In Depth

Trimble: A Journey Toward Autonomy
IUS Exclusive, Land

Trimble: A Journey Toward Autonomy

Trimble has been involved in connecting the physical and digital worlds for more than 40 years. The last 25 or ...
NovAtel: Accelerating AG Autonomy
IUS Exclusive, Land

NovAtel: Accelerating AG Autonomy

For some time, Hexagon’s | NovAtel’s autonomy group has focused on GNSS+ INS, global correction services and algorithms for specialized ...
Feeding the Needy: Getting Beyond First Gear

Feeding the Needy: Getting Beyond First Gear

A limited but growing number of unmanned systems are demonstrating how to deliver food to the hungry and homeless ...
Sky Range: Faster, Cheaper, Better

Sky Range: Faster, Cheaper, Better

Hypersonic missile testing is going airborne. North Dakota has launched a new program called Sky Range that will accelerate the ...
Unmanned Systems Industry Likely to Share in $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Act
Air

Unmanned Systems Industry Likely to Share in $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Act

“Finally,” President Biden said on Saturday, “Infrastructure Week!” And now, with the passage of the massive $1.2 trillion dollar “Infrastructure ...
Beyond the Shadow: FTUAS Competition's Next Phase
Air, IUS Exclusive, Military

Beyond the Shadow: FTUAS Competition’s Next Phase

Army solicitations are accelerating the quest to find a mobile, quiet and multi-payload brigade-level successor(s) to the venerable Shadow. On Sept ...
AI Fundamentals: The Evolution of AI in Drone Systems
Air, Cyber

AI Fundamentals: The Evolution of AI in Drone Systems

Artificial intelligence and deep machine learning are allowing UAS to scale and intensify their impact across many sectors. Every now ...
MILITARY COLLABORATION

MILITARY COLLABORATION

Manned-unmanned teaming, or MUM-T, is playing a role in military operations across domains and borders. In combat, the battlefield is ...
Autonomous Underwater Mine Disarming Contracted by Navy

Autonomous Underwater Mine Disarming Contracted by Navy

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $9.5 million contract to create an underwater robotic system for the autonomous neutralization ...
Opportunity Spotlight: Drones are Critical to Infrastructure

Opportunity Spotlight: Drones are Critical to Infrastructure

Systems make their mark across a wide variety of vital sectors.  Four million miles of roadways, 600,000 bridges and 350 ...
Theft! Drones Help Fight A Growing On-Site Problem
Air

Theft! Drones Help Fight A Growing On-Site Problem

Unmanned aircraft can be better, faster and cheaper than conventional security. The looting of construction sites may be a billion-dollar ...
Market Metrics: Construction and Autonomous Vehicles
Air, Robotics

Market Metrics: Construction and Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomy has much to offer construction and growth is predicted. The construction sector is primed for growth in the use ...
Euro-Sophisticated Inspection

Euro-Sophisticated Inspection

Companies such as KVS Technologies and Quantum Systems are leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to deliver superior UAV-based ...
Packing Really Big Tech Into Really Small Packages
Air, IUS Exclusive

Packing Really Big Tech Into Really Small Packages

uAvionix Miniaturization Opens the Airspace for UAS Integration of unmanned systems into the National Airspace System is a long journey ...
Trends: Surveying and Mapping - From Site to Structure
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Trends: Surveying and Mapping – From Site to Structure

Drones are being deployed across all aspects of the construction life cycle, with surveying and mapping providing valuable insights from ...