For the purpose of inspecting antenna masts in the Netherlands, T-Mobile has now taken delivery of the Aerialtronics Altura Zenith unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Jeffrey Leentjes, network specialist at T-Mobile, explains that telecoms companies can save time and significant operational [Read More]
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The Wind Energy Department of Cloud County Community College (CCCC) recently held a two-day, 12-hour ‘Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Community Enrichment’ class in Concordia, Kan. According to CCCC, the class – taught by Monte Poersch, a wind energy [Read More]
Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest utility, recently launched an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near a Jackson County electric substation to help determine how the technology can improve how the company monitors power lines, wind turbines and other equipment. Consumers Energy says [Read More]
GeoDigital, FLoT Systems and Environmental Consultants Inc. (ECI) have formed a partnership to bring utilities remote asset inspection capabilities via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The program combines high-resolution imagery collected by FLoT Systems' beyond line-of-sight-capable UAV, analytics and location-based work [Read More]
VDOS Global LLC, the U.S.' first Federal Aviation Administration-approved supplier of unmanned aircraft services for the industrial, energy and environmental sectors, has announced that Al Spain, a co-founder of JetBlue Airways, has joined the company's advisory board. VDOS Global, which [Read More]
After a downed fiber-optic cable affected 20,000 people in a Texas town, a drone came to the rescue and played a vital role in restoring communication services, according to Time Warner Cable (TWC). TWC explains in a video that due [Read More]
CDM Smith Inc., a full-service engineering and construction firm headquartered in Boston, has been granted an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to the Section 333 exemption, the firm is authorized to [Read More]
As the Caribbean prepares for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins on June 1, Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W) has begun to test drone technology that would help expedite network and connectivity restoration after natural disasters. According to C&W, a [Read More]
Xcel Energy, a Minneapolis-based electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight western and midwestern states, has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct inspections with drones. According to the Section 333 exemption granted, Xcel [Read More]
San Diego-based UpWind Solutions Inc., an operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider for the North American wind energy industry, has partnered with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provider SkySpecs to offer unmanned blade inspections. UpWind explains that turbine inspections via UAV [Read More]
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