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Drones / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airspacelink partners for life-saving drone deliveries

DETROIT—The Detroit-based drone services provider Airspace Link Inc. is partnering with MissionGo, the Baltimore, Md.-based producer of unmanned aircraft systems, to launch data-driven processes for safe flight planning decisions of …

Autonomous Vehicles / Connected Vehicles / Drones / Economic Development / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Mobility startups get state funding

LANSING—Officials with PlanetM, the state of Michigan’s mobility industry accelerator, announced its next fround of testing grants, totaling $200,000, for drone and connected vehicle technology programs. Testing of the technologies …

Drones / Online Education / Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Oakland U offers drone pilot certificate program online

ROCHESTER—Due to continued concerns over safety in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Oakland University announced it had moved its Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Remote Pilot Certificate program to a live …

Drones / PFAS contamination

DEQ drone deployed over Van Etten Lake as part of Wurtsmith PFAS response

OSCODA — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality this week flew a drone over Van Etten Lake in Oscoda to scout locations for the installation of a wireless all-weather camera …

Drones / Environment / Pollution

DNR: Michigan 1st in nation to use drones to search for PFAS

LANSING — In what is thought to be the first-ever use of drones to search for possible locations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination, the Michigan Department of Environmental …

Drones / Wind Energy

Ann Arbor drone firm for wind industry opens Dutch office

ANN ARBOR — SkySpecs, the developer of automated drone-based inspection for wind turbines, announced the opening of a new office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. “A European presence represents a strategic expansion …

Drones / Robotics / Wind Energy

Ann Arbor drone inspection firm in deal with offshore wind developer

ANN ARBOR — SkySpecs, the Ann Arbor-based provider of robotic drone inspection technology for the wind energy industry, announced a successful automated inspection of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, …

Drones / Wind Energy

SkySpecs lands $8M investment for drone inspection offering

ANN ARBOR — SkySpecs, a company that uses drones to inspect utility wind turbines, announced an $8 million Series B financing led by Statkraft Ventures, a venture capital firm based …

Auto Industry / Cyber Security / Drones / M2 TechCast / Women in Tech

Today’s M2 TechCast: IT Security, Women In Tech, Auto Tech & More

ROYAL OAK — The latest on women in technology, automotive tech, drone law and IT security — all will be covered on the Monday, Sept. 18 edition of the M2 …

Drones / M2 TechCast

Augmented Reality, Drone Law, Cloud Tech And More On M2 TechCast

ROYAL OAK — The Monday, July 24 M2 TechCast will feature the usual wide assortment of technology and business news from a Michigan perspective. The show starts live at 3 …

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