Only two months ago, Joel Lundeen, CEO and President of Measure Ohio, and his three-man pilot team set out on an ambitious goal: inspect 1,000 wind turbines this year. They’ve already topped 400 and are still going full steam ahead having performed inspections in Ohio, Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Quebec, Toronto, Winnipeg, and British Columbia.
Washington, DC – (August 20, 2019) - After completing a competitive request for proposal (RFP) process, Measure UAS, Inc., the leader in aerial intelligence, has been awarded Contract E194-79435 by the Commonwealth of Virginia Division of Purchase and Supply for Unmanned Aerial System Services in the following Service Categories: Emergency Support Services; Law Enforcement Services; Agricultural and Gaming Support Services; and Agency Media Relations and Marketing Services.
“I started flying model airplanes when I was 10 years old,” Andy states. “I’m 44 and still flying – that’s 34 years.”
Measure Ground Control’s latest release creates a more robust mission and flight planning management tool for organizations expanding their commercial drone programs.
By Co-founder and CEO, Brandon Torres Declet
This month, we have the honor of accepting Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award for Growth Excellence at their gala event in California. As I reflect on the achievement, I thought it worthwhile to highlight the initiatives from this year that continue to move us – and the drone industry as a whole – forward.
As you scale your commercial drone operations, aircraft and accessory maintenance and management becomes more complex. As you increase the number of drone jobs, you're also likely adding new types of job tasks, which require new or different aircraft and equipment. Measure Ground Control makes fleet growth and management easy.
Submitted by VP of Product Strategy, Dave Bowen
The week of June 3-7 was a busy one for the FAA. In addition to hosting the FAA UAS Symposium in Baltimore and the first meeting of the rebooted Drone Advisory Committee (DAC), a number of announcements were made of high-profile waiver approvals and certifications awarded to different companies exploring advanced operations.
It was 2010. Ian Joyce was working full-time as an auto mechanic during the day and building fixed-wing drones from scratch in his free time. Out of his garage, he modified ready-to-fly aircraft with wireless security system video transmitters, mini CCTV board cameras, among other off-the-shelf parts, and was even able to build a drone capable of flying thousands of feet high and maintaining control over 10 miles away.
Documentation of flight activity is crucial to the success of a commercial drone operation. Measure Ground Control makes this easier with detailed, automated flight logs, which help validate program compliance, track pilot and equipment performance, and showcase trends to stakeholders.
