The five members of the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve a request by Ligado Networks to use satellite…
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Unmanned Plans: Where the DOD is Going with Drones
This article is all about what the services are doing with their drone programs. I don’t have the space to…
“Project Success”: LiDAR Overcomes Mapping Obstacles in the Ozarks
Civil engineer/surveyor firm Crafton Tull, equipment provider Navigation Electronics, Inc. (NEI) and systems integrator Microdrones collaborated to solve a literal cliff-hanger….
Wingcopter Partners with UPS Flight Forward on Delivery Drones
Wingcopter and UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) are collaborating to develop package delivery drones. The companies will work toward earning regulatory…
New Polynav 2000S MEMS RTK INS/GNSS Offers Superior, Near-FOG Performance at MEMS Price
The Polynav2000S is a superior, near FOG -performance GNSS aided MEMS-based Inertial Navigation System (INS) designed and built by PolyExplore…
Puma sUAS Pounces
A just-announced contract for the U.S. Navy and Marines to expand use of AeroVironment’s Puma™ sUAS continues the company’s success…
Draganfly Selected to Develop “Pandemic Drone”
The drone will have the ability to detect infectious and respiratory conditions in groups of people. In response to the…
FLIR Receives First Order for Black Hornet VRS Nano UAV
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) recently procured a Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System (VRS) from FLIR, marking the company’s…
NOAA Establishes New UAS Operations Program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is turning to drone technology to capture important data more and more these…
Student Teams Picked to Design New Army Drone
A panel of judges tapped student teams from Kansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee to begin collaborating on a design for a…
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020 Postponed Until at Least August
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2020, which was scheduled for May 4-7 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, has been postponed amid…
Marine Corps to Double UAV Squads in New Pacific Strategy
Among many changes coming to the U.S. Marines in a 10-year transition plan, the Corps will double its UAV force…
Drones May Be Used to Warn Hard-to-Reach Homeless About Coronavirus
Drones may become a key tool for reaching homeless Californians camped in hard-to-reach areas with information about how to avoid…
FOG-based Mapping INS from iXblue
iXblue, a Denver-based high-tech company specializing in the design and manufacturing of advanced navigation and georeferencing solutions, announces the launch…
Planck Aero to Answer sUAS Guidance, Navigation Challenges
Planck Aerosystems, Inc. has been awarded a contract from the United States Air Force Research Lab for the development of…
Coronavirus Spurs Percepto’s Drone-in-a-Box Surveillance Solution
Dor Abuhasira was as surprised as the rest of us when the coronavirus erupted. The CEO of Percepto, a multinational…
Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned Complete CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Sniffer Capability Test
Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned recently completed a two-day test in the shipping lane outside Gniben, Denmark, to evaluate the CAMCOPTER…
