AUS (Aarav Unmanned Systems), the leading end-to-end drone solution start-up has been awarded multiple long-term contracts from various business verticals of Tata Steel to provide advanced drone-based enterprise solutions. AUS’s drones are expected to help Tata Steel operate their mines more effectively and enhance productivity, besides ensuring higher regulatory fulfillment and safety. AUS’s drone solution is helping the Projects …

Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection with industrial robotics, announced today the launch of its upgraded 2022 Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring (AIM) platform and its new Air Mobile drone. Recently listed in TIME magazine’s 100 Best Inventions of 2021, Percepto offers the only end-to-end solution powered by AI to collate and streamline all visual data for accurate actionable …

The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, announced that Geographic Information System Laboratories (GIS Labs) are in the process of being established in all districts of the state to facilitate data collection pertaining to various departments through satellites.

The monitoring of the projects run by various departments can be done through …

DroneUp, LLC, a leading global provider of drone technology and services, and Walmart have announced the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operations. The three locations, which will be located at Walmart stores in Northwest Arkansas, will operate from 8:00 a.m. ­– 8:00 p.m., seven days per week, to deliver items to eligible Walmart customers by air in as little as 30 …

Construction of the New National GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Frame Network of the Italian Space Agency(ASI) has been completed. This infrastructure is of vital importance in providing up-to-date, accurate geodetic information for the scientific community and professional and entrepreneurial operators. The new network was built by e-GEOS, a company belonging to Telespazio (80%) and an investee of …

Hexagon’s Geosystems division announced a partnership with Airbus to integrate two Leica Chiroptera 4X bathymetric LiDAR sensors for maritime surveillance into the C295 MSA, Airbus’ Maritime Surveillance Aircraft.

Hexagon’s new technology enables detection of underwater objects in near real-time, a significant innovation in the airborne bathymetry industry. The cutting-edge solution was developed to meet Airbus’ requirements and will first be …

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has strengthened its long-standing relationship with Open Geospatial Consortium(OGC) by enhancing its membership level from Technical to Strategic to provide greater leadership, boost innovation, and advance geospatial data for the marine industry.
The UKHO has long been a champion of open standards and innovation at OGC. As a Strategic Member, UKHO will augment its …

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully de-commissioned GIOVE-A, the pathfinder satellite for Europe’s Galileo constellation, after 16 years of operations in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). The decision to de-commission the satellite was made due to the obsolescence in computing systems required for the operation of GIOVE-A, and de-commissioning of the spacecraft took place on 24 …

The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for drones and drone components has been notified on Sept. 30,  2021 to push the production of drones.

The details of this scheme are as follows:

(i) An incentive of INR 120 crore (approximately $16 million) has been provided for Indian manufacturers of drone and drone components on the basis of their …

CLROBUR‘s DROW, an AI-integrated automatic flight ground control platform (GCP) that uses urban air traffic management (UATM) technology, has opened a new chapter in the field of logistics by delivering a product using an autonomous drone. The company, a member of Born2Global Centre, has been participating in the Born2Global-led effort to create an innovation ecosystem for …