Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc. observe a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft test flight at Springfield-Beckley Airport, Ohio, July 12, 2024. The effort is part of the AFWERX Agility Prime program, which focuses on assessing the aircraft and its supporting ecosystem through an operational leasing initiative to accelerate innovative and emerging technologies that can be transitioned to the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse).

AFWERX, MTSI Test Unmanned eVTOLs for Military Applications

Experts from AFWERX, the Department of the Air Force’s innovation arm within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), have been working with…

CLUE UTM: Deployed and Poised to Scale

CLUE UTM: Deployed and Poised to Scale

The Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Research Laboratory have launched the CLUE UAS Traffic Management system at MacDill ...
U.S. Army Selects Anduril and PDW for Company-Level sUAS Requirement

U.S. Army Selects Anduril and PDW for Company-Level sUAS Requirement

The U.S. Army has announced the selection of the Anduril Industries Ghost X and the PDW C-100 UAS to meet ...
Commercial UAV Expo: C-Astral Flying by Design
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Commercial UAV Expo: C-Astral Flying by Design

NBA star guard Luka Doncic may be the highest-flying human in Slovenia. But the SQA multirole eVTOL can fly more ...
AAM: The Next Transportation Revolution
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AAM: The Next Transportation Revolution

AAM continues to evolve, with early applications and an industry focus on innovation setting the stage for the next transportation ...
FAA Accepts Vantis for Safety Mitigation for Recurring BVLOS Operations

FAA Accepts Vantis for Safety Mitigation for Recurring BVLOS Operations

The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS), a North Dakota state agency, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ...
FCC Adopts Initial Rules for Drone Operations in 5 GHz Spectrum Band

FCC Adopts Initial Rules for Drone Operations in 5 GHz Spectrum Band

The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules to enable initial drone operations in the 5 GHz spectrum band for wireless ...
ResilienX AAM OptiX: System of Systems for AAM
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ResilienX AAM OptiX: System of Systems for AAM

Applying a systems thinking approach and leveraging deep experience in AAM airspace management solutions, ResilienX’s AAM OptiX platform links complex ...
Five Good Questions: Aaron Nathan, Point One Navigation

Five Good Questions: Aaron Nathan, Point One Navigation

Aaron Nathan is the founder and CEO of Point One Navigation, an entrepreneur and technical leader with over a decade of ...
SAMVA eVTOL Flights at EGNOS-enabled Vertiport

SAMVA eVTOL Flights at EGNOS-enabled Vertiport

The EU-funded SAMVA project recently completed a series of successful electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft flights at the ...
FAA Drone/AAM Symposium: Current and Future States of Aviation Overlap
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FAA Drone/AAM Symposium: Current and Future States of Aviation Overlap

This year’s theme, “Connected Skies, Connected Communities,” brought a focus on the importance of connectivity and integration in advanced aviation ...
Three Companies, One Mission: Global UTM Deployment

Three Companies, One Mission: Global UTM Deployment

Terra Drone Corporation, a Japanese drone and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, with affiliated partners Unifly NV of Belgium and ...
A2Z Drone Delivery Launches Portfolio of Drone Docks 

A2Z Drone Delivery Launches Portfolio of Drone Docks 

A2Z Drone Delivery, Inc, developer of commercial drone delivery solutions, has launched a portfolio of autonomous drone docks and a ...
Reliable Robotics Performs Automated Cargo Deliveries for U.S. Air Force

Reliable Robotics Performs Automated Cargo Deliveries for U.S. Air Force

Reliable Robotics has announced that it recently completed a series of automated missions across airfields in California and Nevada for ...
UAVOS Tests Navigation with GNSS-denied, Computer Vision Capabilities

UAVOS Tests Navigation with GNSS-denied, Computer Vision Capabilities

UAVOS partnered with its client to test UAVOS' autopilot system using computer vision. UAVOS' Engineering Service supported this testing with its ...
Australian Sovereign UAS Challenge Awards $4.4 Million Investment

Australian Sovereign UAS Challenge Awards $4.4 Million Investment

Three Australian companies have signed contracts, worth a total of $4.4 million USD, in the Sovereign Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) ...
U.S. Navy Acquires Networking Devices from Persistent Systems for Littoral Operations

U.S. Navy Acquires Networking Devices from Persistent Systems for Littoral Operations

Persistent Systems, a company specializing in mobile ad hoc network (MANET) technology, has been awarded a $1.3 million contract by ...
Tulsa Secures $51 Million from EDA to Bolster Autonomous Systems Development

Tulsa Secures $51 Million from EDA to Bolster Autonomous Systems Development

The Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) have awarded approximately $51 million to the Tulsa Hub for ...
Saildrone, NOAA and Rutgers Collaborate to Enhance Hurricane Beryl Monitoring

Saildrone, NOAA and Rutgers Collaborate to Enhance Hurricane Beryl Monitoring

As Hurricane Beryl intensifies and moves across the Caribbean, advanced technologies developed by Saildrone, NOAA, and Rutgers University are playing ...
BlueHalo Selected for U.S. Army Next-Generation C-UAS Missile Development

BlueHalo Selected for U.S. Army Next-Generation C-UAS Missile Development

BlueHalo has been chosen by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC AvMC) Aviation & ...
Shield AI Wins $198 Million Contract to Provide U.S. Coast Guard with V-BAT Platform

Shield AI Wins $198 Million Contract to Provide U.S. Coast Guard with V-BAT Platform

Shield AI has been awarded a $198,106,876 contract by the U.S. Coast Guard to supply unmanned aircraft system (UAS) services ...
Washington View: FAA Reauthorization and DIU Commercial Technology Deployment

Washington View: FAA Reauthorization and DIU Commercial Technology Deployment

Recent federal appropriations have significantly focused on drone and advanced air mobility (AAM) technologies. The FAA Reauthorization Act includes provisions ...
uAvionix and Capital Sciences Deliver Situational Awareness Systems for Airports

uAvionix and Capital Sciences Deliver Situational Awareness Systems for Airports

uAvionix has announced the successful delivery and approval of its surface situational awareness systems at two major U.S. airports: Indianapolis ...
Neya Systems Partners With AUVSI to Develop Security Framework for Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Neya Systems Partners With AUVSI to Develop Security Framework for Autonomous Ground Vehicles

 Neya Systems, a provider of off-road autonomy and mission planning software, has announced the launch of a partnership with the ...
Axon and Skydio Partner to Deliver Scalable Drone Offering for Public Safety

Axon and Skydio Partner to Deliver Scalable Drone Offering for Public Safety

Axon, a global public safety technology company, and Skydio, a U.S. drone manufacturer, announced the launch of an end-to-end offering ...
Terra Drone’s Unifly UTM System Enables Autonomous Petrochemical Transport at Port of Antwerp

Terra Drone’s Unifly UTM System Enables Autonomous Petrochemical Transport at Port of Antwerp

Unifly, a subsidiary of Terra Drone Corporation, has successfully enabled the first-ever autonomous drone transport of petrochemical samples at the ...
MatrixSpace Receives $1.25M AFWERX Contract for Antenna Payload Development

MatrixSpace Receives $1.25M AFWERX Contract for Antenna Payload Development

MatrixSpace has been awarded a $1.25 million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by AFWERX to develop a ...
Grupo Oesía and Lockheed Martin Expand Collaboration in Unmanned Systems

Grupo Oesía and Lockheed Martin Expand Collaboration in Unmanned Systems

Grupo Oesía and Lockheed Martin have announced an expansion of their collaborative efforts to explore new opportunities in emerging technologies, ...
Hexagon Acquires Voyansi to Enhance its BIM Solutions Portfolio

Hexagon Acquires Voyansi to Enhance its BIM Solutions Portfolio

Hexagon, a leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the acquisition of Voyansi, an ...
Red Cat Holdings Announces Intent to Acquire FlightWave Aerospace Systems

Red Cat Holdings Announces Intent to Acquire FlightWave Aerospace Systems

Red Cat Holdings, a provider of drone technology, has announced its plans to acquire FlightWave Aerospace Systems. This acquisition aims ...
Draganfly Partners with First Atlantic Nickel for Critical Mineral Exploration

Draganfly Partners with First Atlantic Nickel for Critical Mineral Exploration

Draganfly Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with First Atlantic Nickel Corp. to utilize its advanced drone and sensor ...
WiBotic Introduces New Lineup of Chargers and Transmitters for Drones and Autonomous Mobile Robots

WiBotic Introduces New Lineup of Chargers and Transmitters for Drones and Autonomous Mobile Robots

WiBotic, a Seattle company that specializes in advanced charging and power optimization solutions for the rapidly expanding ecosystem of aerial, ...
ANRA Demonstrates Complete Drone Delivery Solution

ANRA Demonstrates Complete Drone Delivery Solution

ANRA Technologies successfully flew a series of drone delivery demonstrations at Florida Department of Transportation and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise SunTrax facility for SASHTO ...
UAV Factory announces VTOL SYSTEM release

UAV Factory announces VTOL SYSTEM release

The Penguin C Mk2 VTOL provides precision vertical takeoff and landing capability to support missions in more restrictive environments. The ...
Anemoment Unveils New 3D Sonic Anemometer Engineered for UAS-based Atmospheric Flux and Turbulence Research

Anemoment Unveils New 3D Sonic Anemometer Engineered for UAS-based Atmospheric Flux and Turbulence Research

TriSonica™ Sphere Designed to Deliver More Precise Vertical Wind Measurements Coupled with Fast Sampling Rat Anemoment LLC, (Xponential, Booth 2230) ...
PIPISTREL SELECTS HONEYWELL’S REVOLUTIONARY SMALL UAV SATCOM SYSTEM FOR ALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS

PIPISTREL SELECTS HONEYWELL’S REVOLUTIONARY SMALL UAV SATCOM SYSTEM FOR ALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS

Honeywell’s satellite communications system for Nuuva V300, V20 and Surveyor aircraft is world’s smallest, but packs the punch of technology ...
Wing launches free drone flyer app, OpenSky, to simplify airspace access

Wing launches free drone flyer app, OpenSky, to simplify airspace access

Wing, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved UAS Service Supplier of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), made ...
Watts Innovations release PRISM Sky on Auterion platform

Watts Innovations release PRISM Sky on Auterion platform

With the market for open ecosystem drones on the rise, customers benefit from NDAA compliant heavy-lift drone designed and assembled ...
Sony and Auterion Announnce Plug-n-play Integration

Sony and Auterion Announnce Plug-n-play Integration

Auterion and Sony integration drives innovation and opens possibilities for commercial drone industry  Plug-and-play integration without requiring a single line ...
Fugro Autonomous Surface Vessel

Blue Shadow Autonomous Hydrography Vessel

The Fugro Blue Shadow is a 9-meter long uncrewed surface vessel designed to increase data acquisition efficiency and accelerate hydrographic ...
senseFly Releases eBee TAC UAS
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senseFly Releases eBee TAC UAS

The new eBee TAC fixed-wing UAS from senseFly is optimized for enhanced tactical mapping. The portable UAS weighs 3.5 pounds ...
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