Drones

The unmanned, beyond visual line of sight drone flight was 77 miles long and took less than three hours T-Mobile US and Valmont, an agricultural equipment and infrastructure manufacturer, announced the completion of an unmanned, 77-mile beyond visual line of …

Industrial automation vendor Rockwell Automation is working with French multinational energy company TotalEnergies to implement a robot fleet management system for its offshore oil and gas platforms. Rockwell Automation has been engaged via its professional services business Kalypso. The duo …

Nokia has released a cellular-connected drone solution for enterprises to run remote security and maintenance inspections of sites and equipment. It claims it is the first CE-certified cellular drone solution, meeting European health, safety, and environmental protection standards. It works …

The thing about new private cellular, and all the Industry 4.0 pyrotechnics that might burst from it, is that it is not just about shifting boxes and optimising business. There is ostensibly a very neat – and very convenient, cynics …

The fleet of safety drones from Citymesh are mounted with 4K cameras and 5G radios, and give local police and fire services a rapid assessment of incidents before dispatching crews.  Belgium-based private cellular specialist Citymesh has launched 70 5G-connected ‘safety …

US private cellular Ondas Holdings has completed the acquisition of Israeli drone system and platform developer Airobotics through a merger acquisition, in a deal worth $15.2 million. The new drone unit is to be combined with American Robotics, acquired by …

Contrary to the popular narrative among new telco upstarts that traditional mobile operators will be left behind in the Industry 4.0 race – on the grounds they are entrenched and parochial, geared for box-shifting and hobbled by local assets – …

The pair will embed Rohde & Schwarz 4.9G/LTE and 5G network measurement capabilities into the Nokia Drone Networks platform Nokia and Rohde & Schwarz have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to embed QualiPoc 4.9G/LTE and 5G network measurement capabilities into the Nokia Drone Networks platform. The pair will work together on a …

Verizon has been involved in more than 17,000 drone flights since 2017 Verizon Public Sector is developing and testing 5G MEC and drone technology with the Veterans Health Administration’s National Center for Collaborative Healthcare Innovation (NCCHI) and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health …

BT noted that the project will demonstrate value in three use case areas for ports and highways, including port operations and management, marine operations and highway safety and defect inspections U.K. carrier BT said that the government committed to provide …

Eight percent of stock in the supply chain, between production and consumption, never even arrives – mostly because it either spoils in transit (4.3 percent) or is discarded as surplus (3.4 percent). This failure of stock preservation and demand forecasting …

Verizon said that the demonstration took place at Lockheed Martin’s 5G test range in Waterton, Colorado Verizon and Lockheed Martin recently flew 5G-enabled drones to capture and transfer high-speed, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data from aircraft in flight …

Ericsson and AERPAW used 5G drone technology to monitor a field of cattle for information on grazing patterns Ericsson today announced a collaboration with Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless (AERPAW), funded by the National Science Foundation and …

Network design and services firm Betacom is helping logistics company Teltech Group to deploy a private LTE/5G network to automate its 200,000 square-foot warehouse in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. The warehouse will be a “showcase for warehouse automation and …

The goal was to analyze 5G network connectivity and speed date in the air and compare it to results captured on ground level US Cellular and Ericsson have begun testing the performance of the carrier’s 5G network at altitude using …

Naver said that the new drone system is expected to be commercially available in 2023   Naver’s cloud computing arm, Naver Cloud, has partnered with U.S. chip manufacturer Qualcomm and local drone developer Argosdyne to build what it claims to …

Orange said that the main goal of the 5G test was to detect the presence of people in unauthorized areas   The Port of Vigo, in Spain, recently hosted a demonstration of the use of a 5G network with a …

T-Mobile US will initially deliver 4G LTE connectivity to Lucid Drone Technologies industrial spraying drones Lucid Drone Technologies has selected T-Mobile US as the exclusive provider of IoT connectivity and management for their fleet of industrial spraying drones. Under the …

Endeavour Energy said it’s successfully tested and is deploying 5G drones to help service the New South Wales, Australia power grid.

Ericsson is working with US real estate developer Hillwood to offer a tool for autonomous and connected vehicle companies to access “secure and constant” 4G and 5G connectivity at the Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) within the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development in …

As 5G use cases have evolved, new studies and new features are needed for the safe operation of UAVs, 3GPP said Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are increasingly integrating into today’s airspace, providing different capabilities such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance …

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, is working with California-based aerial cargo startup Elroy Air to launch test flights for autonomous drone cargo deliveries in 2023. The deal is billed as a “first of its kind agreement” in the US. …

  Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica and partner Unmanned Life have designed a new solution for managing autonomous drone fleets from a single centralized platform to carry out security, surveillance, event verification and critical infrastructure maintenance tasks. Telefonica said that this …

Japanese manufacturing group Mitsubishi Electric has inducted country-mate NTT Docomo into its new Industry 4.0 alliance in Thailand in order to offer private 5G with smart manufacturing solutions from other partners. Mitsubishi Electric called it “the first case of private …

Telstra has deployed a private 5G network for industrial tech organisation AgriFood Connect in Australia. It has worked with Ericsson on the deployment; it is the Swedish vendor’s first private-5G install in Australia. AgriFood Connect is a not-for-profit seeking to …