Tag Archives: uas

Weekly xyHt News Links: 6/16/17

RIEGL has received the Sebastian Sizgoric Technical Achievement Award at this year’s JALBTCX conference in Savannah, Georgia.  Record attendance for GEO Business 2017 Identified Technologies Aligns with DJI to Offer Best-in-class Commercial Drone Solution Survey and Mapping Company Partners with Leading Unmanned and Manned Flight Service Experts Aeroscout launches UAV helicopter for high-altitude flight Congress increases funding...

LaserDrone Schematic

Laser-powered UAS

As noted in our latest issue about tethered drones, the ability to power UAS from the ground exponentially increases flight times and allows the use of heavier sensor payloads. Tethering accomplishes this at the cost of range, however: generally 200-400’ with commercially available tethering systems. What if a system had the advantages of tethering and...

xyHt Weekly News Links: 6/9/17

Trimble RTX Corrections Gets Boost in Performance from the Galileo Constellation ANSI establishes UAS standardization collaborative Sokkia introduces simplicity in field-to-office software NIAS and NASA test the Next Phase of NASA’s UAS Traffic Management System

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 5/19/17

Satlab Geosolutions introduces Ultra-Compact Multiconstellation GNSS UAV/RTK Receiver including Dual Antenna Heading capability senseFly Corridor solution boosts efficiency of linear mapping projects Icaros Releases Version 5.0 of OneButton™ Drone Image Processing Software Congress increases funding for UAS research, airspace integration Blue Marble Releases Mobile Friendly Version of the GeoCalc Geodetic Registry Swift, Carnegie release Duro for...

xyHt Weekly News Recap: 5/12/17

MKS’ Ophir® Business Unit Introduces Smallest, Lightest Weight, Continuous Zoom Lens for Drones & UAVs Swift Navigation and Carnegie Robotics Announce Duro, a Ruggedized Version of Piksi Multi Announcing UgCS Mapper – in-field mapping software requiring no internet connection Septentrio launches AsteRx-m2 OEM GNSS Receiver Alta Devices Adds Solar Tech to Drones/UAV’s to Extend Flight...