Drone survey at NMDC Diamond Mining Project, Panna
Drone service provider IG Drones has secured a substantial work order for conducting a comprehensive drone survey based on Photogrammetry and LiDAR at the Diamond Mining Project in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, India. This contract, awarded by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), spans three financial years, covering 2024-25, 2025-26, …

Virtual Surveyor upgrades UAV surveying software
Virtual Surveyor has enhanced its smart UAV surveying software with new planimetric survey capabilities. Its version 9.5 allows users to quickly and accurately survey 2D features from UAV orthophotos and add them to the 3D topographic model generated from the same …

DroneAcharya to train Adani Group in DGCA certified drone operations
DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations, a listed drone startup secured a significant service order from the Adani Group. This involves providing certified drone pilot training for DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation). financialexpress.com
Inertial Labs and E38 Company partnership …

ACL Digital partners PhoenixAI. tech for AI drone solutions
ACL Digital has forged a partnership with PhoenixAI.tech to propell the future of AI-powered drones. The partnership will leverage PhoenixAI.tech’s and ACL Digital’s pioneering work in developing advanced AI/ML algorithms for uncrewed vehicles, IoT, and C-V2X. Together, the companies …

E455 VTOL
Event 38 Unmanned Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of its latest aircraft model, the E455. It is as a premier fixed wing, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone. At 55lbs, the E455 offers a 2-hour flight endurance on battery power alone, it is designed to …

UP42, GLOBHE sign partnership
UP42 and GLOBHE have announced their partnership to make high-quality drone data available through UP42. GLOBHE relies on 9500+ local professional drone operators in 142 countries and is the sole drone marketplace platform to support automated data collection at a global scale for sustainable infrastructure, environmental and humanitarian purposes. https://up42.com
Remotely fly X10 …

Hydrogen fuel storage solution for UAVs
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) embarked on a year-long collaboration with Honeywell Aerospace in 2023 to prototype and support the commercialization of a novel cartridge-based hydrogen fuel storage solution for UAVs. The project, Fuel Additives for Solid Hydrogen (FLASH) …

Drone security solutions for civil airports
Aircraft are designed to withstand the impact of a small number of small birds entering the engines or colliding with the fuselage or windows. However, the unauthorized launch of large birds or, even worse, metallic electronic drones near airports can cause serious …

Airwayz Partnership with FlightOps
Airwayz announces a partnership with FlightOps. The integration between both the companies will allow drone operators to automate drone management and will be used for the first time during the second phase of the Israel National Drone Initiative (INDI2). This collaboration marks a significant step …

Saildrone scales production of new mid-size USV
Saildrone announced recently the 33-foot (10 m) Voyager, which is specifically designed for nearshore ocean and lakebed mapping, and to meet the challenges of IUU (illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing), ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), law enforcement and maritime safety, drug …