The field of commercial drone applications is constantly expanding. New camera and sensor systems enable applications that were hardly viable…
Engineering & Design
Avitas Systems Receives FAA Approval to Use Radar to Fly UAS BVLOS
Avitas Systems, a GE venture, recently received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly a drone beyond visual…
GSA Funding Opportunity: Enhanced Receiver for Galileo-Based Positioning Engine Meeting Full Automation PVT Performance
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has opened a call for proposals within its Fundamental Elements funding mechanism, targeting the development of an…
Self-Flying Skydio R1 Device Can Now Be Controlled From Apple Watch
Self-flying Skydio R1 maker Skydio is building on its autonomy capabilities to deliver an entirely new way of controlling this…
Topcon Edition Provides Added Value for the Intel Falcon 8+ Drone
Topcon Positioning Group announced today the Intel Perpetual License Inspection-Surveying provision for the Intel®Falcon™ 8+ Drone – Topcon®Edition will now…
Bell Helicopter and Yamato Announce Collaboration
Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, will be working with Yamato to integrate autonomous unmanned vehicle systems and package handling systems…
UK Autodrive ‘Pod’ Making it Real
Autonomous vehicle fans don’t have to look far these days for small- to medium-sized people movers under development and on…
Japan-based Terra Drone Acquires Significant Stake in Inkonova
Terra Drone, a global commercial drone technology company, has acquired a significant stake in Swedish aerial robotics for underground mining…