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Kovar and Associates discuss starting a drone-based business

  Kovar and Associates provide sUAS Investigation and Aerial Survey Services. Read their thoughts on starting a drone-based business Starting a drone-based business is hard.  Kovar and Associates share insights on doing this as well as on their business, on the industry, and more. Q. Could you tell our readers a bit about your business, Kovar and Associates? This may sound odd, but flying isn’t our primary mission. Our mission is: To help clients integrate UAVs into their business operations efficiently and safely Develop and share cyber security and forensic…

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Cloudbreaker discusses doing drone business in Canada

Q. Could you tell our readers a little bit about your business? We are a professional UAV imagining and media production company based in St. John’s NL. The company is operated by a professional pilot and a professional photographer. These two skill sets have been an important factor in our success so far. We are primarily an aerial imaging and media company that is slow branching out into other markets as our operational experience grows. Q. What was involved to get approval to use drones as part of your business…

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Thoughts on the importance of drone training

  We have spoken about drone training on countless occasions and will continue to do so.  Today, our friends at Skylab Flight Systems share their thoughts on the importance of drone training I have been an outspoken proponent of hands on training programs for new drone operators. I believe that it is essential to the safe operation of any drone today. I have even volunteered my time to train several people myself, one of which I wrote about here. But I’ve been seeing some very troubling advertisements and forum posts…

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Teeny Drones – A speedy, lightweight, and durable drone

  Teeny drones is a Canadian company determined to be the leaders of nano drone production in the world. Q. We read your interview on TechVibes and were interested in learning more. What prompted you to found TeenyDrones? As stated in the previous article I’m a gadget freak. That being said, I travel quite a bit and when first seeing drones in China a couple years back ideas exploded into my head. I contacted my partner Olivier Ferland ( brand manager / Co-Founder).. we knew in 2-3 years we would…

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Volo Pervidi – Drones for Surveying & Remote Sensing Practices

Volo Pervidi is comprised of professional engineers, surveyors, developers, construction managers, and finance professionals. Q. Could you tell our readers a bit more about Volo Pervidi? Volo Pervidi uses the latest technology to gather data and generate 3D orthomosiac photographs and to generate digital surface models and contours. We feel that aerial mapping from drone provides a safer more cost effective method of gathering the data then traditional ground based methods or through manned flight. Our flights are done at low altitude providing for high accuracy maps. We can obtain high resolution…

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Laflamme Aero Inc. will develop an unmanned helicopter!

Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, June 30 2015. The Laflamme Aero Inc. company located in Saint- Joseph-de-Coleraine, in Quebec (Canada), announces today the launch of a 2.3 M$ project for the development and the demonstration of a 300-kg unmanned helicopter called the LX300TM. This new aircraft will become one of the largest civil unmanned aerial vehicule (UAV) to be commercialized in the world. The two-and-a-half-year project will culminate in demonstration flights by 2017. This project is funded in part by the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC). Other partners involved in…

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Drone-based imaging of vineyards – SkySquirrel Technologies Inc

  SkySquirrel Technologies Inc. is a Canadian company that develops drone-based imaging technology for monitoring crop health Q. Could you tell our readers a bit about your business? SkySquirrel Technologies Inc. is a Canadian company that develops drone-based imaging technology for monitoring crop health, with a primary focus on improving crop yields and reducing costs at commercial vineyards. The unique solution we offer integrates a drone system, specialized camera equipment, and image processing through a cloud service to deliver crop information at the plant level right to the grower’s phone,…

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Fixed wing or multi-rotor? – Which drone is right for your business

Event38 have been providing drones to business users and researchers since 2012 and can help you determine which drone is right for your business If someone mentions the word drone today most of us think of a four or six propeller frame with a camera mounted below thanks to their tremendous growth achieved in the consumer world. You can buy a drone that fits in your hand or one as large as a manned helicopter. Which drone is right for your business?  For the business user there is another alternative, the…

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PrecisionHawk weighs in on the impact of drones in agriculture

  New technologies have had a positive impact on agriculture –  The impact of drones in agriculture is also clear and PrecisionHawk, Measure 32 and the American Farm Bureau speak to the value Skitterphoto / Pixabay In this video PrecisionHawk, Measure 32 and the American Farm Bureau team up to quantify the impact of drones in agriculture and the return farmers can expect when using agricultural drones.

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