E-volo Celebrates World Premiere Of Volocopter 2X Multicopter
The German start-up e-volo is celebrating the world premiere of the first series model of a passenger multicopter on April 5 - 8, 2017 at Europe's largest general aviation trade fair AERO in Friedrichshafen. After six years of development e-volo is presenting the Volocopter 2X, a vertical take-off ...
Industrial Drones Showing Great Potentials in Japan Drone 2017
Chiba, Japan, March 28, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Japan drone is the only international exhibition and conference, featuring drones and its market. All the experts from Japan, China, America and France exchanged at Japan Drone, discussed the future of drone market, state-of-the-art technology, and ...
FDNY Launches Drone For The First Time To Respond to Fire
FDNY launched its first ever tethered drone to respond to a fire in a 6-story building on Crotona Park North in the Bronx.
The $85,000 FDNY tethered drone weighs 8 pounds and incorporates both a high-definition camera and infrared camera. These capabilities allow the drone to transmit live ...
Knowledge Base Presented By Altavian “DSLR vs Point-and-Shoot Cameras”
Series Introduction: The aim of this knowledge base series is to answer the question “Why use DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras when smaller cameras are lighter, cheaper, and get good results?” This is a question we hear a lot and it is worth answering. But, while the question is simple ...
Three Reasons Golf Courses Are The Next Drone Mapping Territory
The emerald golfing greens have seen better days. According to the US National Golf Foundation, the number of players has almost steadily declined from over 30 million in 2005 (pre-recession), to 24.7 million today. 680 US and 158 Canadian courses have closed.
“Golf course owners are ...
3 Examples Of Why Modular UAS Payloads Are The Future
What does having a modular drone payload mean? Customization. You can build any kind of custom payload you need, plug it into Altavian drones, and fly it. There is no uncertainty whether you have the right drone for the job. The question is if you can build/buy/acquire the right payload. To ...
Rwanda Forges Forward With Drone Mapping And Delivery Use
After Rwanda made waves in the news early last year for allegedly being the first country to approve drone delivery, people payed attention. The country, with its rolling hills and one of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa, has already established regulations regarding drones and ...
The Case for Low Power ADS-B for Drones
Let’s just start with a few numbers and some back of the envelope math:
1.2 million drones were sold in the United States in 2016
1,800 reported pilot drone sightings in the United States in 2016 (up 25% from 2015)
0.4 miles – about the maximum distance I can see my DJI ...
