Engineering & Design

Picogrid and MIT MIx Awarded $1.75M Program for Wildfire Response

Picogrid and MIT MIx Awarded $1.75M Program for Wildfire Response

Picogrid and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mission Innovation X (MIx) announce they have been selected by AFWERX for an ...
DIU Selects Companies to Provide Long-Range, One-Way Unmanned Platform Prototypes for Evaluation

DIU Selects Companies to Provide Long-Range, One-Way Unmanned Platform Prototypes for Evaluation

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) announced that four companies were awarded contracts for Artemis, a project to operationally evaluate long ...
ZeroAvia Flexible Fuel Cell Test Shows Expanded UAV & VTOL Capabilities

ZeroAvia Flexible Fuel Cell Test Shows Expanded UAV & VTOL Capabilities

ZeroAvia has announced that its SuperStack Flex highly-customizable LTPEM fuel cell architecture has achieved over 1.0kW/kg specific net power at a full ...
Saildrone and Palantir Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance AI-Powered Maritime Intelligence

Saildrone and Palantir Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance AI-Powered Maritime Intelligence

Saildrone today announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies set to revolutionize maritime intelligence capabilities. This collaboration will enable the ...
Anduril Awarded 10-Year $642M Program of Record to Deliver CUAS Systems for U.S. Marine Corps

Anduril Awarded 10-Year $642M Program of Record to Deliver CUAS Systems for U.S. Marine Corps

Anduril Selected to Provide AI-Powered Counter Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS) Technology to Safeguard U.S. Marine Corps Installations Globally Image: Anduril ...
BVLOS Unbound: Taking Drone Inspections Nationwide

BVLOS Unbound: Taking Drone Inspections Nationwide

With deep roots in manned aviation, Phoenix Air Unmanned is at the forefront of BVLOS drone operations. Their nationwide FAA ...
SBG Systems Releases New Ellipse Upgrade

SBG Systems Releases New Ellipse Upgrade

SBG Systems has announced the New Ellipse upgrade for their Ellipse product line. For both the AHRS or INS version, ...
Five Good Questions: Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries

Five Good Questions: Ethan Thornton, Mach Industries

Ethan Thornton is the CEO and founder of Mach Industries, a next-generation defense technology and manufacturing company. Thornton founded Mach by ...
The Next Wave: Transforming Maritime & Subsea Operations

The Next Wave: Transforming Maritime & Subsea Operations

From advanced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to cutting-edge synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) systems, maritime robotics is rapidly advancing offshore energy ...
Hitec Releases DBX961WP Steel Gear Actuator

Hitec Releases DBX961WP Steel Gear Actuator

Engineered with hardened steel gears, dual ball bearings and a rugged aluminum alloy case, the DBX961WP with a bearing-supported robot ...
Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing UAS In Helicopter And Airplane Modes

Sikorsky Successfully Flies Rotor Blown Wing UAS In Helicopter And Airplane Modes

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed ...
Saildrone Begins First Unmanned Survey of Florida’s Coastal Waters 

Saildrone Begins First Unmanned Survey of Florida’s Coastal Waters 

Two Saildrone Voyager USVs have launched for the first time from St. Petersburg to map Florida’s coastal waters, supporting coastal ...
SightLine Applications Acquires Athena AI to Advance Autonomy Capabilities

SightLine Applications Acquires Athena AI to Advance Autonomy Capabilities

SightLine Applications, a developer of video processing software for autonomous and uncrewed systems has announced the acquisition of Athena AI, ...
Ultra Motion: Actuators Driving Autonomy Across Air, Sea and Space

Ultra Motion: Actuators Driving Autonomy Across Air, Sea and Space

Ultra Motion’s advanced actuators deliver precision control in extreme environments. Their innovative solutions enhance reliability, efficiency and performance in autonomous ...
Bridging International Perspectives in Innovative Air Mobility

Bridging International Perspectives in Innovative Air Mobility

AUVSI recently launched XPONENTIAL in Europe, hosted by leading trade fair organizer Messe Düsseldorf. To kick off the programming, I ...