Airobotics recently became the first company with authorization to fly an unamend aircraft system (UAS) without a pilot. The certification…
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Sky-Futures and Bristow Group Conduct Interoperability Test Between a UAS and a Helicopter
Sky-Futures and Bristow Group recently conducted their first interoperability test between a helicopter and an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The…
SBG Systems launches Ekinox 2 Series of Inertial Sensors
SBG Systems recently launched the Ekinox 2 Series, the company’s new generation of inertial sensors designed for industrial-grade vehicle navigation,…
Drone Safety: Evaluating Injury Risk
While operators do their best to safely fly their drones, there’s always a chance the systems might crash—and that could…
The New Nightwatchmen: Drones for Security
Drones have served as eyes in the sky above battlefields for years. Now companies are developing security drones to serve…
Drones and First Responders: Help From Above
More and more first responders are turning to drones during search and rescue missions.
Topcon Introduces New Reality Modeling Software Powered by Bentley Systems
Topcon Positioning Group recently released Topcon ContextCapture, a reality modeling software powered by Bentley Systems. The software will be offered…
Expert Commentary: The Dark Side of Detect and Avoid
Hacking U.S. drones to spy on U.S. infrastructure.
By Major General (Ret) James Poss
Picturesque: Using Drones to Preserve Historical Sites
Europe’s heritage sites reflect a history that goes back thousands of years. But the old continent also boasts a resourceful and forward-looking high-tech community, including a growing unmanned systems industry.
The Promising Business of Counting Sunflowers
French UAS manufacturer Delair-Tech is pushing the boundaries of high-tech agriculture with seed producer Maisadour Semences to develop drone-based applications for counting sunflower plants across vast cultivated fields.
senseFly Partners with MicaSense to Offer Ag Professionals End-to-End Drone & Cloud Processing Solution
SenseFly recently reached a commercial agreement with leading agricultural data gathering, processing, and analytics provider, MicaSense, that enables senseFly and its…
Harris Set to Develop First BVLOS Network for UAS Operators
Harris Corporation, with help from the University of North Dakota and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, plans to develop…
Aeryon Labs Completes First Approved Canadian BVLOS Drone Flight
The SkyRanger from Aeryon Labs recently completed the first Transport Canada approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flight.
Cloud-Seeding UAS Completes BVLOS Flight in Nevada
The Drone America Savant cloud-seeding unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently completed a one-hour beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight…
UAV Survey and Mapping Market Highlighted at LiDAR Conference
DENVER—Companies showed off their newest products and services for the booming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) survey and mapping market at…
Lockheed Martin’s Autonomous Systems Unit Testing Air-Ground Vehicles
Lockheed Martin Corp. is developing autonomous vehicles and drones from a growing facility in Colorado. The company’s Autonomous Systems unit,…
GeoCue Offers Mapping Kit
Another company at ILC, with strong roots in manned aerial mapping systems, offers products for UAV market with emphasis on…
