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Life-saving vaccines by could soon be delivered by drone. On-demand drone deliveries of vaccines have several advantages over more traditional means of transport to remote locations and Vanuatu’s government has commissioned two companies to test such a programme. The tests under way on the remote Pacific island could revolutionise healthcare …

A report published by the UK Airprox Board, which notes near-misses, showed that an Airbus A321 heading for Heathrow came within feet of hitting a drone at 9,500ft. The incident, which happened on September 16, was given the most serious “category A” rating meaning that “definite risk of collision had …

NEWS: Officials on lookout for racecourse drones  The Irish Field Racecourses may be limited in what they can do if a drone is being operated remotely. Article Source

Israeli startup SeeTree, which utilizes drones and artificial intelligence to enable precision agriculture for orchards, announced on Thursday that it has raised another $11.5 million, bringing the firm’s total valuation to $15 million. The concept behind the 16-month-old Tel Aviv-based company, which also has offices in Brazil and California, is …

Astral Aviation’s drone subsidiary, Astral Aerial Solutions, is one of Africa’s top 10 tech start-ups shortlisted for the Airbus Bizlab #Africa4Future accelerator programme. The 10 finalists, representing 19 countries, were selected from the 314 entries for the challenge, which opened in October 2018. The entries were assessed by a panel …

The Cyprus Post have been seeking ways to utilise unmanned drones to deliver parcels of up to four kilos to the recipient, Andreas Gregoriou, Director of the Department of Postal Services, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). To that end, the Department is in contact with the University of …

Artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, and robotics were a few of the key trends at “Retail’s Big Show,” the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s annual conference that took place this week from Jan. 13-15 at New York City’s Javits Convention Center. Far from being focused solely on advances in point of sale …

US-based kids’ producer and distributor Genius Brands International (GBI) has appointed an executive from a drone-focused company as its VP of business development. Jon Ollwerther Jon Ollwerther will report to GBI chairman and CEO Andy Heyward in the role, which will see him drive value across all areas of the …

CHARLESTON — Surveying and engineering firm SLS Land & Energy Development recently acquired Global Drone Surveying & Inspections, combining the existing drone fleets of the two. SLS’ fleet now has five drones, according to a Thursday release from the firm. “SLS and Global both possessed elite drone fleets capable of optical gas imaging, …

AGRA: The airspace of Taj Mahal was breached on Thursday morning when a drone was sighted hovering over the monument twice at 7.40am and then again half an hour later. This was the second such incident in the past 24 hours. On Wednesday, a drone was spotted by security personnel …

Dedrone, the market and technology leader in airspace security, announced that its team of Echodyne Corporation, Squarehead Technologies and Battelle, won first place at ThunderDrone’s “Game of Drones” outdoor demonstration at Nellis Air Force Base and AFWERX enclave, June 18-20. Hosted by AFWERX, Team Dedrone bested five other teams in the …

British racecourses are pushing for authorities to keep drones out of the sky during races because the tracks say the drones’ video feeds give bettors an unfair advantage, reports the Daily Mail. Video can be transmitted from drones seconds faster than a traditional TV broadcast, and racing officials say bettors …