It was the best experience of her life. In this episode of "Props Clear," Windracers Fleet Manager Rebecca Toomey talks about her time in Antarctica with the ULTRA drone. UK-based Windracers worked closely with the British Antarctic Survey flying the drone nearly 450 miles collecting data during the flight to help analyze environmental changes. The ULTRA has a special autopilot system called Masterless, which reduces single points of failure. One cool fact about the ULTRA--...
Heather Monthie is on a mission to be the "most helpful person on the Internet about the UAS industry". She's reached more than 100 countries with her aviation education videos, and she's not stopping there. One of her many goals is to find a way to connect with a scientist or someone who uses a drone on Antarctica since she's connected with people on the other six continents. Monthie is the founder of Educators Who Drone and Electric Monarch Drone Education. She's been a p...
We're talking security in the sky with LandSkyAI. Jillian Angeline talks with Jake Shild, CEO of the security company. LandSkyAI offers a drone-in-a-box solution for security and surveillance needs. The system can go airborne within 5 seconds when needed, and can be deployed up to 250 times in one day. "When we're talking about drones and security, we're really focused on the automation of the systems and how we can actually get it so that almost like a virtual guard scenario wh...
"It's safer and more efficient, which is rare to combine those two things, but that's what this new tech is doing, " said Bobby Carr, UAS Solutions Consultant with Valmont Industries. In this week's "Props Clear" episode, Jillian talks with Bobby about his experiences in the field conducting miles of drone inspections of utility lines across the country. The drones are outfitted with cameras to capture all components to check for rusted areas, missing pieces and any other issues. ...
From helping wildland firefighters conduct prescribed burns and back burn operations, to controlling avalanches, Drone Amplified is finding ways to use unmanned systems to save lives and keep the supply chain moving. Jillian Angeline speaks with Max Tubman, the Director of Integrations at the company. You'll hear about the magic of dragon eggs, and how a chemical reaction in the drone helps the spheres catch on fire at the right moment to make firefighting efforts more efficient. ...