Linn, Wisconsin, is home to two thousand-plus people. Yet over time, the Town of Linn Police Department has come to…
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Loyal Wingman Air-Teaming UAV Gets Up Down Under
In late February, Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) successfully completed the first test flight of the…
Digging Deep
Drones are making their mark in mining, allowing for more efficient inspections, increased productivity, improved prospecting and enhanced safety. For…
Honeywell Developing Power Source for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
Honeywell is working to develop a turbogenerator that runs on biofuel to power hybrid-electric aircraft—including heavy-lift cargo drones and air…
OOPs—Where It Is, Keeping Up with the FAA’s Rule Changes
The Federal Aviation Administration takes a crawl-walk-run approach to unmanned aircraft system (UAS) integration in the national airspace (NAS). Many…
Arcturus UAV Awarded $7 Million Task Order for USSOCOM’s Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Arcturus UAV, now operating under…
Northwest UAV, NRL Test Hydrogen Powered UAS Propulsion System
Northwest UAV (NWUAV) and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) successfully completed preliminary operational testes for a hydrogen fuel cell…
Air Force Engages Black Swift Technologies to Help Predict UAS System Failures
Despite their low cost and high mission capability, dozens of RPA/UAS have crashed due to pilot error and mechanical and/or…
New High-Dynamic 3-Axis Accelerometer for Precision Measurement and Stabilization Applications
Gladiator Technologies has released its new high-dynamic, three-axis digital A300D accelerometer. The A300D is an ultra-low noise MEMS accelerometer with…
LiquidPiston Adapting Its X-Engine Technology for United States Air Force UAS and Orbs
LiquidPiston recently received a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract from the United States Air Force to adapt its X-Engine…
Five Good Questions: Cara LaPointe
Cara LaPointe is co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy, adjunct professor/senior fellow of Georgetown University’s Beeck Center…
Sensing Collaboration
To build its new U.S. headquarters, leading laser scanning company RIEGL enlisted major construction engineering company DPR. Both firms profited from working together.
Trends: Invaluable Insights
Drones are increasingly being deployed for inspections, efficiently and safely gathering data from assets, buildings, construction sites and confined spaces.
Determination Will Greatly Increase the Marketability of EMCORE’s SDI500/SDI505 IMUs to International Customers
EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of advanced mixed-signal products that serve the aerospace & defense and broadband communications markets, announced…
Microdrones To Take Off in Vietnam
A well-known Hanoi-based supplier of surveying equipment, measuring devices and services is adding Microdrones surveying equipment to its portfolio. Survey…
How You Fly Determines Where You Stand: A RID Comparative
New year, new remote identification (RID) rule. In some respects, the final rule looks a lot different from the Notice…
