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Betsy Lillian

Betsy Lillian

Editor at Zackin Publications

Betsy Lillian has been the editor of Unmanned Aerial Online since 2014. She also serves as an associate editor of sister publications North American Windpower and Solar Industry magazine. She has been with Zackin Publications since 2012. Page 143

CyPhy Works Selects Manufacturing Partner to Enable Faster Time-to-Market

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 14, 2015

NEO Tech, a global supplier of electronic engineering and manufacturing services, has been selected by Danvers, Mass.-based drone start-up CyPhy Works to manufacture a new line of aerial robotics products. The partnership includes engineering, supply chain and manufacturing services and [Read More]

Caterpillar Teams with Redbird to Advance Work-Site Intelligence with Drones

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 11, 2015

In order to help its dealers and customers benefit from significant advancements in the fields of data analytics and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, construction giant Caterpillar Inc. has partnered with France-based Redbird, which acquires and analyzes drone-collected aerial data. [Read More]

SkyTech Announces Speaker Lineup for January UAS Show

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 11, 2015

SkyTech, a two-day, business-to-business trade show for the commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry, has announced its speaker lineup for next month’s event. SkyTech 2016, taking place at London’s Business Design Centre on Jan. 27-28, will feature 40 speakers across [Read More]

Airnest Offers Drone Flight App in Time for Holiday Season

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 11, 2015

As more than 1 million drones are expected to be sold this holiday season, Airnest says it will offer its companion app for a promotional holiday rate of $14.99. With the iPhone and iPad app, which launched last month, users [Read More]

Measure’s New Texas Office to Bring Drone Services to Energy & Insurance Industries

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 11, 2015

As part of its effort to build a nationwide operation, Drone as a Service company Measure has established a base in Galveston, Texas. The technology company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and also operates in New York City; Atlanta; Vancouver, [Read More]

Oklahoma State Opens Unmanned Systems Research Institute

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 11, 2015

With a growing state and national reputation bolstered by increased research funding, Oklahoma State University (OSU) says it has created a research organization focusing specifically on the development of unmanned systems technologies. The Unmanned Systems Research Institute (USRI) will bring [Read More]

DroneDeploy App Provides Free Map Processing for Commercial Drones

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 11, 2015

DroneDeploy, a Silicon Valley tech company that provides cloud-control solutions for commercial drones, says its software is available for free to anyone in over 120 countries. DroneDeploy’s free mobile app is currently available for Android devices through Google Play and [Read More]

Measure’s Drone as a Service Now Includes Robotic Skies’ Global Maintenance

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 10, 2015

As part of its effort to provide businesses with turnkey drone solutions, Measure has partnered with Robotic Skies, a provider of maintenance services for commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Through the collaboration, Measure will provide companies worldwide with a combined [Read More]

Aero Kinetics Acquired by International Aerospace Company Strat Aero

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 10, 2015

Building on its continued expansion in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market, Strat Aero US Holdings Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of international aerospace services company Strat Aero PLC, has acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based UAS solutions provider Aero Kinetics. The acquisition [Read More]

DJI Drones Meet FLIR Thermal Imaging

Posted by Betsy Lillian on December 10, 2015

The first product resulting from the new partnership will be available in the first quarter of 2016 – the Zenmuse XT stabilized camera.