FLIR Systems has introduced its new thermal image analysis and reporting software called FLIR Thermal Studio, which is designed to manage large sets of thermal images and videos.
According to FLIR, the software is engineered for thermographers who use FLIR thermal handheld cameras, optical gas imaging (OGI) cameras, and UAS with thermal cameras.
FLIR Thermal Studio is equipped with advanced processing capabilities and automation, which are designed to streamline and increase productivity.
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UAS helps U.S. Coast Guard inspect new Aids to Navigation structures
A UAS was recently used by U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit (CEU) Providence, Rhode Island to inspect the construction of new Aids to Navigation (ATON) structures.
The inspections were conducted by Lt. Kieron D. McCarthy, who piloted the UAS from a small boat assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bollard (WYTL-65614), based in New Haven, Connecticut.
The UAS was hand launched from the boat, and helped the CEU inspect and approve the steel tower structures that serve as fixed channel markers at Housatonic River, Black Rock, and Duck Island.
According to McCarthy, using UAS saved the CEU more than 30 hours of work, while reducing the risk of having to climb the structures.
Florida's Collier County Sheriff's Office rescues missing man using UAS
In Florida, Collier County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies recently used a UAS to find and safely recover a missing elderly man.
The man became lost for more than two hours after wandering from his residence. After the man failed to return to his residence, the Sheriff’s Office was contacted, and a ground search was conducted by patrol deputies, with help from the K9 Unit, Agriculture Unit, Traffic Unit and Investigations Division. Meanwhile, the Aviation Unit searched for the man by air.
SBG Systems debuting Quanta UAV Series during Xponential 2019
During Xponential 2019, SBG Systems is debuting its brand new line of Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), the Quanta UAV Series, which is dedicated to UAS-based surveying integrators.
To help UAS surveyors save autonomy for additional survey lines, SBG has designed a small, lightweight, and low-power INS offered on two levels of accuracy.
Purdue researcher improves UAS flight in windy conditions with patented design
Purdue University researcher Xiumin Diao has developed a patented design for drones that works in windy conditions, is more energy-efficient and can handle a larger payload.
The inspiration behind this design comes from a unique source.
“Our drone design was inspired by the wings and flight patterns of insects,” Diao, an assistant professor in Purdue’s School of Engineering Technology, says.
“We created a drone design with automatic folding arms that can make in-flight adjustments.”
Army completes New Equipment Training for GA-ASI's MQ-1C ER UAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the U.S. Army has completed its New Equipment Training (NET) for GA-ASI’s MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS.
Covering new maintenance procedures, manuals and ground support equipment associated with the MQ-1C ER, the training—conducted at Fort Campbell, Kentucky—prepared the current Army Company, 160th Foxtrot, to operate the MQ-1C ER, while also preparing Echo Company to become the Army’s second Company to be trained to operate the UAS.
Intelligent Energy launching fuel cell power product for commercial UAS market during Xponential 2019
During Xponential 2019, Intelligent Energy is launching its 2.4-kilowatt fuel cell power product for the commercial UAS market.
Over the last year and a half, Intelligent Energy has launched four products designed specifically for commercial UAS. The company says that these products provide technology to the constraints of battery power, offering minimum downtime and fast refuel, which makes them an attractive option for the commercial UAS market.
UAVOS' new Auto-Tracking Antenna System designed to incorporate UAS
UAVOS has introduced its new Auto-Tracking Antenna System, which the company describes as a portable ground-to-air antenna designed to incorporate UAS.
Particularly suitable for UAS applications, the tracking antenna enables long-range data transmission. UAVOS says that the quality and range of stable communication transmission is greatly increased when the Tracking Antenna System is combined with the company's ground control unit.
FLIR Systems invests in global UAS operations company DroneBase
FLIR Systems has made a strategic investment in global UAS operations company DroneBase.
Through DroneBase, businesses have access to one of the largest UAS pilot networks.
With this investment, FLIR will be the exclusive provider of thermal product technologies and the official small UAS thermal imaging training provider for the DroneBase enterprise pilot network through the FLIR Infrared Training Center (ITC).
“Our investment in DroneBase helps expand the adoption of FLIR thermal imaging technology by putting it in the hands of more pilots who fly drones every day,” says Jim Cannon, president and CEO of FLIR.