google’s sister company, Wing. It is the first time Wing will offer its drone delivery…
German Airways and Wingcopter enter into partnership for offshore drone delivery
German Airways parent company Zeitfracht Group has entered into a partnership with drone manufacturer Wingcopter, with the aim of deploying unmanned aircraft worldwide for offshore drone delivery to wind farms and sailing ships. The drones will be deployed from the…
FAA Drone Symposium ‘ARISE’ on April 28, 2022, in Orlando, FL
It’s back! The most important drone industry event, formerly known as the FAA UAS Symposium, is now called the FAA Drone Symposium. A much better name in my opinion, btw. This year the FAA Drone Symposium “ARISE” will take place…
Q&A With the FAA – PIXL DRONE SHOW #44
Welcome to this latest episode of our PIXL Drone Show. This week, we talk to Kevin Morris from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)! Join us on this special episode of the PiXL Drone Show for an insight into Temporary Flight Restrictions,…