Tag Archives: Drones

IKEA Revolutionizes Warehouse Operations with AI-Powered Drones

(IN BRIEF) IKEA is expanding its use of AI-powered drones to automate inventory management across its warehouses in Europe and North America. After successful testing in Belgium, the drones will now operate 24/7, freeing up employees for other tasks and … Read the full press release

Austria’s Military Modernization: Skyranger 30 Systems to Bolster Air Defence Capabilities

(IN BRIEF) Austria is set to bolster its air defence capabilities with the procurement of 36 Skyranger 30 air defence systems mounted on Pandur EVO 6×6 vehicles from GDELS. This collaboration between Rheinmetall and GDELS marks a significant milestone in … Read the full press release

Dutch Grid Operator TenneT Adopts Innovative Drones for Bird Safety

(IN BRIEF) TenneT, the Dutch high-voltage grid operator, has conducted a groundbreaking pilot project using drones to install wire markers on a 150 kV high-voltage line. Traditionally, this task was performed using helicopters or cranes and climbers. The innovative approach … Read the full press release

Danish Wind Farm Cultivates Climate-Friendly Foods to Combat the Climate Crisis

(IN BRIEF) The Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark has launched a research project to cultivate low-carbon foods like seaweed and mussels while protecting the marine environment. The project aims to address both the climate crisis and marine conservation by … Read the full press release

European Investment Bank Backs Wingcopter’s Pioneering Drone Delivery Technology with €40 Million Investment

(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) is investing €40 million in Wingcopter, a European drone delivery technology company. Wingcopter’s electrically powered unmanned aircraft have already been successfully used in small-scale commercial and humanitarian projects, including delivering medical supplies in … Read the full press release

Nueva demostración de conducción a distancia para revolucionar el transporte en el MWC 2023

(NOTICIA EN BREVE) Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom y la empresa de conducción a distancia Vay presentarán una demostración de conducción a distancia llamada conducción a distancia en el MWC 2023 de Barcelona. La demostración contará con un vehículo eléctrico desocupado conducido … Read the full press release

New Teledriving Demo to Revolutionize Transportation at MWC 2023

(IN BRIEF) Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, and teledriving company Vay are set to showcase a remote driving demo called teledriving at MWC 2023 in Barcelona. The demo will feature an unoccupied electric vehicle driven remotely by a trained teledriver from a … Read the full press release

EnBW and the German Aerospace Center join forces on a Government funded research on the use of drones to service offshore wind farms

(PRESS RELEASE) STUTTGART/ HAMBURG, 11-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, a publicly-traded electric utilities company and Energiekontor AG, wind farms and solar parks developer, and DLR, Germany’s research centre for aeronautics and space, have announced a new three … Read the full press release

EnBW et le Centre aérospatial allemand s’associent pour une recherche financée par le gouvernement sur l’utilisation de drones pour desservir les parcs éoliens offshore

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) STUTTGART/ HAMBURG, 11-Apr-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, une société de services publics d’électricité cotée en bourse et Energiekontor AG, développeur de parcs éoliens et de parcs solaires, et DLR, le centre de recherche allemand … Read the full press release

bp ventures takes part in the Amati Global Investors led funding round for Flylogix, a startup that relies on drones to detect methane

Flylogix leverages unmanned drones to measure methane offshore Investment will spur crossover into renewables industry and entry to new geographies Technology plays critical role in helping bp to reduce its operational methane emissions (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 22-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — bp (LON: … Read the full press release

GaN switches: Infineon Technologies unveils its new EiceDRIVER™ 1EDN71x6G HS 200V single-channel gate driver ICs family

(PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 15-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY), a German semiconductor manufacturer, has introduced the new EiceDRIVER™ 1EDN71x6G HS 200V single-channel gate driver ICs family aimed at enhancing the performance of CoolGaN™ Schottky … Read the full press release

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG subsidiary HHLA Sky to rely on Telekom campus network to control and monitor its drone fleet via 5G

Telekom builds campus network for HHLA Sky For the first time a campus network for two sites more than 200 kilometers apart Up to 100 industrial drones can be monitored in parallel Development partnership for controlling drones via 5G (PRESS RELEASE) … Read the full press release

DNV announces collaborative research project to develop automated verification of inspection data from offshore wind farms

(PRESS RELEASE) BÆRUM, Norway, 13-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV announces the launch of a new collaborative research project in partnership with the University of Bristol and Percepetual Robotics to develop an automated data processing procedure for verification of detected wind … Read the full press release

Latest research and future treatment in heart rhythm disorders to be presented at EHRA 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France, 29-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — European Society of Cardiology (ESC) announces that its online scientific congress EHRA 2021 will be held 23 to 25 April online. Highlights of the congress are the latest practice-changing research … Read the full press release

DigiSky and Asman Technology Announce Global Reseller Agreement

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Partnership broadens Asman Technology’s traditional capability to serve the aerial surveying market (PRESS RELEASE) TORINO, 1-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Asman Technology, a leading provider of avionic and communication technologies and services, and DigiSky Srl, a leader in aerial ground monitoring … Read the full press release

Atos joins Horizon 2020 program’s Search & Rescue project to support First Responder teams during rescue operations

(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 12-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Digital transformation leader, Atos announces its participation in the European research project Search & Rescue (S&R). The project aims to support First Responder teams during rescue operations – following natural disasters, accidents or … Read the full press release

Empa / Aerial Robotics Lab: Smart drones equipped with sensors to boost the amount and precision of environmental and ecological data

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 3-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, and Imperial College London, a public research university with focus on excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business, have announced that they … Read the full press release

Cloud-based geospatial analytics firm Satelytics gets backing from bp ventures

The firm’s technology has the potential to be part of bp’s aim to install methane measurement at all major oil and gas processing sites by 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 23-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational oil and gas company bp has … Read the full press release

Vattenfall deploys digital inspection technology in “impossible” places

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall maintenance work and inspections in various operations will soon be done with the use of drones. During inspections of hard-to-access plant components, drones can simplify these tasks and reduce the risk of … Read the full press release

Cisco and Snam sign IIoT agreement

(PRESS RELEASE) ROMA, 8-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Cisco and Snam will be joining forces to develop joint research, development and innovation initiatives in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) sector and train future generations of digital professionals. In order to … Read the full press release

Farming by Satellite Prize is won by Teagasc from Ireland

LONDON, 07-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The 4th Farming by Satellite Prize, promoting the use of satellite technologies in agriculture, was decided on Wednesday 5th December at EU Space Week in Marseille. The overall winner of €5,000 was team Teagasc from Dublin, … Read the full press release

Airbus to provide Heron TP unmanned aerial systems and operational services to German Armed Forces

Covers provision of drone systems as well as all operational services Contractual model is based on the successful Heron 1 contract Includes five reconnaissance drone systems capable of carrying weapons BERLIN, 18-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus and the Federal Office of … Read the full press release

2018 ‘Farming by Satellite’ Prize seeks entries from across Europe

Open to young people under 32 years of age LONDON, 12-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The ‘Farming by Satellite Prize’ has a top prize of €5,000 and asks the question: “How can we use satellite technologies to improve agriculture and reduce … Read the full press release

Red Eléctrica de España obtains license to operate drones for the inspection and maintenance of electricity transmission lines

MADRID, 26-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Red Eléctrica de España developed two projects in 2017 for the use of drones – remotely piloted aircraft – for the inspection and maintenance of electricity transmission lines, as a commitment of the Company to innovation … Read the full press release

Drones Help Scientists Study Guatemalan Volcanoes

CAMBRIDGE, 19-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol has collected measurements from directly within volcanic clouds, together with visual and thermal images of inaccessible volcano peaks. During a ten-day research trip, … Read the full press release