'Counter-terrorism defenses largely assume a ground-based attacker,' Zak Kallenborn at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, told New Scientist. That includes another flyby at Palo Verde in December 2019, even after the station had supposedly installed drone detection technology.ĭiablo Canyon Power Plant near San Luis Obispo, California, reported seven separate incursions between December 2015 and September 2018, according to the Drive. nuclear reactors and fuel storage sites suffered 57 known drone incursions. In all, the FOIA documents, which were requested by the Scientific Coalition for UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) Studies, revealed that between 2015 to 2019, two dozen U.S. No group has claimed responsibility and identifying labels and the device's camera and internal memory card had been removed, in a likely attempt to obscure its origins.ĭJI Mavic 2 drones are available to the public online for less than $2,000.Ī modified DJI Mavic 2 drone may have been responsible for an attempted attack on a Pennsylvania power substation in June 2020, the first reported case of a drone assault on the country's energy infrastructure The Drive reported the drone was recovered by authorities from a substation near Hershey, Pennsylvania, about 100 miles from Philadelphia and not far from the Hersheypark amusement park. If the wire had come into contact with any of the power plant's high-voltage equipment, it could have resulted in a short circuit, power failure or even a fire, according to New Scientist. Using drones, satellites, and an analytics platform rooted in AI, Sitemark creates digital twins of physical sites to assess critical data more effectively.A modified commercial drone may have been responsible for an attempted attack on a Pennsylvania power substation last year, the first reported case of a drone assault on the United States' energy infrastructure.Īuthorities believe a DJI Mavic 2 drone with a thick copper wire tethered to it found in June 2020 was likely intended to disrupt operations 'by creating a short circuit to cause damage to transformers or distribution lines,' according to a joint intelligence bulletin from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center released October 28. Started in 2015 in Singapore, the company services clients globally from Austin, Singapore and Paris.Ībout Sitemark: Sitemark develops digital solutions that empower field teams and asset owners in the solar power industry. The company will enable autonomous hydrogen air cargo as a second step and scale to manned aviation as a final step. “Our goal is to provide the world’s best data services from specialist vendors all over the world, available at any of our DBX installations globally” says Taras Wankewycz, H3 Dynamics’ CEO.Ībout H3 Dynamics: H3 Dynamics is scaling autonomous analytics services using battery drones, prior to introducing new hydrogen technology capable of longer range and heavier payloads. In the wake of Covid-19, we are shifting the global drone industry towards an open tele-operations paradigm. Last month the company announced DBX G7, an agnostic Drone-in-a-Box platform capable of automating drones from any manufacturer, and deploying expert analytics from any developer. H3 Dynamics is automating inspections across smart cities, precision agriculture, water infrastructure, and ports.

“The unique combination of Sitemark Fuse and H3 Dynamics’ DBX will change the way data is captured and processed throughout the entire lifecycle of solar power assets”, says Michiko Lloyd, CEO of Sitemark.

Sitemark’s solutions have been deployed by Total, Bouygues, EDF, Engie and Orix to inspect over 30,000 ha of solar PV parks in 35 countries.ĭesigned as the “eyes and ears” of solar farm owners and operators, the DBX robot ( video) can be deployed permanently at solar farms to track solar farm construction progress, identify solar panel degradation and provide on-site security. The new partnership combines the DBX drone-in-a-box robots from H3 Dynamics with visual & thermal analytics from Sitemark to automate and scale up remote monitoring operations in large solar farm installations. SINGAPORE-( BUSINESS WIRE)- H3 Dynamics is announcing a new Robots-as-a-service solution for autonomous solar farm monitoring in partnership with Sitemark, a specialist AI-analytics company from Belgium.

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