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Engineering & Design
Terrestrial Navigation Signal Inspection via Drone
When a plane attempts to land at the airport in poor visibility, signals from the instrument landing system (ISL) will…
SPH Engineering-Equipped Drone Saving Mine Infrastructure
The Newcrest Telfer Mine is a very large gold, copper and silver mine located at Telfer in the Great Sandy…
Seeing More: New Boson+ Boosts Sensitivity
Teledyne’s extensive Boson+ family of thermal sensors boasts an industry-leading 20-millikelvin sensitivity in two radiometric resolutions.
The Tech Behind BVLOS
Flying BVLOS is still an exception, but enabling technologies are paving the way for routine BVLOS operations.
Zipline Keeps Working on ‘Changing Delivery for Good’
Drawing on its extensive drone delivery experience in Africa, Zipline is working to expand its delivery services around the world. Zipline’s…
Inside AI: Iris Automation’s Casia Uses AI to Make Sense of What it Sees
Jason Hardy-Smith leads product strategy, definition and requirements for Iris Automation’s Casia detect and avoid portfolio of products. He has…
Drones That Work in GPS-Denied Environments
Inspecting and mapping indoor or underground locations where GPS isn’t available calls for unmanned aircraft with unique designs that let them find their way without the benefit of satellite positioning.
Drone-Based Inspection and Surveying, Far and Away
Drone service providers are bringing new capabilities and benefits to all who will have them, making UAS a ubiquitous global technology.
No Bridge Too Far: Drones Find a Niche in Bridge Inspections
Minnesota, considered a leader in using unmanned aircraft to conduct bridge inspections, has now instituted training classes for state inspectors to he help them learn to use the drones and, more importantly, to use the data.
See Spot Scan
Builders See Bright Future for Boston Dynamics’ Quadruped Robot Two major construction companies have added Spot the robot dog to…
Fugro’s Geo-data Supports Development of UK’s First Flexible Power Station with Carbon Capture Technology
Fugro has been awarded a ground investigation contract for SSE Thermal and Equinor’s planned Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station in North Lincolnshire.
Sensing Climate, Reducing the Weather Tax
Better weather sensing could reduce ‘weather tax’ in the form of delays and cancellations.
The Quest for CO2: You Can’t Capture What You Can’t Find
Carbon is the No. 1 greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. Understanding where it is located, whether in ocean waters…
Mitigating Jamming While Attacking Cost, Weight and Size
InfiniDome is on a mission to provide GPS protection and navigation resiliency solutions for defending UAVs and, increasingly, other vehicles from jamming attacks.
VectorNav Technologies Provides GNSS/INS with RTK for Indy Autonomous Challenge
VectorNav Technologies, a world leader in inertial navigation solutions, announced today that it has been chosen to be the exclusive…
uAvionix Demonstrates muLTElink C2 Link Executive Manager and SkyLine C2 Management Platform at Choctaw Nation UAS Test Site
uAvionix recently completed a complex demonstration of its SkyLine Command and Control (C2) management service in which multiple Uncrewed Aircraft…
