Years ago, Walmart founder Sam Walton famously said, “I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they’ve been.” It remains a guiding principle at Walmart to this day. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
GA-ASI Integrates SAGE 750 ESM onto SeaGuardian
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has integrated the Leonardo SAGE 750 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system onto the MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). The SAGE 750 integration was performed by GA-ASI in partnership with Leonardo. Continue reading
Anduril’s New Drone Injects More AI Into Warfare
The Ghost 4, the latest product from Anduril, a defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus Rift, shows the potential for AI in military systems. Continue reading
Kyoto Startup Drone Flies on Autopilot in Areas without GPS Reception
The “seamless drone” created by developers in Kyoto Prefecture is seen entering a warehouse that does not have GPS signal reception in the prefectural city of Nantan, on July 20, 2020
A business venture in western Japan has developed a drone that can be operated on autopilot in places with no GPS reception, such as below girder bridges or in tunnels — a promising device for infrastructure maintenance. Continue reading
GA-ASI Demonstrates AI Driven Targeting Computer with AFRL’s Agile Condor Pod
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., with the support of SRC Inc., successfully integrated and flew the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor Pod on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft at GA-ASI’s Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota Continue reading
Regulators Approve Brazil’s First BVLOS Drone Delivery Operation
Speedbird Aero team with ANAC officials after successful live parachute deployment
Latin American drone delivery company, Speedbird Aero, announced it has received regulatory approval from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency, also known as ANAC, to operate two experimental drone delivery routes in Brazil. Speedbird Aero operates a proprietary delivery drone with an integrated ParaZero parachute recovery system, and is now the first company in Latin America to win regulatory approval for a drone delivery operation. Continue reading
Martin UAV V-BAT to be Evaluated During Operational Coast Guard Patrol
Martin UAV, in collaboration with the Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC), began a contractor-owned, contractor-operated deployment on-board a Coast Guard cutter in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility on Aug. 13-14, 2020. Continue reading
Airbus Acubed Project Wayfinder Flight Test Lab
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Kicked off in 2018, Acubed’s Project Wayfinder is laser-focused on developing core technologies for autonomous flight systems for the next—or fifth—generation of aircraft. The transition from automated to autonomous flight will enable another significant increase in safety, shifting the workload of pilots by providing them tools to better understand their environment and improving their ability to make crucial decisions. Continue reading