AI-powered drones soon will be everywhere, monitoring crowds at major events, checking out traffic patterns on busy roads, surveying disaster sites, and inspecting airplanes. IBM is edging into this airborne safety and maintenance market early, with a deal to bring its Watson internet of things technology to unmanned aircraft systems built by Netherlands-based Aerialtronics.
US Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental Now Open
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has announced that the Defense Department is expanding its technology startup DIUx, or Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental to Austin, Texas. DIUx was created to get new tech into the hands of our troops faster by changing the entire way DoD approaches innovation. Continue reading
World’s First Dual Robot Arm Large-Format Drone
Prodrone Co., Ltd. has developed the PD6B-AW-ARM, a large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to directly accomplish a variety of tasks.
Octopus ISR Systems Unveils Moving Target Indicator
Octopus ISR Systems, a developer of advanced imaging and communications equipment for various UAV platforms, presented their latest innovation in micro gimbal technology, the Moving Target Indicator (MTI). Continue reading
New UAV System for Cell Tower Surveys
Garuda Robotics, a provider of end-to-end enterprise robotics solutions, has announced the launch of Garuda TowerSight, a complete UAV system for cell tower surveys. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $21M RQ-21A Blackjack Contract
Insitu Inc. is being awarded $21,563,518 for modification P00001 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-16-C-0054) to exercise an option to procure two low-rate initial production Lot V RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems for the Navy (1) and the government of Canada (1).
Boeing Reveals T-X Flight Trainer
Boeing unveiled not one, but two production T-X aircraft in St. Louis. Boeing’s design takes advantage of the latest technologies, tools and manufacturing techniques. Continue reading
DARPA Wants to Track UAS Over Urban Environments
Airspace for the flying public today is perpetually congested yet remarkably safe, thanks in no small part to a well-established air traffic control system that tracks, guides and continuously monitors thousands of flights a day. When it comes to small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) such as commercial quadcopters, however, no such comprehensive tracking system exists. Continue reading