For about 10 days, the Volkswagen Passat completed various test drives in Zurich—marking the first time a driverless car took…
Inside Unmanned Systems
Samsung Electronics Announces ARTIK Platform
Designed to make it easier to build drones, robots and other connected devices
Daimler Unveils Freightliner Inspiration Truck
Earlier this month, heavy-duty truck manufacturer Daimler Trucks North America unveiled the Freightliner Inspiration Truck during an event at the Hoover Dam.
Aero Kinetics and FreeFlight Systems Form Partnership
Aero Kinetics recently formed a partnership with FreeFlight Systems and will integrate the company’s ADS-B In & Out air traffic…
Trimble Introduces BD935-INS at AUVSI in Atlanta
Trimble announced its latest product release at this year’s AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference and Exhibition—the Trimble BD935-INS module. The compact module…
Panoptes Systems Demonstrates the New eBumper4 at AUVSI
Panoptes, a subsidiary of Aurora Flight Sciences, showed AUVSI attendees just how the new eBumper4 obstacle avoidance system can keep UASs…
Five Good Questions: Brian Wynne
Brian Wynne is the president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the world’s largest nonprofit organization…
Power Player: Jim Williams
As manager of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office, Williams leads the agency’s efforts to integrate UAS into the national airspace system (NAS).
Topcon Positioning Systems Receives Exemption from FAA
Topcon Positioning Systems recently received an FAA exemption to fly its Sirius Basic and Sirius Pro UASs for aerial data…
Northrop Grumman’s X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Refuels In-Flight
For the first time, an unmanned system has refueled while in flight.
Wind River Launches Automotive Profile for VxWorks
Wind River recently launched Automotive Profile for VxWorks, an AUTOSAR-compliant software designed to help customers develop ISO 26262 certifiable automotive safety-critical applications from advanced driver assist systems to piloted and autonomous driving.
Sierra Nevada Acquires Kutta Technologies
Sierra Nevada Corp. recently acquired Kutta Technologies Inc., expanding its offerings in the unmanned market. Kutta has 15 years of…
Kansas Universities Partner to Learn More About Environmental Effects on UAS Operations
Two Kansas universities and the FAA are working together to make it safer to operate unmanned aerial systems by testing…
Sinclair Community College Plans Upgrade to its UAS Programs with a New Training and Development Facility
Ohio Controlling Board approved $4 million toward the proposed rehabilitation project.
KSI Data Sciences Set to Launch MissionCaster HD and MissionCaster.tv in May
KSI Data Sciences plans to release a video and data solution for commercial drones and other robotic platforms in early…
Airware Announces Subscription-Based UAS Operating System
Airware unveiled its subscription-based Aerial Information Platform (AIP), an operating system for commercial drones that combines hardware, software, and cloud…
SBG Systems Selects Septentrio’s AsteRx4 GNSS Receiver for their Highly Accurate Apogee Product Line of MEMS Based Inertial Navigation Systems
Southampton, UK—Septentrio and SBG Systems jointly announce today at Ocean Business (OB) 2015 that SBG Systems, a leading manufacturer of…
