France’s Ministry of the Sea is deploying a sniffer drone in the Pas-de-Calais region, bordering the Strait of Dover, which is the world’s busiest area for ship movements, to tighten control of ship emissions.
Last Wednesday, the City Council has approved plans to study how drones can be used for building facade inspections in New York City. The plans to study the use of drones for building facade inspections were well received within the…
As California faces one of its worst Wildfire seasons to date, PG&E and other major California utilities are starting to use drones and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce the risk of sparking wildfires because of faulty equipment
Drone-based inspection firm, Cyberhawk won the contract for the work in California through a competitive tender process. The company secured a contract with a major California-based utility to provide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone services.
Similarly to Southern California Edison, [mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]PG&E[/mks_highlight] conducts powerline inspections with drones and helicopters as well. The updated [mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]System Inspections Program[/mks_highlight] is currently underway in Mendocino, Humboldt, and Lake counties using drones and helicopters along electric transmission lines.
Helicopters and drones are used to inspect [mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]Southern California Edison[/mks_highlight] equipment along the south coast. The company says that the aerial inspections will help to provide a more complete picture of the work that’s performed between [mks_highlight color=”#ffff00″]Carpinteria and…