Veille Aéronautique

Add Intel to the list of major high-tech companies buying into the drone industry. The semiconductor manufacturer revealed this month that it will acquire German drone maker Ascending Technologies, aligning itself with companies including Amazon, Google and Facebook as a drone platform provider. Ascending Technologies, a manufacturer of autopilot systems and multi-rotor drones based in Krailing, Germany, provides Intel with aerial platforms to further develop its “RealSense” depth-sensing camera…