Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, an innovator, developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms under an agreement…
Innovation
Hurricanes Give UAS a Chance to Shine in Recovery Efforts
While this summer will be remembered by many as a time in which a number of natural disasters wreaked havoc…
Icelanders can now get small orders like takeout food delivered by drones.
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Drones Helping Improve Efficiency of Food Deliveries in Iceland
Aha, one of Iceland’s largest eCommerce companies, has partnered with Israeli tech firm Flytrex to expand its delivery bandwidth and…
Tanzania, Zipline to Launch World’s Largest National Drone Delivery Network to Provide Life-saving Care
Today (August 24, 2017), Tanzania announced that it is launching the world’s largest drone delivery service to provide emergency on-demand…
L3 Mustang Technology Passes U.S. Navy’s CDR for Guided Projectile Program
L3 Mustang Technology announced this week the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase for the U.S. Navy’s MK…
These Drones Designed to Plant Mangrove Trees and Help Restore an Ecosystem
Mangroves are a group of trees and shrubs that live in the coastal intertidal zone, and mangrove forests only grow at tropical and…
Draper, MIT Researchers Equip UAV with Vision for GNSS-Denied Navigation
In an effort to offset problems caused by loss of GNSS signals — a potentially dangerous situation for first responders…
Avion Unmanned Works with Huntsville Utilities on Employing Drones into Daily Operations
With the help of Huntsville, Alabama-based Avion Unmanned, Huntsville Utilities will soon be able to employ unmanned aerial systems (UAS)…
Mobile Skylight UTM System Developed to Provide Drone Security
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) and their uses have exploded in recent years, and first responders are just one example of…
Overwatch Imaging Completes SOAR Oregon Program to Upgrade Autonomous Image Capabilities
Overwatch Imaging, a small business specializing in customized large-scale aerial imagery intelligence systems, successfully completed a year-long program to upgrade…
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.
Hamburg Brings the Drones
InterGEO 2016 landed at Hamburg’s Messe Congress Center this year, an event that featured plenty of UAV action, with some…
UAS Deployed to Improve Health Care Delivery in Madagascar
For those who live in rural communities with poor or non-existent roads, it’s difficult to get the health care and…
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.
Ehang Set to Test its Passenger-Carrying Drone in Nevada
With the development of the Ehang 184, Ehang plans to be the first company to offer an unmanned aircraft system…
The Drive to Safety Critical Performance
New engineering team at NovAtel® ready to deliver the functionally safe positioning technology required to make autonomous vehicles part of our everyday lives.
