Events

Individuals and teams from across industry, academia and the general public are being invited to take part in a special swarming drone hackathon to develop new ways to use UAS to deal with wildfires. In a partnership between the UK and US, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in collaboration with the Wright Brothers Institute (WBI), will invite companies to assist with the initiative, in a bid to find new ways to use UAS for global search and rescue in defence and the public sector. Using a bespoke synthetic environment from AFRL,

Terra Drone Corporation concluded its first global summit in early March with a focus on developing the roadmap for a universal drone solutions platform. The three-day summit was attended by the top executives of Terra Drone group companies from over 20 countries in Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe. The universal drone solutions platform developed by Terra Drone will place these group companies in an elite pool of the world’s leading drone technology solutions providers, opening up new roads for collaboration and customer acquisition. With an aim to facilitate the growth of the drone industry as a whole, the platform

There is still a chance to get involved with this special edition issue which will launch as part of the Commercial UAV Expo in Amsterdam.

The magazine will feature interviews with Ford Motors and Network Rail on how drone technology is benefiting their work.

The UK-based insurance provider will award the winner with a DJI Osmo Mobile, provided by Heliguy.

A drone show put on by the Dubai Police Academy achieved the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive formations created by UAVs same set.

COPTRZ and DJI teamed up to host an Emergency Services drone demonstration day. Help at Highfield Park Hotel in Heckfield, Hook, the COPTRZ team started the day with an outdoor demonstration of how its new DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual can be beneficial in emergency situation. Alongside the Matrice 210, footage from both drones was streamed to guests on two large HD televisions to highlight how first, thermal imaging capabilities can be used to find a missing person. They then used smoke grenades to set up a fire scene to show how the devices can help teams on the ground

Held in April, the project will start with a ConOps Presentation, followed by the U-space Big Picture and conclude with CORUS ConOps Expert Review.

Sponsored by DJI, the awards set out to provide an opportunity for the industry to recognise anyone who has used unmanned technology to serve in humanitarian efforts around the world.

It will look into RTK, PPK, GCPs and what they will mean for the user.