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Up Close: AeroVironment CEO Wahid Nawabi
Wahid Nawabi, CEO, AeroVironment, outlines the evolving landscape of autonomous defense, emphasizing the importance of AI, computer vision, and collaborative…
Future Force: Impact of Autonomous Systems on the Defense Sector
In two conflict-ridden decades, unmanned combat and reconnaissance systems have gone from being exotic capabilities fielded by a handful of…
PNT: The Great Autonomy Enabler
The push for autonomy and the technologies making it possible. Autonomy is a disruptor, with its impacts set to span across…
Eyes in the Sky Want to Know: How Safe are NYC’s Jaw-Dropping High-Rises?
In 2023, a new permitting process opened the once closed skies over New York City to commercial drone operations. This…
Mines are Vital to the US Economy; Drones Have Joined the Crew
The global quest for a greener future is fueling an extraordinary demand for critical minerals. The industry is embracing innovation with…
Along the Autonomy Road
From technology manufacturers and OEMs to construction firms, large and small, autonomous and semi-autonomous activities are no longer a distant, unrealistic scenario.
Inside AI: Talking to the Data
At opposite ends of Illinois, two leaders in emerging construction technologies are collaborating to demonstrate how AI, ML and CV can validate construction’s digital-data mandate: Save time, save money, save lives.
Construction Drones for DOTs
State departments of transportation use drones for construction related tasks and face challenges related to new allowable drone manufacturers.
Hoisting a Glass – Saluting the Accomplishments of Ingenuity
Two hundred seventeen or so million miles from Earth, Ingenuity rests motionless on the bleak Martian sand. One of the…
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…
Demonstration Project to Showcase Drones in Weather Forecasting
Worldwide effort could lead to new methods of forecasting by using drones alongside radiosondes and and weather balloons. The torrential…
Saving the World, One Prize at a Time
Autonomous Contenders Vie for the XPrize Foundation’s $10 Million Rainforest Competition “Measuring spatial density of trees—it’s something I train my…
Use of Small UAS on the U.S. Border on the Rise
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s small UAS program has grown to average 28% of the agency’s direct air support hours…
Autonomy for First-Mile, Middle-Mile and Last-Mile Delivery
Companies are seeking to lower delivery costs and emissions at every stage of package delivery, using everything from autonomous trucks…
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…
Adaptation at Hyper Speed
The grinding war in Ukraine resembles warfare from bygone years in some respects, but drones of many types are showing new ways of waging war.