2022 Drone Safety Day is Saturday, June 18

AUVSI Statement in Response to NHTSA SGO Data Release

Arlington, Va. - Earlier today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released data collected under its Standing General Order (SGO), and the information underscores the strong safety record of the autonomous goods movement industry.   Increasing safety is the core mission of every AUVSI member company. 42,915 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, a 10%... Continue reading

AUVSI Statement on Amazon Prime Air Announcement

Arlington, Va. - The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) issued the following statement after the announcement that Amazon Prime Air will launch customer delivery operations in Lockeford, California:   AUVSI applauds Amazon Prime Air's announcement that they will soon commence their first drone delivery program in the United States, taking place in northern California. As one... Continue reading

LOCOMATION TRANSMITS VOLUNTARY SAFETY SELF-ASSESSMENT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

PITTSBURGH, PA—Locomation, a leading provider of autonomous trucking technology solutions, today issued a comprehensive self-assessment to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) of the company’s approach to safe development and testing of its autonomous trucking technology. The Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment (VSSA), submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for public disclosure, outlines how... Continue reading

NVIDIA’s End-to-End Solutions for Edge AI and Robotics

Robotics and autonomy are evolving at a rapid pace, and new technologies are creating new benefits for businesses and society. However, continuing the advancement of uncrewed systems to deliver on these benefits requires advanced computing that supports intelligence, innovation and system security.  The NVIDIA® Jetson™ platform advances this ecosystem with a full suite that is... Continue reading

AUTOMATED GOODS MOVEMENT SUMMIT 2022

The movement of goods by autonomous vehicle systems is influenced by many factors: from public policy and law enforcement, to staffing the autonomous vehicle fleet of the future, and then outfitting it with an effective technology stack that affords safety.  The day shaped out with an exhaustive exploration of these and many other topics important... Continue reading

AeroX seeks low-altitude surveillance system to support urban drone operations

Winston-Salem, N.C. – As part of its growing effort to expand advanced drone operations in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina, AeroX seeks information from companies equipped to provide a ground-based surveillance system to support low-altitude traffic management. Details of required capabilities, areas to be served and submission requirements are outlined in the Request for Information... Continue reading

FIXAR receives 2022 Bronze Edison Awards

Full-stack unmanned system developer FIXAR has been awarded Bronze Edison Awards in the category Aerospace and Robotics for its flagship VTOL outdoor UAV – FIXAR 007 with proprietary Autopilot and xGroundControl software at the 2022 Edison Awards Gala in Fort Myers, Florida on April 21, 2022. The FIXAR 007 is a fully autonomous hybrid drone designed... Continue reading

The Future of Freight is Autonomous

 In a keynote discussion at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL in Orlando, Florida, Tomas Ohlson, a founding engineer at Einride, a Swedish transport company specializing in electric and self-driving vehicles, described his company's efforts in automating the delivery of freight.   Supply Chain Digitization The automation of freight delivery - especially parcel delivery for the "last-mile" - is... Continue reading

Reliable Robotics Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract to Advance Aircraft Autonomy

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Reliable Robotics, a leader in autonomous aircraft systems, announced today it was awarded an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to design, develop and test autonomous aircraft capabilities on Air Force platforms. As part of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract, Reliable Robotics will demonstrate how its aircraft agnostic design... Continue reading

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