Heidi K. Gardner is a distinguished fellow at the Harvard Law School and co-founder of the Gardner & Co research/advisory…
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“Daring Endeavors”
AeroVironment’s President/CEO defines the culture, teamwork and execution behind the Mars Ingenuity breakthrough. Wahid Nawabi, the head of multi-domain unmanned…
Inside Ingenuity with AeroVironment
AeroVironment’s role in fielding Ingenuity is built on a body of work that dates back to its roots exploring human-powered…
JPL: Autonomously Alone on the Red Planet
When Ingenuity, the little helicopter that could, sprang from the Martian surface into the wispy thin Martian atmosphere, it knocked…
Boosting Teamwork with Drones with Greater Autonomy
With drones capable of freely exploring highly complex, unmapped and unknown spaces without human intervention, Exyn Technologies in Philadelphia announced…
Aerial and Ground Robots Team Up For Precision Farming
Automated collaborations could boost yields, reduce pesticide use.
Avigation: Federalism in the Age of Complex Operations
Starbucks coffees, groceries and beignets already fly over neighborhoods near you. Next up: Uber-like VTOL taxis to ferry passengers around…
To Swarm, Or Not To Swarm
That is the question—whether ‘tis nobler to let swarms of small, inexpensive drones suffer the slings and arrows of enemy…
Sensors: A Force Multiplier
Evolving ISR sensors feature smaller sizes with increasingly sophisticated capabilities, supporting even more use cases for both civil and military…
Teamed With an Eye in the Sky
Vision-Based Collaborative Navigation for UAV-UGV-Dismounted Units in GPS-Challenged Environments A collaborative navigation scenario between manned and unmanned systems operates in…
Base Protection Plus…
Easy Aerial and Travis Air Force Base pioneer automated drone-based military perimeter security. Located on the southwestern edge of California’s…
UAS Secure the Mediterranean
Thousands of years ago, intrepid sailors used the day’s leading-edge aids—landmarks and constellations, evolving nautical charts and sounding weights—to address…
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…
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.
