A big snowstorm hit northern Virginia this week causing widespread outages in the state. Now Dominion Energy employees are using drones to help to restore power to the residents.
Drones help to restore power to residents in Virginia
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Korean Air uses drone swarms to inspect airplanes
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Korean Air is the first airline to use drone swarms to examine airplanes. Drone technology advancements in recent years have encouraged a growing number of airlines to use unmanned aircraft for aviation safety inspections.
Port of Rotterdam Authority will use fixed-wing drones for surveillance
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In order to increase safety in the Rotterdam port region, the Port of Rotterdam Authority intends to employ drones to monitor and conduct inspections in the future. Several test flights using a fixed-wing drone from the Dutch firm Avy were recently conducted in preparation for this. A makeshift drone command center even developed on the Yangtze Canal’s quayside.
Longest BVLOS drone flight to date happened in the UK
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Network Rail, a British rail management business, has claimed the longest BVLOS drone flight in the UK to date. Last Wednesday, a 25-kilometer flight was completed. The aircraft used for the flight was a SkyRobot FX10 fixed-wing drone outfitted with an RGB zoom camera and a thermal imaging camera.
Drone inspects high-voltage route over a distance of 60 miles in Belgium
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The Belgian surveying company Vansteelandt recently successfully inspected a high-voltage route of the Belgian grid operator Elia in Belgium by means of a drone. What is special is that a distance of no less than 60 miles was covered. The drone inspection was carried out with the SDO 50 V2 helicopter drone from the Swiss manufacturer SwissDrones. EuroUSC and SkeyDrone took care of the application...
FAA approves BNSF Railway use Skydio drones for remote inspections
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US rail company BNSF Railway has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct drone inspections out of the pilot’s line of sight (BVLOS). The exemption is partly based on the advanced obstacle detection and a high degree of autonomy that the Skydio drones offer. The drones will be deployed from strategically placed docking stations.
Drones used in search and rescue tests at wind farm in the North Sea
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At a wind farm located in the North Sea, drones have been used in search and rescue tests. The trials aim to show how the use of unmanned aircraft can play an important role in the renewables sector.
OBX bridge inspected by Skydio drones for first time
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The State of North Carolina has been at the forefront of using drones over the last couple of years. Now the NCDOT will be using Skydio drones to inspect the OBX bridge for the first time.
Bryan Texas Utilities uses drones to survey power line easements
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Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU) uses drones to survey power line easements along Texas Avenue in Bryan, TX, from January 4th and will run through January 8th.
Spectacular drone footage of collapse of Arecibo Observatory
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A drone captures the collapse of the iconic Arecibo Observatory. The footage was released earlier today by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and can be seen in the video below.