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A drone, light, and fireworks show helped mark the opening of the National Medal of Honor museum [Video still: NMOHM]
National Medal of Honor Museum Opens in Arlington with Dozens of Recipients at the Ribbon Cutting
by Lance Murray | Mar 24, 2025
Following the ribbon cutting by George and Laura Bush with help from 32 national heroes, a "Mission to Inspire Spectacular" lit up the sky over the National Medal of Honor Museum with fireworks and drones, accompanied by video and musical arrangements to commemorate the milestone.
by Lance Murray |
Dec 18, 2024
Launching at Brookfield Properties’ Stonebriar Centre in Frisco and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, the service is said to be the first of its kind for shopping malls in the U.S., following a recent pilot program in Virginia.
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by Lance Murray |
May 29, 2024
UTD's Dr. Ifana Mahbub is leading a research team that's developing wireless technology to transfer electromagnetic waves to and from far distances. Beyond drones, the research could also impact EVs, mobile phones, and wearable devices.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Apr 2, 2024
Both projects were competed recently by Adolfson & Peterson Construction—improving the acoustics for the seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band and eight other jazz lab bands while giving drones and ground autonomous vehicles room to fly and roam.
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Arlington Gets $780K Grant To Research Drone & Robot Delivery From Food Banks
by Lance Murray | Dec 1, 2023
With the help of the U.S. Department of Energy grant, the city of Arlington said it will conduct an innovative pilot program to test the efficiency and scalability of using autonomous, electric drone and robot delivery vehicles. The goal: Reduce greenhouse gas emissions while serving residents in need.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 9, 2023
Save the Elephants will deploy a small fleet of drones equipped with high resolution and infrared cameras to capture elephant behavioral data, which will then be processed by Colossal’s machine learning core to develop algorithms that will label elephants and automatically identify individual and collective social behavior.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 24, 2023
Walmart will launch new drone delivery service at two area stores— including one the retailer calls its "most requested expansion area." With fast drones from Alphabet-owned Wing, Dallas shoppers could get their orders in about 30 minutes.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 5, 2023
Beyond action on the pitch on opening night, fans also will be treated to action in the skies with a custom drone show, aerial aerobatics, and a post-game fireworks display at Grand Prairie Stadium.
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[Photo: Andy Dean Photography/Shutterstock]
NCTCOG Makes 21 Free Drone Workshops Available to Public on YouTube
by Lance Murray | Apr 3, 2023
There are so many drones flying our skies that the North Central Texas Council of Governments began an education series two years ago that now is available on its YouTube page. The free series focuses on best practices, safety, and the many uses of drones.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 3, 2023
Along with formalizing its policy on innovation districts, the Fort Worth city council said the city's Medical Innovation District and AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone— two areas already well-known as clusters of innovation in the city’s target industries—have been formally designated as innovation zones.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 16, 2023
Dallas-based private investment firm Highlander Partners has acquired Black Sage Technologies, a provider of drone defense systems and technologies, from Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity firm exclusively investing in aerospace, defense, intelligence, and space....
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 28, 2022
Liteye develops, integrates, and manufactures Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems that neutralize hostile drone threats. The acquisition follows Highlander's forming of High Point Aerotechnologies, which focuses on the rapidly evolving C-UAS and UAS industries.
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Renderings from left: Frisco Station, Cypress Waters, CityLine
Evolutionary Vision: Leaders of Top North Texas Mixed-Use Developments Reveal What It Takes to Mark Success Across Decades
by Sandra Engelland | Feb 21, 2022
Robert Folzenlogen, Lucy Billingsley, and Michael Alost tell us what it takes to build a future-proof place for people and companies.
Their mixed-use developments—Frisco Station, Cypress Waters, and CityLIne—each started with a bold vision. A great location and North Texas' "transactional efficiency" didn't hurt.
Their mixed-use developments—Frisco Station, Cypress Waters, and CityLIne—each started with a bold vision. A great location and North Texas' "transactional efficiency" didn't hurt.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 14, 2022
NASA is looking to shape the future of flight, and Bell is on board. Its drone was able to successfully detect and avoid other objects in the airspace while integrating with its ground-based radar surveillance system. Bell says the flight test will aid in expanding the industry, as things like drone delivery services and air taxi companies mature.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 1, 2022
Yariv Bash, co-founder of Israel's SpaceIL, was part of the team behind the 2019 Beresheet moon mission. Now, as co-founder and CEO of Flytrex, he has a new mission: Drone-delivering restaurant meals and groceries to Dallas-Fort Worth back yards.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 6, 2022
The public ledger consensus service from Richardson-headquartered Hedera helped “gather, store, and order” millions of data points in the trial, which was sponsored by the U.K. government.
Working with London-based aviation tech firm Neuron Innovations, Hedera helped advance the case for the safe sharing of long-distance airspace by commercial, military, and government drones.
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