BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin tests UAS

  Image: Air Force Staff Sgt. Rachel Simones/ Department of Defense. BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works partnered to test the Skunk Works Stalker and Indago UAS on BAE Systems’ amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) command, control, communication and computers…
Successor to original Michibiki satellite passes functional tests

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has completed initial verification of the functions and performance of equipment aboard the orbiting QZS-1R satellite. QZS-1R was launched Oct. 26, 2021, from Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture and is now in quasi-zenith orbit as the successor…
Vodafone tests remote centimeter-level tracking tech

New tech can track vehicles, drones and cargo remotely within centimeters — key to safe adoption of autonomous vehicles, flying objects and machinery Vodafone has successfully used new precision positioning technology to remotely track a vehicle to within 10 centimeters…
ESA-supported project tests autonomous vehicles in Finland

News from the European Space Agency (ESA) An ESA-supported project is testing autonomous vehicles on an intelligent road in Lapland, Finland. Known as Snowbox, this 10-km stretch of forest-lined roadway on Finland’s E8 highway has been specially equipped for autonomous…
Trimble beta tests new construction OS

Trimble WorksOS is an upcoming civil construction software-as-a-service (SaaS) operating system. The cloud-based system will integrate data from Trimble and third-party providers across the entire civil construction project lifecycle, including estimating, scheduling, designs and the field. Beta testing is now…
U.S. Navy to conduct GPS interference tests off Savannah

CSG4 19-03 GPS interference testing. (Image: FAA) A U.S. Navy exercise in the southeastern United States will involve GPS interference testing that could make aircraft navigation unreliable or unavailable, both today and on Sept. 5. The Federal Aviation Administration issued…