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Is That Our “DOT”?
Remote ID for commercial drones gets a lot of press these days, but few talk about ID for military drones….
Energy-Harvesting Hybrid Tiger Soars for Long Distance, Long Endurance: 24–48 Hours
A long-endurance solar/soaring/fueled UAV, designed and built to demonstrate synergistic range and multi-day endurance benefits through an integrated power management…
When Ingenuity Flies on Mars, It Will Be an Extraplanetary Inertial First. A First for UAVs, Too.
The first powered, controlled flight on another planet, now re-scheduled for no earlier than April 14, will employ inertial technology…
Smart Following Robot Creates Wider Autonomous Applications in Construction, Ag, More
Piaggio Fast Forward, a provider of smart following technology, and Trimble will collaborate to enable robots and machines to follow…
Eco-Sustainable Vertiport for Sporty 2-Passenger UAVs on the Drawing Boards in Italy
EHang Holdings Limited, a Chinese provider of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs), has partnered with Italian architecture firm Giancarlo Zema Design…
Singapore Completes, Demonstrates Working UTM System
OneSky and Nova Systems have completed a three-year project researching, prototyping, and implementing an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system or…
Transforming Building Inspection in NYC
Y Bird Airways is putting unmanned technology to full use in a challenging metropolitan environment; regulatory authorities scramble to keep…
Loyal Wingman Air-Teaming UAV Gets Up Down Under
In late February, Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) successfully completed the first test flight of the…
Digging Deep
Drones are making their mark in mining, allowing for more efficient inspections, increased productivity, improved prospecting and enhanced safety. For…
Sensing Collaboration
To build its new U.S. headquarters, leading laser scanning company RIEGL enlisted major construction engineering company DPR. Both firms profited from working together.
Trends: Invaluable Insights
Drones are increasingly being deployed for inspections, efficiently and safely gathering data from assets, buildings, construction sites and confined spaces.
Up Close With…Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch, a premiere construction, engineering and inspection mega-firm, is integrating UAS into multiple aspects of its work.
Long-distance Bird Reports on Weather: the BOREAL UAV
Skimming for 8 hours over the Caribbean sounds like a dream, but for the BOREAL UAV it was just another…
Getting Nods “North & South” on BVLOS Inspections
The latest survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) found that 49 of 50 states…
Drone RID: Solving the Riddle
If Law-Tech Connect columnist Dawn Zoldi and I were successful in covering December’s breaking news about the FAA’s Remote ID…
