When the Department of Defense (DOD) stands up an entire office to combat a problem, they mean business. Take counter-unmanned…
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Drones Delivering Girl Scout Cookies in Virginia
Christiansburg, Virginia, residents can now get their favorite Girl Scout cookies delivered to their backyard via drone. Since October 2019,…
Kroger Now Delivering Groceries Via Drone
The Kroger Co. has partnered with Drone Express, a division of TELEGRID Technologies, Inc., to begin delivering groceries via autonomous…
Orbiter 4 UAS From Aeronautics Designed for Maritime Patrol
Aeronautics recently introduced its Orbiter 4 small tactical drone for long-range maritime patrol missions. The long-endurance drone comes equipped with…
Sensors: A Force Multiplier
Evolving ISR sensors feature smaller sizes with increasingly sophisticated capabilities, supporting even more use cases for both civil and military…
Inside Ingenuity with AeroVironment Part II: Challenges Overcome
As of Friday, April 30 (local time), the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter had completed its fourth successful flight, exceeding expectations and…
Teamed With an Eye in the Sky
Vision-Based Collaborative Navigation for UAV-UGV-Dismounted Units in GPS-Challenged Environments A collaborative navigation scenario between manned and unmanned systems operates in…
Inside Skunk Works® with Lockheed Martin – Advanced Design, Lean Organization
Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works® was unorthodox from its start. Conceived in 1943, a lean team tasked with completing America’s…
Inside Ingenuity With AeroVironment, Part I: Designing It
April 19th saw what some have christened “a second Wright Brothers moment”—namely, the successful first powered controlled flight by an…
Drone Delivery Gets Positive Response in Recent Survey
In late 2019, Wing drones began delivering packages to homes in Christiansburg, Virginia, making the town the first in the…
Wingcopter Unveils New Triple-Drop Delivery Drone
Wingcopter’s newest drone, the Wingcopter 198, can deliver up to three packages to multiple locations during one flight. The triple-drop…
Photonic Integrated Chip Drives High-Performance IMUs
KVH Industries introduced the P-1750 inertial measurement unit (IMU) and the P-1725 IMU to complement its previously released P-1775 IMU…
Base Protection Plus…
Easy Aerial and Travis Air Force Base pioneer automated drone-based military perimeter security. Located on the southwestern edge of California’s…
Sunflower Labs’ Autonomous Pivot
A high-end residential security provider expands into autonomous business surveillance. Early in 2020, Sunflower Labs’ launch at the Consumer Electronics…
New Patent Integrates UAS into National Airspace Systems, Enables ADS-B Inert & Alert Capability
uAvionix, a provider of in communications, navigation, and surveillance avionics for unmanned systems, has patented a concept that aids safe…
Five Good Questions: Mary “Missy” Cummings, Duke University
Q: You’ve described yourself as both a “techno-realist” and a “futurist.” How do you see those aligning? A: If you’re…
Skycharge Launches Drone Charging Port, SKYPORT DP5
Skycharge recently introduced SKYPORT DP5, an industrialized charging port that keeps commercial drones operational without human involvement. The automatic drone…
