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The debut Innovation Vanguard Awards from Inside Unmanned Systems highlights cutting-edge innovations, technological advancements, product design and breakthroughs across multiple…
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 ...
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.
LiquidPiston Evolves the Rotary - Inside Unmanned Systems
Jun 5, 2023 · Prototypes of LiquidPiston’s rotary engines. Photo courtesy of LiquidPiston. Fifteen years. Eighty-four issued or pending patents around innovative rotary-engine technology for air, land and sea.
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.
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).
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 ...
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.
DIU Blue UAS Refresh Challenge Tests UAS Platforms for DoD
Nov 11, 2024 · The three-day challenge supported more than 150 day and night flights, with each platform flying an average of six flights. Multiple categories of platforms were evaluated including first person view, drones classified as Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 by the U.S. military based on their maximum weight and normal operating altitude, as well as components (sensors, radios, gimbals, etc.) and ...
New Frontiers and Innovations in the FPV Drone Wars
Oct 16, 2024 · Reportedly, Ukrainian drone operators somehow began implementing coordinated changes to drone control frequencies every few weeks. By the time Russian EW operators recognized the change and re-tuned jamming frequencies, another Ukrainian frequency change would drop, continuing the game of cat-and-mouse.