The U.S. Army is leaning heavily into small UAS, including the forthcoming FTUAS and new Launched Effects, and is changing…
Saildrone Completes Unique Mission to Detect Bats at Sea Using Autonomous Vehicles
Saildrone and Bat Conservation International announced completion of a first-of-its-kind mission to study bats in an offshore environment using an ultrasonic microphone mounted on a Saildrone USV.
Michigan Central, MDOT launch Advanced Aerial Innovation Region in Detroit
Michigan Central and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced today the launch of Detroit’s Advanced Aerial Innovation Region
Remote ID: Alive and Kicking?
The FAA has deemed Remote ID to be an essential component for advanced drone operations, but the rules requiring its use have been anything but swift and sure.
A New Era for Aviation Safety and Efficiency: uAvionix Acquires Iris Automation
Bigfork, MT 24 October 2023 – uAvionix, a leader in communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) solutions for the safe integration…
Florida Company Helps Moldova Modernize its Utilities with Drones
A Florida-based remote sensing company is working with the Republic of Moldova’s state-owned power company, preparing workers to leverage unmanned…
U.S. Military Adopting Unmanned Technology at Rapid Pace
Facing new and growing challenges, the U.S. military is seeking to get technology, including unmanned systems, into the field as…
SwissDrones Achieves Milestone FAA Authorization for Beyond Visual Line of Sight UAV Operations
First-in-kind, historic BVLOS approval enables multi-sensor, long-endurance flight operations for SDO 50 V2 uncrewed helicopters. Zurich, Switzerland – October 24,…
Shield AI, Sentient Vision Team to Put ViDAR on V-BAT UAS
Shield AI is collaborating with Australia’s Sentient Vision Systems to supply Sentient’s ViDAR wide-area motion imagery system on Shield’s V-BAT UAS.
Defending Prison Airspace
Counter-UAS systems are combatting a vertical security gap when it comes to smuggling contraband into prisons. Prisons are designed to…
More Agencies May Get Counter-UAS Authority, but It’s no ‘Slam Dunk’
A move is afoot in Congress, at the White House, the FAA and other agencies to allow more federal agencies,…
Counter-UAS Systems Showcase a Variety of Defenses at AUSA
For every unmanned aircraft on display at the Association of the United States Army’s recent conference, there was a system on display that could detect or defeat it.
Black Sea Drone War: How a Country with No Warships Has Russia’s Navy on the Run
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been reduced to a defensive crouch by cruise missiles and kamikaze drones. The many large…
Drones on the Front Line for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Ukraine launched its long-awaited counteroffensive this summer, but Russian drones and artillery have slowed it down, forcing a change in tactics.
Lawmakers, Analysts Express Doubts, Concerns About Replicator Program
Members of Congress and defense industry analysts on Oct. 19 expressed concerns about the Department of Defense’s still largely undefined Replicator program.
Market Map: Security Robots
ROBOTS ON DUTY:PROTECTING EMPLOYEES, PROPERTY AND CRITICAL ASSETS Automation and economics are driving adoption of UAVs and UGVs for surveillance…
Saildrone Fleet Surpasses 1M Nautical Miles, 32K Days at Sea
Saildrone announced its fleet of USVs has surpassed a cumulative distance of 1 million nautical miles during more than 32,000 days at sea.
UK Civil Aviation & Communications Authorities Make 978 MHz Frequency Available for UAS, Enabling BVLOS
Ofcom, the UK Communications Authority, and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are making 978 MHz available for airborne transmission ...
Five Good Questions: Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries
Ethan Thornton is the CEO and founder of Mach Industries, a next-generation defense technology and manufacturing company. Thornton founded Mach by ...
The Next Wave: Transforming Maritime & Subsea Operations
From advanced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to cutting-edge synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) systems, maritime robotics is rapidly advancing offshore energy ...
Hitec Releases DBX961WP Steel Gear Actuator
Engineered with hardened steel gears, dual ball bearings and a rugged aluminum alloy case, the DBX961WP with a bearing-supported robot ...
Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing UAS In Helicopter And Airplane Modes
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed ...
SEA-KIT and Fugro ink contract for next generation 18m USV
World leading Geo-data specialist, Fugro, has ordered a SEA-KIT XL Class Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) for future North Sea operations ...
Verizon and AWS expand by more than 30% the number of metro area locations with mobile edge computing
Verizon and AWS are now offering mobile edge computing in more U.S. metro areas with the addition of Charlotte, Detroit, ...
HHLA Sky and Hamburg Port Authority HPA form technology partnership at the Port of Hamburg
HHLA Sky, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, and the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) have agreed to a ...
MDGROUP ACQUIRES GEOCUE GROUP
mdGroup broadens its expertise in aerial LiDAR surveying technologies and consolidates its leadership in the U.S. in professional aerial surveying ...
Neuron Leverages the Hedera Network for Drone Radar System in UK Government Sponsored Trial
Neuron, a leader in aviation technology and air traffic critical national infrastructure, has leveraged the Hedera network, the most used, ...
Zenith AeroTech, VIRTEX Form Strategic Partnership to Meet Increasing Customer Demand for Long-endurance, Heavy-lift, Tethered Drones
Zenith AeroTech, a leading developer of heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (TAVs), announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership ...
Inertial Labs Acquires MEMSENSE, IMU Developer
Inertial Labs, a developer and supplier of orientation, inertial navigation, and optically enhanced sensor modules, has acquired MEMSENSE, a developer ...
DroneBase Acquires AirProbe
Gains Analytics and UAV Capabilities, Expanded Footprint DroneBase, a Santa Monica, California supplier of intelligent aerial imagery, recently announced its ...
HAPS Alliance White Paper on Flight Tests Demonstrates Communication Opportunities
The HAPS Alliance, an international association of cross-industry players working to enable a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) ecosystem, today announced ...
Dedrone Secures $30.5 Million Series C to Protect Airspace Against Unauthorized Drones
Axon leads investment round to help ensure airspace security and community safety Dedrone, the market leader in smart airspace security, ...
Royal Australian Navy Awards ScanEagle Contract Extension to Insitu Pacific
Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the sustainment of its ...
First Flights in EU Project Implementing Movement of Drones Over Cities Started in Poland
A first series of test flights with drones got underway in November in Rzeszów, Poland as part of the Urban ...
LMT Showcases Deployment of Unmanned Systems in a Milrem Robotics-led iMUGS Consortium Demonstration
The iMUGS Consortium, in charge of a 32,6M EUR project developing the European standard unmanned ground system (UGS), demonstrated how ...
NVIDIA introduces New Jetson AGX Orin “AI Supercomputer”
NVIDIA has just introduced the Jetson AGX Orin™, which it bills as the world’s “smallest, most powerful and energy-efficient AI ...
Lighter planes, cheaper rockets, better drones and flying taxis: Swinburne’s AIR Hub to drive the future of aerospace
Swinburne University of Technology is launching an Australian-first Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) with the support of $12 million in funding ...
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