Canadian UAS Test Range Gets Integrated BVLOS Drone Airspace Management System

Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial visualisation software company, and the Foremost UAS Test Range, who operate one of only two Transport Canada certified UAS test ranges in Canada, announced that they have integrated the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness application combined with uAvionix ADS-B receivers into the CCUVS Range Operations infrastructure. Continue reading →

Dedrone to Test Protecting Military Installations

Dedrone has announced a partnership with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), a United States Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused on accelerating commercial technologies to the U.S. military. DIUx and DoD are experimenting with Dedrone’s technology in assessing, measuring, and responding to adversarial UAS threats as they relate to flight operations and base security within the United States. Continue reading →

Skylark, a Cloud-Based, High-Precision GNSS Service

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Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm building GPS technology to power a world of autonomous vehicles, has announced the release of Skylark, a new, one-of-a-kind cloud-based GNSS corrections service that delivers affordable, fast, centimeter-level accuracy and eliminates the complexity of deploying and maintaining GNSS networks. Continue reading →

Drone Technology Helps Stop Weed Invasion


Artificial intelligence, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and high-resolution cameras have been successfully used to automatically detect and map an aggressive weed, in an effort to stop it spreading through Queensland’s coastal dunes. Continue reading →