Survey & Inspection News & Articles

Partnership to Develop 20m Deep Ocean USV for Indo-Pacific Deployment

Austal Australia and Saildrone will manufacture the Saildrone Surveyor in Australia for deep ocean mapping and ISR applications, above and below the surface

Apr 18, 2023
New Acquisition Enhances Volatus Utility Inspection Services in North America

The addition of SSI positions Volatus Aerospace as one of the leading suppliers to power utilities in Canada and the US, with more than 10,000 structure inspections already underway and under contract for 2023

Apr 17, 2023
American-Made Professional Drone Platform Takes Flight

The CAP50 UAS can be used in surveying, construction, engineering, mining, quarry and mapping applications and offers up to 6lbs of payload capacity

Apr 13, 2023
Advancing Airborne Surveying for Coastal Management in the Philippines

RASA Surveying’s approach synchronizes current photogrammetry and LiDAR practices with the bathymetric data collection capabilities of the TOPODRONE AQUAMAPPER

Apr 11, 2023
BVLOS Waiver for Powerline Inspections Granted

Phoenix Air Unmanned has received a broad area waiver for BVLOS powerline inspections using UAS and the IRIS Terminal by Kongsberg Geospatial

Apr 06, 2023
gNext-Skydio Cloud Integration Released

gNext and Skydio have partnered to enable automatic upload of inspection drone flight media to the gNext platform, via the Skydio Cloud, without relying on manual uploads

Apr 06, 2023
Mid-Size USV Developed to Expand Data Collection at Sea

To meet the growing demand for advanced data-collection capabilities at sea, Saildrone has developed the 33-foot Voyager for near-shore ocean mapping and maritime security missions

Apr 03, 2023
Autonomous Hydrographic Survey Vessel Unveiled

With zero emission hydrogen propulsion, the Merlin autonomous surface vessel has a shallow draft of 1.6m enabling it to perform various survey missions and make port in small or large harbors across the US

Mar 31, 2023
Partnership Launches First-of-its-Kind Autonomous Undersea Cable Inspection Project 

In collaboration with the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, Anduril Industries’ Dive-LD AUV will be used to inspect an existing export power cable from Block Island to Point Judith, Rhode Island

Mar 29, 2023
New RPAS Services Increase Maritime Surveillance Over Gulf of Genova

The European Maritime Safety Agency will use Tekever’s AR5 unmanned fixed wing aircraft, equipped with optical and infrared cameras, a maritime radar, an AIS receiver and an emergency position-indicating radio beacon antenna

Mar 27, 2023
Borey Fixed-Wing Drone Used for Soil Moisture Mapping

UAVOS used a solution based around its fixed-wing Borey UAS with a multispectral sensor payload designed to provide both spatial and temporal resolution for better understanding of soil moisture levels

Mar 20, 2023
Charles River Analytics AI & Computer Vision Technology Enhances Wildlife Protection

As part of the Vineyard Wind 1 project, Charles River Analytics is providing its Awarion artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to help detect marine mammal, ship, and fishing gear

Mar 13, 2023
Drone Based Analyzer Launched for ATC Air Navigation Signal Inspection

Rohde & Schwarz's R&S EVSD1000 VHF/UHF nav/drone analyzer provides efficient drone inspection of terrestrial navigation and communications systems

Mar 10, 2023
Volatus Expands Pipeline Corridor Surveillance in Eastern Canada

Volatus Aerospace subsidiary, Canadian Air National Inc., has signed a contract worth up to C$5 million to extend its oil and gas pipeline corridor surveillance in Ontario over the next three years

Mar 09, 2023
Collaboration Receives Funding to Enhance Unmanned Solution for Seagrass Monitoring

HydroSurv’s fully electric USV platform will deliver seagrass monitoring using an Acoustic Ground Discrimination System coupled with video and environmental data collection from hull-mounted and underwater sensor arrays

Mar 02, 2023
New Collaboration Supports Remote Radiation Data Collection

Integrated into Flyability’s Elios 3 indoor drone, the Mirion RDS-32 radiation survey meter can collect accurate radiation data remotely, allowing nuclear personnel to remain safely outside of irradiated areas

Mar 01, 2023
Spright Awarded First Non-Geospecific BVLOS Waiver for Utility Inspection

The Certificate of Waiver allows small UAS to travel up to four nautical miles for critical utility infrastructure surveys

Feb 21, 2023
Engineering Class Drone Sensors Leverage Sony Alpha 7R IV Camera

Visual Intelligence’s MACS-3DTM dual-sensor drone payload is equipped with two Sony Alpha 7R IV cameras that have been specialized for tower data collection

Feb 14, 2023
Distributor Opportunities for Geomatics Professionals

Opportunity to join CHC Navigation’s geomatic community as a distributor of reliable and robust GNSS solutions for a wide variety of applications

Feb 07, 2023
BVLOS Approval for Inspection Drones in Canada

Percepto’s automated drone-in-a-box technology has been approved by Transport Canada as part of a pilot project conducting BVLOS inspection of electric power stations

Feb 06, 2023
Teledyne Geospatial to Present LiDAR Survey & Mapping Solutions at Geo Week 2023

Visitors are encouraged to visit the company at Geo Week in Denver, February 13-15, for a first-hand look at the single-source mapping solutions and workflows available

Jan 27, 2023
New Partnership to Use UAS for Infrastructure Inspections

MissionGO and Valmont will conduct UAS infrastructure inspections in a bid to strengthen the US infrastructure system

Jan 25, 2023
Automatic Power Line Tracking Software for Inspection Drones

The new mode for tracking power lines by SENSYN ROBOTICS, analyzes the shooting data in real-time and automatically adjusts the shooting angle based on line sag, keeping the power lines within the onboard cameras field of view

Jan 25, 2023
Atmos Expands Payload Options with Sony α7R Camera Series Integration

The Sony α7R mark III and IV cameras will provide Atmos Marlyn Cobalt drone users with increased coverage and accuracy and the ability to map an area of 210 hectares with centimeter-level accuracy in a single flight

Jan 17, 2023
Exail USBL System Acquired for Shallow Water Geophysical Surveys

Grandeur Subserv chose the Exail Gaps M5 USBL system to aid with shallow water nearshore operations on the Nigerian coast

Jan 12, 2023
EVO Max 4T & NEST Support Systems Announced

Autel Robotics has announced the release of the EVO Max 4T drone and supporting NEST systems for both the EVO and Dragonfish platforms at CES 2023

Jan 06, 2023
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