Tag Archives: uas
Rosalie Bartlett: Marketing Manager at Kespry
Women in Unmanned Systems Editor’s Note: In our ongoing effort to promote geospatial professions, we’re asking dynamic leaders what attracted them to UAS and other geospatial fields as well as advice they might have for young people considering choosing related career paths. I’ve been fascinated by flight ever since I was little. If I were...
Dyan Gibbens: Founder and CEO of Trumbull Unmanned
Women in Unmanned Systems Editor’s Note: In our ongoing effort to promote geospatial professions, we’re asking dynamic leaders what attracted them to UAS and other geospatial fields as well as advice they might have for young people considering choosing related career paths. From an early age, I knew I would pursue some sort of career...
UAS at The Intersection of Preparation and Opportunity
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” —this advice is attributed to Roman philosopher Seneca. His counsel is particularly relevant to the current stage of UAS here in the U.S. Unmanned technologies have created big opportunities, and the FAA’s Rule 107 has unleashed them (to a high degree, arguably). Investors are paying attention. Just...
The UAS Platform, and How to Pick One
Secrets to Successful Selection Think UAS platform selection is cut and dried? Well, did you know that fixed-wing UAS, not multirotor, are the best fit for a specific (and growing) inspections market? Or that by choosing an amped-up multirotor UAS, your fee schedule could also get amped-up? Now that FAA Rule 107 is the law...
xyHt News Links: 9/16/16
Septentrio Launches New GNSS Receiver for Time and Frequency transfer applications Leica Geosystems launches HDS University Teledyne Optech Press Release: Solutions for wide-area mapping and infrastructure/mine surveys at Geomatics Indaba 2016 Topcon announces enhancements to UAS packages Orbit GT and AAM Group, Australia, join forces to open new horizons in the Mobile Mapping Market Announcing...
Collaboration in the Air and on the Ground: Skymatics, Ltd.
Two different firms–one UAS and one land surveying–partner to increase the values of both companies. xyHt’s Jeff Salmon interviewed the co-founders of the Alberta, Canadian firm Skymatics, Ltd.–EJ Burrows, CEO, and Dr. Cassidy Rankine, CTO–about their partnership with Element Land Surveys. xyHt: I understand Skymatics started in Bermuda in 2011 and has since expanded into...
