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V-TOL & RelmaTech Prepare for World First at Port of Brisbane
Working with New Hope Group (NHG) staff members Martin Leggat & Tony Nielsen (on L), Mark Xavier (V-TOL) and John Thynne (RelmaTech UK), conduct the final risk assessment for RPAS survey operations over the Queensland Bulk Handling NHG facility at the Port of Brisbane. V-TOL has achieved a world first by securing the required permissions…
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RelmaTech and V-TOL claim world’s first commercial RPAS/UTM flights
Secure airspace management for small drone operations is here RelmaTech’s SIAM system – the leader in making small drone operations safe BRISBANE, 22 August, 2016 – Australia’s V-TOL Aerospace has partnered with UK-based RelmaTech to conduct what they claim is the world’s first commercial flight operations of a remotely piloted airborne system (RPAS)…
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UAVs in Aggregates & Mining Part 2: Increasing Accuracy, Affordability, Safety and Speed
In Part 1 of our interview, Michael Singer, CEO of DroneView Technologies, talked through how drones have and will change volumetric measurement of stockpiles in the aggregates and mining industries. Michael also mentioned how UAVs can make things faster, cheaper, safer and more efficient for a project and even an entire organization, and now we’re going to…
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Certified RPAS Parts for Airworthiness Standards
Commercial operators of unmanned aircraft should only fly RPA with certified parts to minimise the chance of structural failure. In a further move to replicate the proven maintenance methods used in the manned aircraft sector, V-TOL only uses and supplies parts that have been inspected and tested by its team of aeronautical engineers. AUSA has…
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Provision of Survey Grade Hi-Resolution Airborne Services
As an RPAS Flight Services supplier of hi-resolution spatial data with the ability to generate “value added” geospatial products, V-TOL now produces survey grade products using its GosHawk (Fixed Wing) and Hornet (Multi-Rotor) RPAS products. AUSA now works with Krome Consulting to deliver the knowledge into the market to generate hi-grade products that can be…
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Australia:- DP 1529US – UAS airworthiness framework
The unmanned aerial sector has been steadily growing in the background for over 15 years. Initially seen in the military, UAS are now increasingly used in a civil capacity to carry out various operations, often more cost effectively and with less safety risk to humans than conventionally piloted aircraft (CPA). It is expected that over…
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Highway Patrol Helicopter in Close Call with Unregulated RPAS Operator
The operator of a drone that forced a California Highway Patrol helicopter pilot to take evasive action Saturday night could face federal prosecution, according to law enforcement officials. A CHP helicopter searching for a stolen vehicle was flying above eastbound Highway 4 in Martinez at about 9 p.m. when the pilot spotted a red light…
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