Even in today’s connected world, there are 4 billion people worldwide who don’t have access to the Internet. Facebook plans…
March, 2015
DARPA Looking for Technologies That Could Help Unmanned Surface Vessels Perceive and Classify Nearby Objects
DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program, ACTUV, wants to develop an unmanned vessel that can track enemy diesel-electric…
FAA Lowers Barriers to Low-Altitude Drone Operations
The Federal Aviation Administration dropped most of the filing requirements for low-altitude unmanned flights, dramatically reducing the per-mission paperwork for commercial drone operators holding special waivers.
Experts: More Rules Will Not Prevent Drone Attacks
Pilots ignorant of flight rules and accidents like the one that left a small drone on the White House lawn…
NASA’s Global Hawks Will Continue to Study Severe Weather this Hurricane Season
While the HS3 mission completed its third and final year in 2014, NOAA will continue to research severe weather using NASA’s Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft.
Motorola Solutions Announces Investment in UAV Maker CyPhy Works
Motorola Solutions recently announced an investment in drone maker CyPhy Works. The company is focused on “microfilament tether” technology, according…
Delphi’s Driverless Vehicle Set for a 3,500-Mile Coast-to-Coast Road Trip
Delphi’s driverless Audi SQ5 set out on a 3,500 mile drive that will take it from San Francisco’s Golden Gate…
Nvidia’s Drive PX Self-Driving Car Computer Will Hit the Market in May
Chip maker Nvidia recently announced The Drive PX, a self-driving car computer that aims to teach cars how to react…
FAA Awards Sky-Futures USA an Exemption to Use Drones for Oil and Gas Inspections
Sky-Futures USA was recently awarded a Section 333 Exemption from the FAA, allowing them to use drones for oil and…
Septentrio Navigation Hosts Violeta Bulc, Member of the EC in Charge of Transport at Briefing
Violeta Bulc, Member of the EC in charge of Transport, recently spoke at a briefing hosted by Septentrio Navigation, encouraging…
Septentrio’s GNSS Receiver Technology Offers UAVs Precise, Reliable Positioning
As the UAV industry continues to evolve, there’s a growing need for reliable, high accuracy GNSS receiver technology. These unmanned…
Amazon Gets Permission to Test Delivery Drones Outdoors
Aviation regulators gave Amazon the go-ahead Mar. 19 to begin testing its delivery drones, a move the agency hinted at in February when it proposed new rules for small, unmanned aircraft.
SeeByte to Provide United Kingdom MoD with a Maritime Autonomy Demonstration System
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence recently ordered a maritime autonomy demonstration system from SeeByte. The system will consist of…
Baidu May Release Driverless Vehicle Later This Year
Baidu Inc., the owner of China’s largest search engine, announced the company may release an autonomous vehicle this year, according…
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Texas A&M AgriLife Research to Begin Testing Drones for Use in Precision Ag
The researchers received a Certificate of Authorization from the FAA in January, and will use the eBee from senseFly to test a variety of applications.
Furuno’s Latest Multi-GNSS Receiver Module Adopted for Use in Parrot’s New Quadricopter “Bebop Drone”
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (headquartered in Nishinomiya, Japan, President: Mr. Yukio Furuno) is pleased to announce that its latest Multi-GNSS Receiver…
Sense-and-Avoid Technology in Texas
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center (LSUASC) tested ground-based sense-and-avoid radar technology developed by SRC,…
