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Worcestershire County Council in the United Kingdom has launched a trial of drones equipped with cameras to inspect the integrity of the county’s 1,500 bridges. The uncrewed aircraft are flown by a certified drone pilot while an inspector examines the drone images. The trial aims to increase efficiency in maintaining the bridges, reducing the number…
A drone pilot in the United Kingdom who flew his drone dangerously close to a historic World War II Hurricane aircraft while thousands of people
The United Kingdom’s government and regulators are drawing up plans to introduce Remote ID for drones to combat the current Wild West in the skies. Plans that are being made right now say that drones will have to have electronic license plates so that law enforcement and security services can track them. As in the…
Police drones are transforming how the Lincolnshire Police Department operates because they offer a more efficient and cost-effective way to do
Co-op Funeralcare will give people who have lost a loved one the option to have their ashes spread by drone, which is said to be a UK first. A big black box containing the ashes will be lifted by a large drone, such as a DJI M600, flown to a certain location, and then the…
During rescue missions, drones can create temporary mobile networks to help both the victims and the search and rescue crews. At the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre at Llanbedr, Wales, special rescue drones are being developed that will have a 4G or 5G mast on-board. As long as the drones are within reach of a mobile phone,…
Under the name CAELUS, work will be done in Scotland in the coming years to roll out a nationwide drone delivery service for medical goods.
The UK government has approved a plan to link several UK cities through a drone super highway. The idea is that companies can use several fixed
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