FIXAR equips outdoor UAVs with the BlackBox for safer sky

With effect from September 2021, FIXAR equips all its outdoor drones with the additional FIXAR BlackBox system for UAV flight data logging enabling to increase traceability and accountability of the aircraft and contribute to safer air traffic. The FIXAR BlackBox is an extended feature that allows the system to record complete and detailed information of... Continue reading

UAS Symposium Episode IV: Updates on BVLOS, Operational Approvals, and More

This week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AUVSI hosted the Episode IV of the UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition. The event brought together the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) community at a pivotal moment, which much is happening from new rules on remote identification to a focus on beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)... Continue reading

Aurora Aerial is announcing its participation as a new member of the Drone Logistics Ecosystem

Winnipeg, Canada, Aurora Aerial is announcing its participation as a new member of the Drone Logistics Ecosystem, a consortium of companies dedicated to the advancement of drone technology and development of regulation. Aurora Aerial is a Canadian custom drone manufacturing solution that develops hardware and software technology. Based in Winnipeg, the company was formed in... Continue reading

Exponent Collaborates with the Institute of Automated Mobility

Engineering Partnership Develops Evaluation Metrics and Methods for Automated Vehicles Researchers have long believed that it’s only a matter of time before automated vehicles become a regular feature on city streets, freeways, and interstates. However, fundamental data and regulatory requirements are still playing catch up with the industry’s technological capabilities and the estimated $7 trillion... Continue reading

UAV Factory Announces Release of the Penguin C Mk2 VTOL UAS

Bend, Oregon, 17 August 2021 /Immediate Release/-- UAV Factory LLC, a global leader in the tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) technology, proudly announces the release of its production-ready Penguin C Mk2 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) long-endurance aircraft. Building upon the operationally proven and reliable catapult-launched Penguin C UAS, the... Continue reading

How Simulation and Virtual Testing Can Validate Autonomous Driving

In July 2021, AUVSI and SAE International hosted the first Business of Automated Mobility Forum. The virtual event brought together industry leaders and experts from across the automated mobility industry to develop guiding strategies for success.  During an Enterprise Solutions Series presented by Neha Agarwal, Business Developer for Autonomous Solutions, MSC Software Corporation (a Hexagon company). Forum attendees learned how to verify and validate an Advanced... Continue reading

Autonomous Vehicle Insurtech Koop Technologies Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Koop Technologies, an insurance technology startup specializing in autonomous vehicle and robotics risks, has announced its $2.5M seed funding. Koop will use this capital to bring its data-driven insurance platform to more customers in the autonomous vehicle and robotics industries. The round was led by a leading deep tech... Continue reading

Zipline co-founder urges regulatory updates to speed benefits of drone delivery to Americans who need healthcare

To support the autonomous revolution, the United States will need signifcant changes to existing regulatory frameworks, Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo told XPONENTIAL 2021 attendees in his keynote Thursday.  “Everyone in this room has tried making small, incremental improvements or changes to the system over the past nine years,” said the 34-year-old entrepreneur, who co-founded the... Continue reading

Robotics pioneer ponders: Where are all of the robots?

As co-founder of the Amazon Prime Air delivery-by-drone project, groundbreaking technologist Gur Kimchi has done more than his part to usher in a reality full of robots. But in his keynote Thursday, Kimchi posed what he called a key question: Why aren’t there more?“I have been irritating my friends for literally a decade with this... Continue reading

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