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Five Good Questions: Dan Gettinger
Dan Gettinger has been co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College. For 7 years,…
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”…
