Finalists Named for AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards

March 13, 2023

Finalists Named for AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards
Winners to be announced at XPONENTIAL 2023 in Denver, CO on May 8-11
 
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Association for Uncrewed Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) today named the finalists for the sixth annual AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards. The awards recognize the accomplishments of companies, organizations and individuals across the uncrewed systems community. The winners will be announced during XPONENTIAL 2023 on May 8-11, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

“This year, XPONENTIAL is all about designing a shared plan for the future of autonomy,” said Brian Wynne, President and CEO of AUVSI. “There’s no better place to announce the 2023 XCELLENCE award finalists. Together, they are redefining what’s possible with uncrewed and robotic technology.”

AUVSI’s XCELLENCE Awards honor innovators with a demonstrated commitment to advancing autonomy, leading and promoting safe adoption of uncrewed systems and developing programs that use these technologies to save lives and improve the human condition.

These are the finalists in those categories:

XCELLENCE in Academic Research

Neural10, Autonomous Navigation in GPS-Denied Zones

Ocean Alliance, Tagging Whales with Drones

University of Colorado Boulder, 20 Years of UAS Research XCELLENCE

University of Michigan, Alireza Mohammadi

Virginia Tech’s Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, Robert Briggs

XCELLENCE in Innovation

Austal USA, Austal MCS

Plus, PlusDrive, An Industry-defining Driver-in, Highly Automated Driving (HAD) Solution

Sentera, Eliminating Stitching with the Sentera DGR System

Skydio, Skydio Dock, Automated Inspections of Sites with Autonomous, Remote Drone Operations

UPS Flight Forward, Inc., Safety Management System First in the Industry Accepted by the FAA

XCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS

Enterprise Application

Advanced Navigation, Cloud Ground Control

City of Pendleton, Pendleton UAS Range

JobsOhio and the Ohio Department of Transportation, Propelling AAM in Ohio

XCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY

Enabling Components & Peripherals

Elsight, Elsight Halo

infiniDome, infiniDome’s GPSdome2

LEMO Corporation, LEMO M Series High Power

MatrixSpace, MatrixSpace Networked Radar

SBG Systems, Quanta Micro

Hardware & Systems Design

Advanced Navigation, Hydrus

Connect Tech, Anvil Embedded System with NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Orin™

D-Fend Solutions, EnforceAir

ModalAI, Inc., VOXL® 2: 16g Blue UAS Framework 2.0 Autopilot

TOPODRONE, TOPODRONE AQUAMAPPER

Software Design and Coding

Advanced Navigation, Cloud Ground Control

AlarisPro, Inc., AlarisPro Safety Ecosystem (ASE) – Advancing UAS Reliability Through Shared Data Across UAS Operators and Manufacturers

BlueSpace.ai, Scalable and Explainable AI for Autonomy, powered by 4D Predictive Perception

Skydio, Skydio Scout, Situational Awareness for Moving Convoys

VOTIX, VOTIX

XCELLENCE in Workforce Development

DroneUp, with partner, Richard Bland College, Established the First Commercial Drone Workforce Training Program for College Credit

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide and Warren College, Better Together: Producing Effective Educational Opportunities for the UAS Workforce

Fullerton College, Fullerton Drone Lab, Drone Piloting Registered Apprenticeship

Laurel Ridge Community College, Laurels Take Flight

National Robotics Education Foundation NREF, National Robotics Education Foundation (NREF)

Finalists were also named in the Humanitarian and Public Safety categories. These awards will recognize three organizations or individuals in each category that have made a significant impact using uncrewed systems to serve in humanitarian or public safety efforts. The winners will each receive a physical and monetary award. The finalists for those categories are:

XCELLENCE in Mission

Humanitarian Project/Program

ArroTech, Rapid and Accurate Autonomous UXO Detection

MissionGO, Inc., Operation Healing Eagle Feather

Near Earth Autonomy, Autonomous Aerial Blood & Medical Supply Delivery to the Wounded

The David McAntony Gibson Foundation (GlobalMedic), GlobalMedic RescUAV Response to La Soufrière Volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

UCAL Fuel Systems Limited, Drone Based Disaster Relief

Public Safety

Brookhaven GA Police Department, Brookhaven Police sUAS Team

DRONERESPONDERS, DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance

Hidden Level, Inc., Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS)

Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Public Safety

United States Forest Service, Testing and Scaling New Technologies for Operations and Safer Mixed Airspace Ops

As the uncrewed systems industry’s largest trade show and conference, XPONENTIAL offers a broad-based and balanced educational program brimming with cutting-edge content and inspirational insights, ranging from policy implications and technical challenges to use cases and best practices across vertical markets and everything in between.

Learn more about the AUVSI XCELLENCE awards here.
 
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About AUVSI
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) — the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of uncrewed systems and robotics — represents corporations and professionals from more than 60 countries involved in industry, government, and academia. AUVSI members work in the defense, civil and commercial markets. For more information, visit AUVSI.org.

About XPONENTIAL
Co-hosted by AUVSI and Messe Düsseldorf North America, XPONENTIAL is the leading annual gathering for global leaders and end users of uncrewed technologies. Founded on a belief that cross-pollination drives innovation, it’s the only event designed to advance the entire autonomy ecosystem. Each year, the show welcomes thousands of the industry’s top minds to cultivate collaboration, spark new ideas, and this year, build the blueprint for autonomy. XPONENTIAL is a catalyst – helping each attendee transform their vision into real opportunities. For more information, visit https://www.xponential.org.