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Tethered Drone Systems vs. Traditional Drones: What is the Difference?
Drones have become an essential tool for many industries, including law enforcement, military, and commercial applications. With advances in technology, drones are more and more sophisticated and capable with longer flight times, improved imaging capabilities,...
Tethered Drones in the New European Regulation
Part 1 - New European regulation on drones: goals and classification In 2019, two new regulation were adopted by the European Commission on the provisions related to operations with unmanned aircrafts [1] (the UAs, hereinafter drones) and to marketing thereof [2]. The...
What Are The Benefits Of Tethered Drones?
The market for tethered drones is growing exponentially as more commercial industries adopt them for their operations. Advanced technological developments in tethered UAVs have opened up new possibilities for border patrol, Live Streaming events, setting up temporary...
Tethered Drones: How To Ensure Everyone’s Security From A Safe Distance
The last decades have seen security measures in airports grow exponentially due to unauthorised access by protestors, terrorist attacks and other threats. In order to showcase the value of tethered drone systems in enhancing the perimeter security of an airport, the...
The Future of Drones: Will the European Regulations of 2020 Establish a Risk Classification?
Aiming to provide a unified legal framework for all of Europe, the EASA has recently published the new European Regulation on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles which will be implemented in July 2020. This new regulation will simplify drone operations, for both...
CNN covers 13 hours of live aerial footage for the US debate with Elistair Ligh-T drone tether system.
On January 14, 2020, for the first U.S. Democratic debate of the year held on Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa, CNN deployed an Elistair tethered drone system with the support of Vector Solutions, product reseller and tether expert, to provide persistent...
Overview of the New Technical Solutions for major Events Security
At the end of 2017, the General Secretary of Interpol was concerned about the increase in hooligan, terrorist and cyber security threats to major international sport events, such as the 2016 Euro. Jurgen Stock described a security strategy that “is becoming more...
Considerations in Selecting a Tethered Drone Station
Battery-limited flight time and the need for risk-free operation have become major challenges for keeping pace with the increased use of micro-drones for observation, data collection and telecommunications, particularly for law enforcement, civil protection, private...
