The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Vanuatu and UNICEF have issued a request for tender inviting drone companies to bid on a contract to provide the logistical services to deliver vaccines via drones […]
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded a $1.25 million grant by the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) to research the support of autonomous unmanned marine vehicle platforms […]
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has contracted the Kirkham Michael engineering firm to participate in a pilot project aimed at determining how drones could be used in future road design work. The pilot project […]
Brittany Duncan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of Nebraska, has earned a nearly $550,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to develop software that allows […]
Researchers at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems and its Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a virtual reality-based system that lets drones navigate rooms while avoiding virtual obstacles. The “flight goggles” […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that it has chosen the University of Alaska Fairbanks to be part of a test program to advance efforts to fully integrate drones into the nation’s airspace. The […]
Sea Machines Robotics – a Boston company specializing in unmanned, autonomous vessel technology for the maritime industry – will be working with A.P. Moller-Maersk, of Copenhagen, Denmark to trial its perception and situational awareness technology […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Rapid Capabilities Office (MCRCO) – a division of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory – recently released a request for proposals for a theoretical weapons system called ‘Organic Precision Fire’ . They […]
Westpac Little Ripper Lifesaver has collaborated with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to develop the first autonomous shark detecting drone – ‘Shark Spotter’. “The automated system for detection and identification of sharks in particular, […]
Portugal will become the 21st nation to join NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) later this month. The international military organization – based in Estonia – is a community of currently 20 nations […]
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