Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has named Michael Chasen, the CEO of PrecisionHawk, to be the new chair of the…
Autonomous vehicles
Volans-i Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding
Volans-i, Inc., an on-demand drone delivery firm that builds and operates its own long-range, high-payload aircraft, has raised $20 million…
LORD Inertial Sensors in Emesent Hovermap Platform Provide Safe, Efficient Operation for Autonomous Drone Flight
LORD Corporation, a global provider in sensing systems, has partnered with Emesent, an award-winning company in autonomous technology for industrial…
Ford Develops Robot to Deliver Parts in European Manufacturing Plant
Ford’s “Survival” Robot is delivering spare parts to workers in one of the company’s European manufacturing plants, encountering and avoiding…
Hirth Two-Stroke Engines Look to the Future of Hybrid UAVs
At the recent AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Chicago, global two-stroke providers Hirth Engines demonstrated its future innovation program and showcased the…
Bell Helicopter Seeks Exemption to Continue Cargo Drone Testing
Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, is asking for a new exemption to continue testing its Autonomous Pod Transport 70 (APT70)cargo-carrying…
Microdrones to Host GeoDays 2019, June 12 – 14
Learn how to Plan, Fly, Process & Visualize, meet the Microdrones team, and tour the facilities. Siegan, Germany —…
Terra Drone India Completes UAS Survey for Water Management in India
Terra Drone India recently flew UAS over 4,200 square kilometers of agricultural land to complete a survey for the Water…
UAV Turbines Introduces Monarch RP Family of Microturbine Engines for UAS
UAV Turbines recently launched the Monarch RP family of microturbine engines, which are quiet yet powerful propulsion systems designed for…
Wood Deploying Delair UX11 UAS in Mining and Quarry Projects
Wood, a global engineering services company, is now using the Delair UX11 UAS for site planning and asset management in…
Iris Automation Launches Detect-And-Avoid-Solution for BVLOS Operations
Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Iris Automation recently launched Casia, a computer vision detect-and-avoid solution that enables beyond visual line of…
NIST Developing Artificial Intelligence Standards Plan
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is looking for insight into the current state of artificial intelligence (AI)…
North Dakota Investing $28 Million in Statewide BVLOS
North Dakota is poised to invest $28 million in infrastructure to enable drones across the state to fly beyond the…
senseFly Introduces Solar 360 at AUVSI XPONENTIAL
senseFly launched its newest solution at AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Chicago: the Solar 360 thermal drone. The UAS was developed in…
senseFly Receives Approval for BVLOS Operations in Brazil
senseFly recently received approval from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights…
Ambarella and Momenta Collaborate on HD Mapping Platform for Autonomous Vehicles
Ambarella and Momenta are working together to develop an HD mapping platform for autonomous vehicles. The solution will leverage the…
Resting in Peace
An NGO is deploying drones to locate and restore 1,500 Jewish cemeteries, memorials to often-vanished Eastern European communities. “Bloodlands” is…
