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April 09, 2018

NSERC Grant To Support Use Of Drone Imaging In Forestry

Will Use UAVs To Estimate The Number Of Planting Microsites

Téluq University, in partnership with Groupe DDM, has received a $25,000 grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) under the Engage Grant partner program for universities. The grant will fund the project "Using drone computer vision to estimate the number of planting microsites."

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Finalists Named For AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards

Winners Will Be Announced At XPONENTIAL In Denver, May 1

Finalists for the inaugural XCELLENCE Awards by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) were named today. They represent accomplishments by companies, organizations and individuals across the unmanned systems community. The winners will be announced during award ceremonies on Tuesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 3, during AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

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SenseFly & Trimble Optimize Workflow For Geospatial Drone Operators

New Collaboration Ensures Seamless Integration Between SenseFly’s Emotion Flight & Data Management Software And Trimble Business Center Aerial Photogrammetry Module

Professional drone solution provider senseFly has announced a new software integration with Trimble, which optimizes the drone mapping workflow for geospatial professionals.

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Blue Skies Drone Rental And ParaZero Announce Strategic Partnership

Will Add Parachute Safety Systems To Several Drone Models

Blue Skies Drone Rental LLC (BSDR) has announced a strategic partnership with Israeli based ParaZero to provide state of the art parachute safety systems for popular drone models. Under the agreement BSDR will provide sales of ready to fly (RTF) kits with the DJI M600pro and other popular models, including support and training on the safety systems.

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Latitude 33 Aviation Experiences Record Growth, Fleet Expansion

San Diego-Based Jet Charter Company Expects Trend To Continue In 2018

San Diego-based Latitude 33 Aviation, a private jet charter, executive jet management, and aircraft sales and acquisitions company headquartered in Carlsbad, California, announced 50 percent growth in private jet charter hours in 2017. As one of the few private jet charter companies to receive the industry’s highest safety rating, ARGUS Platinum, Latitude 33 continues its significant growth by offering the newest and largest fleet of light jets available.

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AAR Signs Exclusive Agreement With AMETEK For Civil Aerospace Markets

Pact With Power And Data Systems For OEM Support Of Commercial And Business Aircraft

AAR has announced its OEM Aftermarket Solutions group has signed an exclusive agreement with Power and Data Systems (PDS) of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense to be its exclusive global aftermarket distributor supporting commercial, regional transport and helicopter markets.

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Executive AirShare Names John Owen President And CEO

Promoted From CFO To Succeed Keith Plumb

Executive AirShare has named John Owen as its president and CEO after serving as the company’s interim president the past two months. Owen, formerly the chief financial officer, succeeds Keith Plumb, who announced he was stepping down from the company in February.

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Mail Drone In Russia Crashes On First Flight

Impacted The Side Of A Building At High Speed

The concept of delivering mail by drone needs a little work, at least in Russia. A demonstration planned for the Siberian town of Ulan-Ude took a turn for the worse recently when operators lost control of the aircraft shortly after takeoff and it impacted the wall of a building at high speed. It went from a $20,000 aircraft to scrap in the blink of an eye.

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Zil Air Orders Tecnam P2012 ‘Traveller’ Aircraft

Second Aircraft Order Being Negotiated

Seychelles-based Zil Air has placed an order for a Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft, and is in further talks that may include the purchase of a second aircraft next year.

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Aerial Firefighting Solution Shown To Black Hawk Operators In Latin America

The Firehawk Aerial Firefighting Mission Package Can Be Retrofitted To The Region’s Existing Black Hawk Fleets

Sikorsky has launched a two-month promotional tour of Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru to raise awareness of the Black Hawk helicopter’s effectiveness as an aerial firefighting platform. Many of the Black Hawk helicopters delivered to the region’s militaries and government agencies over the last 30 years can easily be equipped to carry water and foam to fight wildland fires that are growing both in severity and frequency.

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