AeroVironment recently announced the Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) gimbal sensor suite designed for its Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system…
May, 2017
Swift Navigation and Carnegie Announce First Joint Product
Swift Navigation and Carnegie Robotics (CRL) today rolled out their first joint product, a real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS receiver called…
Uber Can Continue Autonomous Vehicle Program
A federal judge said last week that Uber can continue its autonomous vehicle program as long as an engineer who…
Rockwell Collins and BNSF Complete Successful BVLOS Flights
Over the last nine months, Rockwell Collins and BNSF Railway have been successfully flying UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for long linear operations.
Waymo-Lyft Deal Shot at Uber?
Waymo last week announced that they were teaming up with ride-sharing giant Lyft is another deal that has the industry…
Expert Commentary: Is It a Bird, a Drone, or an Elephant?
I’ve been on the ‘counter unmanned aerial systems (UAS)’ circuit a lot over the past few months. I spoke at…
Waymo-Uber Lawsuit Heats Up
A federal judge said last week that he didn’t see clear evidence that Uber Technologies conspired with engineer Anthony Levandowski…
AeroVironment Introduces Snipe Nano Quad at AUVSI
AeroVironment introduced the Snipe Nano Quad, a field-rugged unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to support close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…
Airobotics Offers Fully Automated On-Demand Industrial UAS Solution
Airobotics, the first company granted authorization to fly fully automated drones without a pilot, displayed its system during AUVSI XPONENTIAL…
Consortiq launches UAS operations portal CQNet at AUVSI XPONENTIAL
Consortiq has launched its UAS operations portal that uses real time data and analytics. At the AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Dallas…
Microdrones Welcomes Dr. Mohamed Mostafa to Team, Celebrates a Big Year
At AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Dallas, Texas, Microdrones announced the addition of a new team member, Dr. Mohamed Mostafa. Dr. Mostafa…
General Overview: Drones Held Hostage?
Multiple sources tell me that our drones have been held hostage by our own FBI, which begs the question: “Who…
Improving UAS Collision Avoidance with Raw GPS Data
Broadcasting the raw data enabling ADS-B to generate position—data already existing in GPS receivers—could greatly improve collision avoidance and boost…
Advertising Drones Deliver
Aspiring entrepreneurs are offering drone-enabled promotions using techniques ranging from flourishing custom banner ads to delivering product models at meetings…
Coming to America
The French Heliceo company is bringing it’s ‘Foxy’ brand of innovative and modular unmanned surveying and topography systems to the USA.
Evolution: Satellite Firms Adapt to Serve Drones, Connected Cars
A breakthrough metamaterials antenna and satellite constellations designed to connect with smaller systems are making satellite-powered communications an alternative for drones and connected cars.
Hovering in High Performance UAS-based LiDAR Space
System integrators around the world are on the hunt for low cost, high performing, high accuracy airborne solutions to meet the rapidly growing unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-based LiDAR market.
