Army solicitations are accelerating the quest to find a mobile, quiet and multi-payload brigade-level successor(s) to the venerable Shadow. On Sept….
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AI Fundamentals: The Evolution of AI in Drone Systems
Artificial intelligence and deep machine learning are allowing UAS to scale and intensify their impact across many sectors. Every now…
MILITARY COLLABORATION
Manned-unmanned teaming, or MUM-T, is playing a role in military operations across domains and borders. In combat, the battlefield is…
Autonomous Underwater Mine Disarming Contracted by Navy
The Office of Naval Research awarded a $9.5 million contract to create an underwater robotic system for the autonomous neutralization…
Opportunity Spotlight: Drones are Critical to Infrastructure
Systems make their mark across a wide variety of vital sectors. Four million miles of roadways, 600,000 bridges and 350…
Theft! Drones Help Fight A Growing On-Site Problem
Unmanned aircraft can be better, faster and cheaper than conventional security. The looting of construction sites may be a billion-dollar…
Market Metrics: Construction and Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomy has much to offer construction and growth is predicted. The construction sector is primed for growth in the use…
Euro-Sophisticated Inspection
Companies such as KVS Technologies and Quantum Systems are leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to deliver superior UAV-based…
Packing Really Big Tech Into Really Small Packages
uAvionix Miniaturization Opens the Airspace for UAS Integration of unmanned systems into the National Airspace System is a long journey….
Trends: Surveying and Mapping – From Site to Structure
Drones are being deployed across all aspects of the construction life cycle, with surveying and mapping providing valuable insights from…
Collaboration Thought Leaders – The Builder: Tomislav Žigo
Tomislav Žigo, CTO/Vice President, CLAYCO Over the last seven years, Tomislav Žigo has seen what strong collaborations with drone industry…
Drone Integration: Taking A Team Approach
Following progress made during the Integration Pilot Program (IPP), the collaborators are embracing its BEYOND successor.
Collaboration Thought Leaders – The Advocate: Mary-Caitlin Ray
Mary-Caitlin Ray, Aviation/Business Aviation Lawyer, Crowell & Moring Attorney Mary-Catlin Ray’s take on collaboration is unabashed: “Collaboration in and between…
Collaboration Thought Leaders – The Learner: Jack Elston
Jack Elston, President and CEO, Black Swift Technologies When Jack Elston started Black Swift Technologies in 2011, he’d already been…
Collaboration Thought Leaders – The Integrator: Vivien Heriard-Dubreuil
Vivien Heriard-Dubreuil, CEO, Microdrones “I really believe in collaboration, bringing a different point of view, perspective, expertise,” Microdrones CEO Vivien Heriard-Dubreuil said….
Collaboration Thought Leaders – The Motivator: Miguel Amor
Miguel Amor, Chief Marketing Officer, Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division “On paper, collaboration appears simple: a group of people working…
Up Close With Heidi K. Gardner on Smart Collaboration
Heidi K. Gardner is a distinguished fellow at the Harvard Law School and co-founder of the Gardner & Co research/advisory…