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Drones struggling with external disturbances? Not anymore, thanks to Fusion Reflex, expertly crafted by FusionEngineering
Robert Crone, CEO of the company introduces their breakthrough in drone flight control technology. Developed from advanced research at TU Delft, this system is specifically engineered to address the challenge of maintaining flight stability in the face of sudden gusts and turbulent weather. This means smoother flights and precise control in conditions that would ground other drones.
A key milestone on Fusion Engineering's horizon is obtaining SIL 4 certification for the Fusion Reflex system, which underscores the company's commitment to meeting the highest safety and reliability standards, paving the way for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights over urban areas - a transformative development for the drone industry.
Dive deeper into their innovative journey and strategic vision for the future of drone technology in our latest interview!
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Explore the cutting-edge world of autonomous drone technology in this exclusive interview with Shay Levy, CEO of FlightOps, a leading innovator in drone flight management. Discover how FlightOps is making strides in the drone logistics industry by automating flight processes from end to end, enabling operations beyond visual line of sight with 5G networks. Shay shares insights into the company's focus on logistics, first response, and inspection verticals, revealing the potential for building a myriad of applications on top of the FlightOps platform. This interview provides a deep dive into how FlightOps's mature, commercially operated platform is a critical factor in scaling operations and achieving industry success. Whether you're a professional in the drone industry or simply fascinated by drone technology, this discussion offers valuable perspectives on the challenges and opportunities in scaling drone operations and the future of autonomous flight
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We caught up with Jordi Salvador Bernadi, who has recently assumed the role of CEO at BCN Drone Center, after almost 10 years as CTO!Jordi told us about the BCN Drone Centerâs new initiatives to engage end users with the full chain of systems involved in deploying a drone solution, as well as whether we need higher levels of drone autonomy to create revenue in the industry.During the interview, Jordi and Eszter also discussed their collaboration to bring a hands-on approach to regulatory and SORA training, with DroneTalksâ 5-day training retreat at the BCN Drone Center, which returns this June following the success of last year. To find out more about our 5-day Regulatory and SORA Training in collaboration with BCN Drone Center visit https://dronetalks.online/academy/uas-regulatory-and-sora-training/
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What can we do from a city's perspective to enable drone operations in urban environments?Thatâs one of the topics covered in this session from Aerial Cities 2023.Moderated by Vassilis Agouridas, Leader of the UIC2, UAM Initiatives Cities Community (EU Civitas), this session focuses on the perspective of cities and aerial visions. Vassilis was joined by Pedro Fernandez, Head of Internation Mobility and Environment Projects at the Madrid City Council, Borja Blond Arroyabe, Director of Advanced Air Mobility at Neom, Jacek Woznikowski, Director of the Department of Social and Economic Development and Cooperation at GZM, and Dr. Astrid Szog, Cluster Manager at Regionalmanagement Nordhessen GmbH.
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Ready for the biggest roadblocks, lessons learnt and latest expert insights on drone operations in aerial cities? Lorenzo Murzilli, CEO and Co-Founder of Murzilli Consulting moderated this unmissable panel with regulators from Austria, Ireland and Malta at Aerial Cities 2023. The session covers everything from the proof of concept phase, to the significations of Light UAS Operator Certificates (LUCs) to how to improve airspace access for drone operators, as well as citiesâ roles in shaping drone operations. Lorenzo was joined by Dominik Janisch, UTM Coordinator, Austro Control, Enda Walsh, UAS Manager at Irish Aviation Authority, Dr. Analiza Abdilla, Inspector at the Civil Aviation Authority in Malta and Justin Steinke, Senior Vice President Commercial Business, Spright.
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âIf you donât break that nexus between aviation and airports, this industry is never going to fly.â Are you ready for another Aerial Cities panel? In this panel, our experts cover everything relating to eVTOL and vertiports.Moderated by Richard Boden, Director of Business Unit at Murzilli Consulting, this session dives into how the industry can make eVTOL services accessible in terms of cost, and where the demand really is for eVTOL and vertiports. The panellist also touched upon security for vertiports and how it needs to distinguish itself from traditional aviation-style security in order to thrive. Richard was joined by Clem Newton-Brown, CEO and Founder at Skyportz, Juliana Kiraly, Senior Head of Business Development (Europe) at Eve Air Mobility, Brad Miller, Managing Director at Ferrovial Airports and Christopher Selig, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Founder at Unisphere.
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âNow there is no police operation in Catalonia without dronesâFascinating insights from the "Policing Aerial Cities" panel at Aerial Cities 2023! Eszter Kovacs CEO of DroneTalks was joined by Joan Xiberta, Police Officer at the Mossos dâEsquadra and Thomas Neubauer, CEO and Co-Founder of Dimetor.Joan shared Mossos dâEsquadra's success with their drone unit in Barcelona, consisting of 12 police officers, emphasizing its growth and impact on operations. Joan also addresses current challenges as a drone user and what barriers need to be addressed. The panel also discussed the importance of upgrading digital infrastructure, and how cellular interference continues to be a challenge for drone operations, particularly in larger, densely populated cities and the future of drone operations in law enforcement. Thomas discusses ground risk for drones and how cellular connectivity allows law enforcement to monitor peopleâs movement.
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âGovernments need to decide who to listen to first. Do that task for them: prioritise your ideas and your needsâNational, regional and local governments are playing a vital role in making aerial cities a reality. At Aerial Cities 2023 Lorenzo Murzilli, CEO of Murzilli Consulting moderated this fascinating panel on the roles and responsibilities of national, regional and local governments regarding the management of aerial citiesLorenzo was joined by Darryl Abelscroft, Deputy Director for Future Aviation at the UK Department for Transport; Eileen Quinlivan, Assistant Chief Executive at Dublin City Council; Dr Sebastian Friess, President of Bern Economic Development Agency; Marcel KĂ€gi, Director of Aviation Policy and Strategy Division at the Federal Office of Civil Aviation Switzerland; and, Giovanni Di Antonio, Aerospace Director at the Italian Civil Aviation Authority. The panel assess the current state of the industry on every level, from international to city level, and outlines not only the key challenges governments face but also offers advice to drone companies and industry stakeholders on what actions they can take to speed up the regulatory process.
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âIf you want to make a reliable product, you really need to test it, you need to validate it all the way down to the component level.âJames McClearen, CTO of Blueflite, sat down with Lorenzo Murzilli, co-founder of DroneTalks and Murzilli Consulting at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas. Blueflite designs and manufactures advanced drone systems and software for an integrated approach to cargo delivery. In 2023, they were the winners of the GENIUS NY grand prize.James and Lorenzo discuss how Blueflite has developed their product by studying their customer demand, how flexibility plays a huge part in Bluefliteâs drone configuration, as well as their predictions on the future of the drone industry.
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âThe big thing is the time to commercialise. I think our industry is waiting for a magic moment. The moment is actually now.âDario Di Martino, CEO and founder of DMD Solutions Consulting moderated the fascinating Revenue and Investments Panel, at Aerial Cities 2023.As advanced air mobility and drone companies mature and begin to scale, a knowledge gap within the industry has become apparent around revenue generation and investment.Dario was joined by Eric Brock, CEO of Ondas Holdings, Tim Shattock, Aviation Advisor at Irelandia Aviation, Marcus Rowley, VP Portfolio Development at Falko Regional Aircraft and Glen Lynch, CEO of Volatus Aerospace Corp.The panel discussed one of the biggest questions within the drone and UAV industry - how can money be made, and where money can be found for organisations within the sector?
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Ron van de Leigraaf, Chair of the RPAS Panel at the ICAO, brought us up to date on the latest aviation regulations for drones at Amsterdam Drone Week.
As Chair of the RPAS Panel, Ron is responsible for overseeing the changes relating to international aviation and the inclusion of drone operations.
They've been working to develop airspace standards that will also allow drones to enter international airspace, which will go into effect in 2026.
In this interview, he talks about these regulations, how ICAO works with international governments⊠and what theyâre working on now.
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âWe are building a new aircraft for critical cargo transport. A VTOL aircraft, a tilt-wing that can carry 40 kilos of payload over 400 kilometres.â
At the recent Aerial Cities 2023, we sat down with Jasmine Kent, CTO and Co-Founder of Dufour Aerospace, to understand more about their new aircraft, Aero2 and Aero3.
Dufour Aerospace's new VTOL aircraft focus on the tilt-wing principle, enabling them to take off and land in small spaces, but fly with the speed and efficiency of an airplane, making the aircraft ideal for critical cargo transport, patient transportation and emergency intervention.
Jasmine also explained to us the strategic advantages of operating in Switzerland, and the Swiss quality of products. Also, with such a high quality of life, the company believes Switzerland is the ideal location to attract world-class aviation talent, while also allowing the team to strike a work-life balance.
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âOur drone delivery airline flies more than any of the commercial airlines in the country of Ecuador.â
Eszter KovĂĄcs, CEO of DroneTalks, interviewed Santiago Barrera, COO at Aerialoop, at the 2023 Commercial UAV show in Las Vegas, about the teamâs drone solution success in Latin America.
Aerialoop has created the first urban drone delivery service with official permits in Latin America, also becoming the biggest commercial air operator in Ecuador.
Santiago explained how Aerialoopâs extensive number of flying hours and stress testing of operations is what sets them apart as a drone solution.
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âHow do we make sure when a woman reads a job description that they donât feel like itâs tailored to a man?â Irina Statch and Mariah Murray sat down with DroneTalks co-founder Eszter Kovacs at the Commercial UAV show in Las Vegas to share their experience about how AVSS is playing a part in that and what should be the next steps towards an inclusive industry.
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DroneTalks' Eszter Kovacs met with David Rovira, RegiTechâs Chief Business Officer, at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas in September 2023. The Lausanne-based company, RigiTech, has had plenty of new developments since their last interview with DroneTalks back in 2020.David discussed the collaboration with Spright and Rigitech and what it is about RigiTechâs drones that set them apart from the competition and how they are able to operate in Denmark, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Uruguay.From one Swiss company to the other, Eszter and David discussed the benefits of running a Swiss enterprise and what it means both for clients and business owners in the drone industry.One of todayâs most popular topics for UAS manufacturers is how to excel in the market. David shared his tricks of the trade and how RigiTech managed to grow its revenue so rapidly.
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âWeâre proud to be the first oil and gas company to utilise the BVLOS drone services and fly remotely piloted drones in Arkansas from our Nashville centerâ.Eszter Kovacs, CEO of DroneTalks, interviewed Ido Biger, the CIO and Data Officer DelekUS, at the 2023 Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas about the oil and gas user perspective of drone services. Delek US, a Fortune 500 downstream energy company, had an industry first on 1 August 2023. Using the Percepto True BVLOS waiver, the oil and gas company became the first to launch a US operations flight using Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) in a refinery.Eszter spoke with Ido about Delek USâs journey to reach this milestone, including their procurement of the FAA US waiver and how they adapted their companyâs inner infrastructure to include the use of drones.
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Co-founder of DroneTalks Lorenzo Murzilli interviewed ModalAIâs Co-founder and CEO Chad Sweet at the 2023 Commercial UAV Show, in Las VegasModalAI, the San Diego-based company was spun out of Qualcomm in 2018 and specialises in research and development in drones and robotics. Lorenzo caught up with Chad to ask him about the latest developments from ModalAI, including information on their smallest drone to date, their open architecture software and what we can expect in the future of drone technology.
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âDon't look for anybody to invite you because nobody's going to give you a piece of the table. I like to say I go about with a collapsible stool and I just put it on that table.âOur recent interview with Charlotte Essiet, the CEO and Managing Director at Elint Systems, has helped us understand more about the growing drone industry in Nigeria. With the largest population in Africa, Nigeria is a market of 220 million people, which is a bit more than the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy combined. Charlotte explained during the interview that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority's openness to drone operations and support for the growth of the industry shows that there is huge potential for companies looking to start operations there.
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Cyber threats are also more common than ever, and it's no longer a question of if an organisation will fall victim to one, but when that threat will turn into a successful cyber attack.We've had the opportunity to speak with Matthias Gronstedt, CEO of HHLA Sky, the first commercial drone technology solutions provider to receive a cybersecurity certification. In our interview, Matthias explains why cybersecurity is more important than ever for both the drone industry and its customers, how his background taught him the importance of these measures and what happens when companies don't focus on cybersecurity from the start.
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âWe have robotic arms that can swap batteries and swap payloads autonomously. So what that means is we can be available for an airborne operation 24 hours a day, seven days a weekâ.Eszter KovĂĄcs the CEO of DroneTalks spoke to Eric Brocks, the CEO of Ondas Holdings at the 2023 Las Vegas Commercial UAV Show.Ondas Holdings is a NASDAQ finance company and a leading technology platform provider that digitises industrial and government operations with their two autonomous drone platform enterprises: Airobotics, based in Israel and Amercian Robotics, based in the USA. Eszter met with Eric to discuss his predictions on the revenue of the drone industry within the next 5 years and what makes Ondas drone technology solutions one of the most reliable on the market.
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