The U.S. Army is testing different systems and recently held a rodeo to demonstrate the capabilities of the four UAS vying for the job.
April, 2021
Send in the Drones – The Case for Critical Infrastructure Security
Bad things happen when critical infrastructure—the diverse and complex assets, networks and systems vital to U.S. safety, prosperity and well-being—fails….
Ultra-Precise, Ultra-Compact IMU for UAVs and Other Demanding Applications
Silicon Sensing has introduced a new ultra-precise, 9 degrees-of-freedom inertial measurement unit (IMU), the DMU41, delivering the performance of its…
Is That Our “DOT”?
Remote ID for commercial drones gets a lot of press these days, but few talk about ID for military drones….
Energy-Harvesting Hybrid Tiger Soars for Long Distance, Long Endurance: 24–48 Hours
A long-endurance solar/soaring/fueled UAV, designed and built to demonstrate synergistic range and multi-day endurance benefits through an integrated power management…
How Do You Spell Joint? A-R-M-Y: A DOD Update on Unmanned Systems Defense
In a March 4, 2020 Policy Memo (PM), the new Secretary of Defense (SecDef), General Lloyd Austin, unveiled his top…
Cyberhawk Performing Utility Inspections for SP Energy Networks
Cyberhawk recently signed an agreement to deliver drone-based inspection services for SP Energy Networks’ 2,400 electricity transmission structures in Central…
UPS Flight Forward to Deploy eVTOL from Beta Technologies
In the next few years, eVTOLs from Beta Technologies (BETA) will quietly take off and land on-property at UPS facilities…
When Ingenuity Flies on Mars, It Will Be an Extraplanetary Inertial First. A First for UAVs, Too.
The first powered, controlled flight on another planet, now re-scheduled for no earlier than April 14, will employ inertial technology…
DroneSense Awarded SaaS Contract from Texas Department of Public Safety
After working with DroneSense on a trial basis over the last few years, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)…
Smart Following Robot Creates Wider Autonomous Applications in Construction, Ag, More
Piaggio Fast Forward, a provider of smart following technology, and Trimble will collaborate to enable robots and machines to follow…
Houston Engineering Deploys Drone-Based LiDAR for Road Surveys
For years, the team at Houston Engineering has deployed drones to collect data for a variety of projects, quickly providing…
Eco-Sustainable Vertiport for Sporty 2-Passenger UAVs on the Drawing Boards in Italy
EHang Holdings Limited, a Chinese provider of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs), has partnered with Italian architecture firm Giancarlo Zema Design…
OpenARC GNSS-Inertial Hardware/Software for Autonomous Agriculture, Construction, Mapping, Surveying, Robotics, Trucking
ACEINNA, a developer of inertial-based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and devices, announced the commercial availability of OpenARC,…
Wisk Set to Start Transport Trial In New Zealand
Urban air mobility (UAM) company Wisk is slated to begin the implementation phase of its Transport Trial in New Zealand…
