Tyto Robotics has introduced its latest advancement, the Flight Stand 500, a thrust stand engineered for testing large brushless motors…
Engineering & Design
Five Good Questions: Randy DeYoung
Randy DeYoung, professor and research scientist, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. Q: Why is there a need to estimate wild animal populations,…
The World is on Fire. UAS Have Joined the Fight.
Climate conditions are leading to more wildfires, but drones can help prevent them or keep them at bay. As temperatures…
Old MacDonald Had a Bot
Autonomous Seed-and-Weed Systems Get Ready to Roll to Boost Farm Sustainability People have dreamed about autonomous farming for a long…
Mayflower Autonomous Ship Gears up for Research
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship is holed up for the winter at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Massachusetts. When it…
Army Corps of Engineers Expands Use of Drones
Corps Focuses on Training and Protocols, Speeds Mission Approval Time. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has a daunting…
USSF-52 Mission: X-37B Prepared for SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch
The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in partnership with the United States Space Force and SpaceX, is…
Uncrewed Aircraft Successfully Integrated into Controlled Airspace in Trial
A consortium of aviation companies has successfully conducted a series of trials integrating uncrewed aircraft into controlled airspace. The tests,…
Defending Prison Airspace
Counter-UAS systems are combatting a vertical security gap when it comes to smuggling contraband into prisons. Prisons are designed to…
As Emesent Turns Five, the CEO Looks Back – and Ahead
Emesent mobile LiDAR scanning units and visualization software can help people make sense of all kinds of challenging environments, but…
Trends: Scaling Up for Drone Delivery
Delivery drones are making an impact, safely transporting critical medical supplies to remote areas, hot lunches and goods to people’s…
Drone-Based Delivery Readies for Launch in Europe and Beyond
Companies on both sides of the Atlantic are gearing up for full-scale exploitation of drone technologies for goods delivery. If…
Delivering the Goods
On the road to autonomous delivery, the ground-vehicle industry is developing technology and solutions for long-haul on-highway trucks supported by…
Remote and Rapid
Drone Delivery Canada charts a path from concept to significance
for delivering crucial medical supplies via UAS.
Distributed Unmanned Vessels to Cast a Wide Net Over (and Under) the Pacific
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are relying on unmanned systems to augment traditional, and more expensive, vessels in the…
Gaining Altitude
Four potential future tactical VTOL systems advance in the quest for modernization.
Inside AI: XTEND-ing Human-Machine Capabilities
XTEND combines AI, AR and VR with human insights and discretion.
