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…

Detect and Avoid Goes Autonomous
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Detect and Avoid Goes Autonomous

Merlin Labs and MIT Lincoln Laboratory are partnering to integrate an autonomous pilot with Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) Xu, ...
Commercial UAV Expo: NV5 Promotes and Learns
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Commercial UAV Expo: NV5 Promotes and Learns

Data acquisition and classification are vital for enabling geospatial solutions. Technology provider NV5 was at C-UAV Expo to promote its ...
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 ...
RapidFlight Partners with Thunder Tiger to Manufacture UAVs for Taiwan

RapidFlight Partners with Thunder Tiger to Manufacture UAVs for Taiwan

RapidFlight, an integrated aerospace design, development, and mass manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced signing a memorandum of ...
UK Civil Aviation Authority Releases Detect and Avoid Policy Framework

UK Civil Aviation Authority Releases Detect and Avoid Policy Framework

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has released the "CAP 3015 - Detect and Avoid Policy" document to outline the ...
D-Fend Solutions' EnforceAir2 System Successfully Evaluated by FAA

D-Fend Solutions’ EnforceAir2 System Successfully Evaluated by FAA

D-Fend Solutions has received confirmation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for EnforceAir2, a counter-drone technology with the ability to ...
FAA Drone & AAM Symposium Preview

FAA Drone & AAM Symposium Preview

Kicking off next week in Baltimore, for the 8th consecutive year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for ...
Terra Drone Signs MOU with Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich for Joint Drone R&D

Terra Drone Signs MOU with Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich for Joint Drone R&D

Terra Drone Corporation, a drone and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology company headquartered in Japan, has signed a Memorandum of ...
5 Good Questions: Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

5 Good Questions: Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro is Director and CTO at UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, the Spanish company specialized in designing control ...
uAvionix FlightLine Surveillance Services Demonstrated Within Volant Autonomy’s Integrated Traffic Management

uAvionix FlightLine Surveillance Services Demonstrated Within Volant Autonomy’s Integrated Traffic Management

uAvionix has announced the integration of its FlightLine surveillance services with Volant Autonomy’s advanced ITM (Integrated Traffic Management) system for ...
Successful Flight Operations Conducted Between UTM System and Blue UAS Platforms at FAA Test Site

Successful Flight Operations Conducted Between UTM System and Blue UAS Platforms at FAA Test Site

Commercial technologies combined the efficiency of mesh radios and the resilience of satellite technology, while securely providing real time information ...
UAV Propulsion Tech to Represent AMT's Advanced Micro Turbines for the US UAV Market

UAV Propulsion Tech to Represent AMT’s Advanced Micro Turbines for the US UAV Market

UAV Propulsion Tech has signed a representative agreement with AMT-Advanced Micro Turbines to market their advanced micro turbine solutions to ...
Blue UAS Framework Adds Approved Components through Green UAS Data Sharing Process

Blue UAS Framework Adds Approved Components through Green UAS Data Sharing Process

For the first time since the agreement of a recent Memorandum of Understanding between AUVSI and the Defense Innovation Unit ...
Northern Plains UAS Test Site Successfully Oversees Kratos Trolley Launch System Test Flights

Northern Plains UAS Test Site Successfully Oversees Kratos Trolley Launch System Test Flights

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has partnered with North Dakota entities to successfully conduct test flights of the Kratos ...
ResilienX, Inc. Awarded a Phase III SBIR Contract to Collaborate with NASA’s System-Wide Safety Project

ResilienX, Inc. Awarded a Phase III SBIR Contract to Collaborate with NASA’s System-Wide Safety Project

ResilienX, Inc., a developer of safety assurance solutions for autonomous systems, announced it has been awarded a Phase III Small ...
Skyfront Launches Water-Cooled Drone for Desert Operations

Skyfront Launches Water-Cooled Drone for Desert Operations

Skyfront today announced that the Skyfront Perimeter 8+ WC, a variant of the hybrid-electric Perimeter 8+ drone equipped with a water-cooled engine and ...
NAVAIR Selects Near Earth Autonomy for USMC Aerial Logistics Connector Program

NAVAIR Selects Near Earth Autonomy for USMC Aerial Logistics Connector Program

Image: Near Earth Autonomy. NAVAIR has selected Near Earth Autonomy to lead one of the teams demonstrating optimized logistics using ...
EASA Approves Certification of Embention Veronte Autopilot

EASA Approves Certification of Embention Veronte Autopilot

EASA, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, has approved the certification basis for the Veronte Autopilot, making it the first ...
New Products from Teledyne FLIR

New Products from Teledyne FLIR

The Hadron 640R offers compact high-end dual thermal and visible camera performance Teledyne FLIR is moving forward with two camera ...
Tyto Robotics Releases New Drone Test Stand: The Flight Stand 15/50

Tyto Robotics Releases New Drone Test Stand: The Flight Stand 15/50

Flight Stand 15 (left) and Flight Stand 50 (right) Tyto Robotics has officially released the long-anticipated ‘Flight Stand’, the newest ...
New SEA-KIT H-class USV Designed For Ocean Survey

New SEA-KIT H-class USV Designed For Ocean Survey

SEA-KIT International recently revealed its new H-class uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for ocean survey, with a design that focuses on ...
Trimble Announces New Deployment of Applanix’s POS LV to Enable Broader Autonomy Capabilities for IHI Corporation

Trimble Announces New Deployment of Applanix’s POS LV to Enable Broader Autonomy Capabilities for IHI Corporation

Customizable System Provides Robust Positioning Without Added Site Infrastructure Trimble announced today the first deployment of its map-based localization system ...
Propeller Aero, Quantum-Systems Partner

Propeller Aero, Quantum-Systems Partner

Propeller Aero’s site surveying and 3D mapping software is now compatible with the Trinity F90+ drone from Quantum-Systems, streamlining data ...
The New Ninox 103 Sub-to-Air Loitering UAS From SpearUAV Launches Underwater

The New Ninox 103 Sub-to-Air Loitering UAS From SpearUAV Launches Underwater

SpearUAV has released the encapsulated Ninox 103 Sub-to-Air loitering UAS, which enables the underwater launch of submarine drones into the ...
Event 38 Unmanned Systems Releases E400 Fixed-Wing VTOL Mapping Drone

Event 38 Unmanned Systems Releases E400 Fixed-Wing VTOL Mapping Drone

Event 38 Unmanned Systems recently introduced the E400, a fixed-wing VTOL mapping drone with a payload capacity of 3 pounds ...
Transparent Sky Enters Wide Area Motion Imaging Market with First-of-its-Kind Sensor

Transparent Sky Enters Wide Area Motion Imaging Market with First-of-its-Kind Sensor

United States Air Force taps into ability to view live 3D maps of any area Transparent Sky, a company pioneering ...
Accelerate Development of Autonomous Vehicle Projects Through New By-wire Platform from Hexagon | AutonomouStuff

Accelerate Development of Autonomous Vehicle Projects Through New By-wire Platform from Hexagon | AutonomouStuff

Accelerate development of autonomous transit shuttles, last-mile delivery and university R&D programs through new by-wire platform from Hexagon | AutonomouStuff ...
Compact Inertial Sensors from Silicon Sensing Vital to Mayflower Autonomous Voyage

Compact Inertial Sensors from Silicon Sensing Vital to Mayflower Autonomous Voyage

Precise motion data from silicon IMUs advises vessel maneuvering Devices also assist measurement of ocean surface The Mayflower Autonomous Ship ...
Kollmorgen Partners with Ericsson on 5G Mobile Robot Capabilities

Kollmorgen Partners with Ericsson on 5G Mobile Robot Capabilities

Kollmorgen, of Gothenburg, Sweden, is currently performing 5G tests with Ericsson to explore future mobile robot capabilities. 5G can enable ...
Hybrid Drone Project Completed - The HUUVER Drone Flies and Rides

Hybrid Drone Project Completed – The HUUVER Drone Flies and Rides

A consortium of 7 partners from the EU has successfully completed the concept of Hybrid UAV-UGV for Efficient Relocation of ...
XTEND Brings The Metaverse to the Modern Battlefield

XTEND Brings The Metaverse to the Modern Battlefield

XTEND launches its Next Generation XTENDER tactical sUAS system with resilient indoor-outdoor navigation capability and integrated, proprietary Drone-Teaming technology For ...
In the Spotlight: Geo Week 2022

In the Spotlight: Geo Week 2022

From February 6-9, Diversified Communications brought together some of the unmanned and autonomous industries' leading professionals in Denver to showcase ...
Tactical-Grade IMU in Small Form Factor

Tactical-Grade IMU in Small Form Factor

SBG Systems announced the tactical-grade Pulse-40 inertial measurement unit (IMU) in a miniaturized size for precision and robustness under harsh ...
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