UAVs assist forest officials

ideaForge Technology Limited deployed its Q6V2 UAV to support forest officials in preventing a potential human-elephant conflict in the Silli region of Jharkhand, India. The incident occurred when a herd of elephants strayed from the forest into nearby villages, creating panic among residents. Q6V2 UAV was launhced, which was equipped with Daylight and Night Vision payloads, enabling continuous tracking of the elephants’ movement across dense forest cover and village boundaries.

The UAV captured high-definition optical and thermal visuals in real time, which were streamed directly to forest officials. This provided situational awareness of the herd’s geo-tagged location and movement, even during low light and rainy conditions. www.ideaforgetech.com

Boosting UAV anti-jamming capabilities

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has collaborated with Septentrio to enhance navigation resilience for unmanned aircraft systems. The partnership focuses on ensuring compatibility between UAV Navigation’s guidance, navigation and control systems and Septentrio’s GNSS receivers. The collaboration integrates high precision RTK capabilities with AIM+ anti-jamming and anti spoofing technology, which utilizes the Galileo OSNMA service alongside Septentrio’s proprietary algorithms to defend against signal interference and manipulation. www.uavnavigation.com

Multibeam echosounder payload for UAVs

SPH Engineering has released a multibeam echosounder system for UAVs that uses the Cerulean Surveyor 240-16, a compact bathymetric sensor designed for shallow-water mapping. The system expands drone-based hydrographic surveying capabilities by providing high-resolution bathymetric data collection over shallow waters. It operates at 240 kHz with a measurement range of 0.5 m to 50 m, targeting inland waterways, reservoirs, ports and environmental monitoring locations. www.sphengineering.com

Volatus Aerospace gains approval for scalable drone services

Transport Canada has issued a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) to Volatus Aerospace Inc., authorizing the company to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations using MatrixSpace’s radar technology integrated with Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS Terminal platform. volatusaerospace.com

SimActive enables 3D calculations

SimActive Inc. has announced that its Correlator3D™ software is being used in Germany to generate volumetric calculations from drone imagery. The technology creates dense point clouds at mining sites, enabling accurate volume measurements and detailed terrain analysis. simactive.com