Inside Unmanned Systems - Engineering, Policy and Practice
Engineering, Policy and Practice. Insitu, A Boeing Company, is now leveraging Proliferated-Low Earth Orbit (P-LEO) Satellite Communication (SATCOM) control for its Integrator Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS)….
FTUAS: Replacing the RQ-7B Shadow - Inside Unmanned Systems
Apr 21, 2021 · For more than 20 years, the RQ-7 Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system, produced by Textron Systems subsidiary AAI Corp., has served as a workhorse for the U.S. Army’s ground maneuver brigade combat teams (BCTs).
Mach Up: Free Drone Design Software for Students, Startups
Jan 2, 2017 · L ike the Internet and GPS before them, drones have evolved beyond military applications to become powerful business tools. In a March 2016 report, Goldman Sachs estimated that total global spending on unmanned aircraft in the commercial market will reach $100 billion in the next five years, with firms increasingly providing hardware, flight and data services to the construction, agriculture ...
U.S. Army Moving Out with Small UAS - Inside Unmanned Systems
Oct 25, 2023 · The Army has several program deadlines looming. One is for the Future Tactical UAS, or FTUAS, which is under competition with only two companies still in play—Textron Systems and Griffon Aerospace—down from four competitors, which included the team of Northrop Grumman and Shield AI and Sierra Nevada Corp.
Speed and Efficiency: Walmart and DroneUp Expand Drone Delivery
Aug 23, 2023 · The shift explains recent DroneUp layoffs, as services such as infrastructure analysis or bridge inspections are being de-emphasized. At the same time, Vittone said, the company is adding employees in the drone delivery arena.
Inside Skunk Works® with Lockheed Martin - Inside Unmanned …
May 4, 2021 · Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works® was unorthodox from its start. Conceived in 1943, a lean team tasked with completing America’s first jet fighter, the XP-80 Shooting Star, solved a shortage of wartime space by renting—wait for it—a circus tent, which, alas, could not deter the pungent odor of a neighboring manufacturing plant.
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles: An Ocean of Possibilities
Aug 27, 2020 · E xperts project the unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) global market to hit the $5.2 billion dollar mark by 2022. This is largely due to increasing demands for commercial subsea construction-related applications, including surveys, seabed mapping and pipeline inspections.
TRENDS: Drones & Security - Inside Unmanned Systems
Oct 17, 2023 · PROTECTING LARGE GATHERINGS. During events, drones can collect video and push it live to ground control stations, said Mike Rogers, Skyfire’s vice president of public safety and training, enabling security teams to see the entire venue in real time.
Going Bladeless - Inside Unmanned Systems
Oct 23, 2018 · W hen Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi graduate student Daniel Valdenegro started thinking about his senior design capstone project last year, he knew he wanted to focus on making drones safer to fly. His idea? Creating a propulsion system inspired by Dyson’s bladeless fan design. Valdenegro went to work on the project with the help of Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Luis ...
Drones on the Front Line for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Oct 19, 2023 · The terrible war triggered by Russia’s botched full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 entered a new phase this summer when Ukraine unleashed its long-awaited counteroffensive, bolstered by freshly created brigades, some equipped with powerful Western armored vehicles.