Dan Gettinger has been co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College. For 7 years,…
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Mission-Critical Mapping
Just-Released Quantix Recon Leverages Survey Assets for the Military Sphere Attention toward technology often favors the big, shiny and super-equipped….
Opportunities to Innovate
The Department of Defense is using industry consortia and a contracting mechanism called Other Transaction Authority to attract innovators who…
ISR Sensors: Smaller Size, Greater Capability
Drones carrying smaller sensors with more sophisticated capabilities are performing a variety of military and civil ISR missions. Deploying drones…
T3: It’s More than Just a Cool Movie
A Guide to How Technology Transfer and Transition Links Federal Technologies to the Marketplace. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,…
VTOL Takes Off
Next-generation VTOL concepts are rising to meet the future needs of a modern-day battlefield. Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) concepts…
Tactical Touch Point
Next gen scout drones ready for field and flight test. Infantry soldiers, including paratroopers, are preparing to field test four…
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…
Trends: Slow But Sure
Drones are integrating with other technologies and aerial image capture methods to provide both big-picture views and detailed information about…
Farming With Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight
Recent advances are inching BVLOS operations on farms closer to reality.
A Troubled Bridge Over Muddy Water
Ah, the Lapalco Bridge. Built in 1972 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, the half-mile long span carries numerous commuters and freight…
New Satellites Could Enable Fast Drone Data Turnaround
New mega-constellations of satellites will soon enable the fast, cost-effective transmission of drone imagery from even the most remote farm fields.
The Fruits of Digital Labor
Commercial pesticide and herbicide application methods take an autonomous turn.
A Massive Crop Duster Links East and West
Ukraine is too often known for strife and tragedy. But for decades, agriculture and aviation have been integral to the…
Unmanned Mobility: An Autonomous Future Takes Shape
The transportation industry prepares for disruption as autonomous technology advances.
RID — Somebody’s Watching Me?
The FAA’s 316-page Notice of Public Rulemaking on the Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems only mentions the word “privacy”…
Shouldn’t We All Squawk While Flying?
The FAA will undoubtedly require UAM drones to “squawk” (broadcast their ID and position) via drone remote ID gear as…
