Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights
Mercedes-Benz, conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items like ground coffee and cellphones, said the mini aircraft completed 100 drop-offs to strategically placed vans in Zurich with a perfect safety record and more deliveries are planned for next year.About 50 individ...
Call for Participants for the ANSI UAS Standardization Collaborative
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) issued today a call for participants for its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC). The announcement follows the UASSC's kick-off meeting held September 28 in Washington, DC.The UASSC's mission ...
SkyX Drone Completes 100km Flight for Oil & Gas Market
SkyX Systems Corporation, the Canadian leader in long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed an unmanned data collection flight of 100km, one of the longest journeys in its class. Taking place in Mexico, the ...
DJI Introduces Voluntary Flight Identification Options For Drone Pilots
DJI is introducing new features to the DJI AeroScope remote identification system that functions as an “electronic license plate” for drones. The new features allow drone pilots to voluntarily identify their flight operations to authorities while still protecting their privacy.AeroScope is ...
Mapbox Acquires Fitness AR to Deepen its Focus on Augmented Reality
Mapbox, the mapping and location platform for developers, today announced it has acquired Fitness AR, the augmented reality activity tracking app. Fitness AR creator Adam Debreczeniwill join Mapbox to help build out a team of talented designers and developers, focused on showing the art of ...