If the Air Force had let me order custom t-shirts for everyone back when I was helping manage our unmanned…
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SAFE Says Automakers Should Share Autonomous Vehicle Test Data
LAS VEGAS—In order to grow the burgeoning autonomous vehicle (AV) industry, automakers should share test data, according to a new report released at the recent CES technology show.
Mach Up: Free Drone Design Software for Students, Startups
Drone startup companies raised more than $450 million in venture capital across 74 deals in 2015, according to CB Insights…
Driving Innovation from the Inside
The team at the GE Healthcare Milwaukee repair facility is always looking for ways to improve efficiencies and to automate more processes — like moving materials through the 280,000 square foot building.
Insuring Against…Everything
While there is great frustration over the slow integration of drones into airspace long used exclusively by piloted planes, unmanned operators are benefiting greatly from the presence of manned aircraft in another arena—insurance.
Expert Commentary: Beyond Line Of Sight 101
Last month we discussed what we got, what didn’t get and what we need from Part 107. There’s great rulemaking…
Waves of Innovation
Researchers are finding new ways to use and combine unmanned aircraft with autonomous surface and underwater marine vehicles to monitor coasts, protect fisheries and improve hurricane forecasts.
Flying the Rails
For hundreds of years, the world’s rail industry has efficiently transported goods and people from point to point. Safety is…
Market for Military Drones will Surge
An updated study forecasts significant growth in global trade in military drones, predicting that what was a $4.4 billion market in 2015 will balloon to $8.6 billion by 2022.
Seeding Trees on the Fly
Planting trees is not easy work. Unlike spreading seeds in a freshly tilled acre of level farmland, forestland is hilly, sometimes inaccessible, and covered in things—rocks, shrubs, vines and other trees.
Drone Pilot Courses Taking Off
There is palpable excitement within the unmanned aircraft industry about the opportunities opening up now that restrictions on commercial drone flights are being relaxed.
“Find It” Drones Track Trillions in Inventory and Assets
Amazon has its dancing “pick and pack” robots, and now Walmart has flying inventory management drones. The company’s goal is to reduce the time it takes to check the stock in a warehouse from one month to one day.
New Class of UAS Go From Water to Air and Back Again
A new class of multi-domain drones now under development is able to operate underwater as well as in the air or on land, opening up new possibilities for applications like mine clearing, environmental monitoring and underwater inspections.
Drones Could Provide Earlier Tornado Warnings
“Tornado Alley” could become a much less dangerous place to live, thanks to drones.
European Drone Rules Near Completion
The EU is set to remedy the lack of coherent regulation that some believe has hindered the European drone industry.
Drones Joining Arsenal of Disease-Fighting Tools
From mapping infected communities to snatching mosquitoes out of the air, disease-preventing drones are on an upward trajectory.
Drones Transform Archaeology
In the field of archaeology, researchers and the service providers that support them are reaping the benefits of unmanned aircraft technologies that are easy to use, flexible and low-cost.
