Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has partnered with Air Canada, which will result in Air Canada Cargo using its marketing and sales platforms and resources to market and sell DDC’s drone delivery services in Canada.
Under the terms of the agreement, and subject to DDC obtaining required regulatory approvals, DDC will build and operate up to 150,000 drone delivery routes in Canada. These routes will include several components, such as timetables, flight schedules and types of UAS to be deployed.
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Boeing announces investment in Robotic Skies
Boeing has announced an investment in Robotic Skies, a provider of services that connect manufacturers and operators of commercial UAS with a global network of more than 170 civil aviation authority-certified repair stations.
FAA seeks new industry partners, announces drone safety push at UAS symposium
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday it will partner with qualified commercial companies to perform drone integration safety work at the FAA's UAS test sites.
“The FAA intends to bridge the gap between industry and the test sites to tackle some of our most difficult technical and operational challenges,” Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell announced at the opening session of the FAA UAS Symposium in Baltimore, hosted by AUVSI.
A broad agency announcement released Monday says applicants must be able to match the federal funds they request through this program — overall, the agency has pledged $6 million to perform the work.
Phillips 66, Square Robot, Veritank successfully complete robotic inspection
Diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company Phillips 66, Square Robot Inc. and Veritank Inc. have announced that they recently successfully deployed an autonomous robot that safely performed its first in-service inspection of the interior of an aboveground diesel storage tank.
Designed and manufactured by Square Robot, the autonomous robot is allowed to conduct inspections while the tank is in-service and filled with product, thanks to receiving National Electric Code Class 1, Division 2 (C1D2) certification.
The robot is also capable of capturing high-clarity visual images of the interior, and providing insight into the tank’s sediment levels and coating condition.
NUAIR, ANRA Technologies conduct operational assessment of ANRA's UTM technology
Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) and ANRA Technologies recently collaborated to conduct an operational assessment of ANRA’s UAS traffic management (UTM) technology for broadcast and network based remote identification (RID) of UAS.
During the assessment, which took place from May 28 to 29 at the New York UAS Test Site located at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York, NUAIR staff used draft industry standards for evaluating both broadcast and network based remote identification capabilities to assess ANRA’s technology.
NUAIR staff flew several UAS; two of which carried a unique Wi-Fi broadcast module provided by ANRA and Doodle Labs, to test RID broadcast capability.
WhiteFox releases white paper outlining path forward for the integration of UAS into National Airspace
In response to events both domestic and abroad, WhiteFox has developed and released a new white paper entitled ‘Enabling the Good While Preventing the Bad: How Security Enables the Drone Industry.’
In the white paper, which highlights “the need to protect against potential public safety and homeland security threats posed by UAS,” WhiteFox outlines what it calls “critical recommendations for a comprehensive counter-UAS legislative framework.”
Airbus Aerial, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions partner to help companies identify flood risks using UAS
Airbus Aerial and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions are partnering to help companies efficiently identify flood risks and more accurately predict weather-related flood damage.
Through the collaboration, Airbus Aerial’s drone imagery and data will power FLOAT, the flood assessment tool of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.
“We are very excited to announce our collaboration with a global leader in the commercial insurance market, and to be able to offer this unique solution to Swiss Re Corporate Solutions’ clients around the world,” says Jesse Kallman, president of Airbus Aerial, from the company’s Atlanta headquarters.
Grinnell Mutual using Kespry drones and aerial intelligence platform for roof inspections
Grinnell Mutual, a property casualty insurance company and the nation’s largest primary reinsurer of farm mutual companies, is using Kespry’s UAS and aerial intelligence platform for residential and commercial property roof inspections.
Using Kespry’s technology, Grinnell Mutual takes detailed, high-resolution photos that are rapidly blended into single, composite 3-D images of roofs. Combined with aerial intelligence and machine learning-based algorithmic assessments made in the Kespry Cloud, the images help Grinnell Mutual’s adjusters determine storm-related damage so that they can make the most accurate claims decisions possible.
Cape, Tijuana Public Safety Department launch Mexico's first Drone as a First Responder program
Cape and the Tijuana Public Safety Department have partnered to launched Mexico’s first Drone as a First Responder (DFR) program.
Through the program, two UAS equipped with the Cape Aerial Telepresence platform will be utilized as part of the department’s daily operations to provide access to real-time aerial visibility and intelligence for officer support in both the command center and the field.
During the program, Cape-enabled UAS will support emergency response efforts within a three-kilometer radius of the Tijuana Public Safety Department headquarters. The focus will be on “improving both operational efficiency and the safety of both first responders and the greater Tijuana community,” the entities say.
OneSky begins live flight testing with AGI OneSky UTM platform
In collaboration with Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) and Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York, OneSky, a business unit of Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI), recently began live flight testing with the AGI OneSky UAS Traffic Management (UTM) platform.
The tests are being conducted as part of NASA’s ongoing UTM initiative, which is designed to enable civilian low-altitude airspace and UAS operations, and validating requirements for UAS Service Suppliers (USS).