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AI Drones Give Buildings an ‘MRI’ to Make them More Energy-Efficient and Resilient

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Older buildings let thousands of dollars-worth of energy go to waste each year through leaky roofs, old windows, and insufficient insulation. But even as building owners face mounting pressure to comply with stricter energy codes, making smart decisions about how to invest in efficiency is a major challenge. – Lamarr.AI, born in part from MIT […]

DroneDeploy Introduces Agentic AI and Robotics Advancements at Horizons 2025

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New AI capabilities and platform upgrades aim to improve accuracy, automation and safety DroneDeploy announced major product innovations at the Horizons 2025 conference in San Francisco. The company says the new solutions will improve how field teams capture and analyze data in construction, energy, utilities and industrial environments. Mike Winn, CEO and co founder of […]

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Companies Complete First Fully Automated Counter-Drone Interception in Baltic Region

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DefSecIntel Solutions and Origin Robotics completed what they describe as the first fully automated counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) interception demonstration in the Baltic region during a live trial conducted in Latvia. The demonstration integrated DefSecIntel’s EIRSHIELD ultra-short-range C-UAS system with Origin Robotics’ autonomous BLAZE interceptor to engage representative hostile UAV profiles. The trial validated an […]

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Managing Large Photogrammetry Projects Simultaneously: Can It Be Done?

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How scalable workflows, automation, and distributed processing make managing large photogrammetry projects possible. DRONELIFE spoke with Philippe Simard, co-founder and CEO of SimActive, the Canadian company behind the Correlator3D photogrammetry suite, to explore one of the most pressing challenges in the aerial mapping industry: how to efficiently manage and process massive datasets from large-scale projects, […]

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From the Floor Of Intergeo 2025: GeoCue Announces NDAA-Compliant TrueView 641 Aerial LiDAR Sensor

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GeoCue unveiled the TrueView 641 at INTERGEO 2025, a new NDAA-compliant aerial LiDAR sensor designed to meet growing demand from surveying and engineering companies across the United States and worldwide. The engineering-grade sensor addresses the increasing number of Federal, State, Local, and Educational contracts requiring NDAA compliance while maintaining cost accessibility without compromising performance. The […]

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From the Floor of Intergeo 2025: Xer Showcases Their Hybrid-Electric X8 Infrastructure Inspection Drone

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Swiss manufacturer Xer Technologies presented its Xer X8 hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft system at Intergeo 2025 in Frankfurt, demonstrating the platform’s advanced capabilities for large-scale infrastructure monitoring operations. The Xer X8 addresses critical operational limitations of battery-powered drones through innovative hybrid propulsion technology. Xer X8 Technical Specifications and Performance The Xer X8, (available in an NDAA-compliant […]

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From the Floor of InterGeo 2025: Axpo’s LINIA Software Suite Offers Complete Drone Powerline Inspection Solutions

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As grid operators worldwide harness drone technology for the crucial, time-and-labor-intensive process of powerline inspection, Swiss power company Axpo has acquired comprehensive in-house systems and now offers these solutions across Europe and worldwide. Axpo showcased their suite of software services at Intergeo 2025, demonstrating tools designed to streamline powerline inspection using various drone platforms. Their […]

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10 Initial Takeaways from the FAA’s BVLOS Drone NPRM: What Operators Need to Know

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations, signaling a pivotal shift for the U.S. commercial drone industry. Announced today, August 5, 2025 by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, this proposed framework is expected to enable routine BVLOS activities—from […]

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DroneDeploy Launches Progress AI to Automate Construction Tracking

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New AI tool delivers accurate jobsite updates in minutes, saving time and reducing risk DroneDeploy Introduces AI-Powered Construction Progress Tool DroneDeploy has announced the launch of Progress AI, an artificial intelligence tool that automates construction progress tracking from drone and 360-degree camera data. Designed to replace time-consuming manual updates, Progress AI generates fast and reliable […]

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Wingtra Launches WingtraRAY

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– Wingtra has announced its new drone, WingtraRAY. The only drone designed specifically for surveyors, it breaks down limits that have held them back thanks to waiver-free operations over people (OOP)*, and a wider range of hot-swap sensors. Driving a complete plan-capture-process-share solution, WingtraRAY opens access to surveyors of all experience levels to tackle urban […]