New information is coming out about an autonomous vehicle startup founded by the former self-driving heads of both Google and…
Engineering & Design
Alta Devices and PowerOasis Form Partnership to Leverage Solar Technology and Hybrid Power Systems
The companies plan to develop the first reference design for integrated solar and lithium-ion battery power systems.
AeroVironment’s Mantis i45 Sensor Suite for Puma AE now in full production
AeroVironment recently announced the Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) gimbal sensor suite designed for its Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system…
Rockwell Collins and BNSF Complete Successful BVLOS Flights
Over the last nine months, Rockwell Collins and BNSF Railway have been successfully flying UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for long linear operations.
Waymo-Uber Lawsuit Heats Up
A federal judge said last week that he didn’t see clear evidence that Uber Technologies conspired with engineer Anthony Levandowski…
AeroVironment Introduces Snipe Nano Quad at AUVSI
AeroVironment introduced the Snipe Nano Quad, a field-rugged unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to support close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…
Airobotics Offers Fully Automated On-Demand Industrial UAS Solution
Airobotics, the first company granted authorization to fly fully automated drones without a pilot, displayed its system during AUVSI XPONENTIAL…
Microdrones Welcomes Dr. Mohamed Mostafa to Team, Celebrates a Big Year
At AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Dallas, Texas, Microdrones announced the addition of a new team member, Dr. Mohamed Mostafa. Dr. Mostafa…
Improving UAS Collision Avoidance with Raw GPS Data
Broadcasting the raw data enabling ADS-B to generate position—data already existing in GPS receivers—could greatly improve collision avoidance and boost…
Advertising Drones Deliver
Aspiring entrepreneurs are offering drone-enabled promotions using techniques ranging from flourishing custom banner ads to delivering product models at meetings…
Evolution: Satellite Firms Adapt to Serve Drones, Connected Cars
A breakthrough metamaterials antenna and satellite constellations designed to connect with smaller systems are making satellite-powered communications an alternative for drones and connected cars.
Hovering in High Performance UAS-based LiDAR Space
System integrators around the world are on the hunt for low cost, high performing, high accuracy airborne solutions to meet the rapidly growing unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-based LiDAR market.
HAZON Solutions Releases Drone Management Software
HAZON Solutions recently launched HAZON Drone Management Software (DMS). The Web-based tool makes it easy to safely and efficiently…
Ocean View: Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV’s) for Everyone
A new class of small remotely operated vehicles (ROV’s) promises to open the world’s waters to personal exploration and collective environmental monitoring.
The New Nightwatchmen: Drones for Security
Drones have served as eyes in the sky above battlefields for years. Now companies are developing security drones to serve…
Topcon Introduces New Reality Modeling Software Powered by Bentley Systems
Topcon Positioning Group recently released Topcon ContextCapture, a reality modeling software powered by Bentley Systems. The software will be offered…
senseFly Partners with MicaSense to Offer Ag Professionals End-to-End Drone & Cloud Processing Solution
SenseFly recently reached a commercial agreement with leading agricultural data gathering, processing, and analytics provider, MicaSense, that enables senseFly and its…
