SkySkopes Launches New Oil and Gas Subsidiary

SkySkopes Launches New Oil and Gas Subsidiary

SkySkopes, one of the top five UAS flight operators in the UAS industry, has spun off a new company for UAS-related oilfield operations called SkySkopes Oil & Gas LLC. With a significant amount of UAS flight experience in the Bakken and Permian basins, SkySkopes launches this new division as a single point of contact for all UAS-based oil company needs under one umbrella.

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Measure Ground Control Integrates with SAP to Deliver Streamlined Asset Management

Measure Ground Control Integrates with SAP to Deliver Streamlined Asset Management

Measure has developed an integration between its drone program management software, Ground Control™, and SAP enterprise asset management software that allows asset owners to manage defects and repairs in a more efficient and seamless way.

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Winners of the SPRINT Robotics Awards 2019 Announced

Winners of the SPRINT Robotics Awards 2019 Announced

The SPRINT Robotics Awards acknowledge and reward exceptional work in inspection and maintenance robotics in our society. In 2019, three awards categories were introduced: Groundbreaking Collaborative Work towards Acceptance of Inspection and Maintenance Robotics, Scaling of a Robotic Solution, and New Innovative Technology in Inspection, Maintenance or Cleaning.

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Industry Challenge Request for Proposal

Industry Challenge Request for Proposal

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) can cause significant operational, economic and safety challenges. There is a strong drive in the oil and gas industry to replace traditional CUI inspections with new robotic tools that can traverse piping racks and access susceptible areas to CUI.

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Advanced Drone Operations Over People a First for Airports

Advanced Drone Operations Over People a First for Airports

N-FLIGHT Data, a Canadian leader in advanced drone operations, in concert with senseFly – the global leader in fixed wing drones, local geomatics experts Benchmark Geomatics, and the Okotoks Air Ranch Airport successfully teamed up for a first at a Canadian airport: conducting a midday, GNSS RTK drone survey of the airport and surrounding residential community, over top of people not part of the operation and while manned aircraft were taking off, landing, and entering the aerodrome circuit. There were no NOTAM’s filed, and there were no runways closed, as part of the operation.

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Skyward Releases Advanced Airspace Intelligence for Enterprise Drone Operations

Skyward Releases Advanced Airspace Intelligence for Enterprise Drone Operations

Today, Skyward, A Verizon company introduced advanced airspace intelligence for drone pilots. Skyward’s drone airspace map provides a clear design, airspace data, and LAANC access, now combined with essential ground intelligence including 3D views of key structures, transmission lines, and more than a million vertical obstacles.

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SeekOps Inc. Secures Venture Funding to Scale Energy Sector Emissions Inspection Solutions

SeekOps Inc. Secures Venture Funding to Scale Energy Sector Emissions Inspection Solutions

SeekOps Inc., a company which develops and fields advanced sensor technology to detect, localize, and quantify natural gas emissions through integrated drone-based systems, has secured funding from two strategic investors as part of its Series A-1 fundraising.

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Quasset Test Facility Opens in the Netherlands

Quasset Test Facility Opens in the Netherlands

Quasset Test Facility (QTF) has opened in the Netherlands to facilitate the experimentation and validation of robotic solutions for inspection and maintenance. The 600-square-meter testing facility offers a highly flexible and controlled environment, housing a range of decommissioned assets which serve to test crawling, flying and swimming robotic systems.

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SolSpec Launches Aerial Analytics Solution for Pipeline Integrity Management

SolSpec Launches Aerial Analytics Solution for Pipeline Integrity Management

SolSpec Inc., a provider of remote sensing and data analytics, today announced SolSpec™ ROW Integrity Management, an advanced aerial imagery and data analytics solution designed specifically for assessing, mitigating, and preventing geohazard risks on pipeline right-of-ways. 

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Robotic Skies® and Trumbull Unmanned Partner to Provide Maintenance Services to Trumbull’s Global UAS Operations

Robotic Skies® and Trumbull Unmanned Partner to Provide Maintenance Services to Trumbull’s Global UAS Operations

Robotic Skies® Inc., the only global maintenance network for commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and Trumbull Unmanned, a leader in data and automation in energy and government, announce their partnership to support Trumbull’s global UAS operations through the Robotic Skies service center network.

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Raptor Maps Closes Investment to Boost Solar Output and Project Finance

Raptor Maps Closes Investment to Boost Solar Output and Project Finance

Raptor Maps, the global leader in aerial inspection software for solar systems, announced a new round of funding from veteran energy investors. The round was led by Blue Bear Capital, specializing in data-led energy investments, with participation from Congruent Ventures and Powerhouse Ventures, and previous investor Y Combinator.

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LiDARUSA Puts Safety First With Drone Rescue Systems

LiDARUSA Puts Safety First With Drone Rescue Systems

LiDARUSA is pleased to announce the option of the Drone Rescue Systems parachute system with all DJI M600 UAV sales. As UAV’s become increasingly common for mapping applications the likelihood of a crash increases. The #1 concern for any pilot should be the safety of all people in the vicinity.

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Frost & Sullivan: SkySkopes One of Five Best Innovation- and Growth-Balanced Global UAS Operators

Frost & Sullivan: SkySkopes One of Five Best Innovation- and Growth-Balanced Global UAS Operators

Drone Services Providers (DSPs) provide clients with turnkey drone services so they may be the single point of contact for enterprise customers. Some provide pilots for hire to accomplish commercial drone tasks, but most offer business solutions using a combination of drones, certified commercial drone pilots, as well as data capture, processing, storage, analysis, and display software.

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Learn About AUVSI’s Trusted Operator Program

Learn About AUVSI’s Trusted Operator Program

The AUVSI Trusted Operator ProgramTM (TOP) fills the gap between these minimally prescriptive operating regulations and a higher level of demonstrated knowledge, flight proficiency, safety and risk management practices that is expected to be valued by employers and customers of commercial UAS operators.

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Aeriosense Technologies Awarded Unmanned Aerial BVLOS Contract

Aeriosense Technologies Awarded Unmanned Aerial BVLOS Contract

Aeriosense Technologies Inc. announced today that LOOKNorth, the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research for remote sensing innovation, has awarded strategic project funding to Aeriosense Technologies for the acceleration of UAS-based beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.

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