The U.S. Air Force has awarded Trust Automation a $ 490-million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the rapid research, development, prototyping, demonstration, evaluation, production and transition of unmanned and counterunmanned aircraft system (CUAS) capabilities. <p>As Trust Automation looks…
Astroscale of the UK will provide Xona Space Systems with next-generation docking plates for integration into Xona’s growing constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The collaboration supports two critical goals: building a resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) infrastructure…
OEM products are vital to many industries. Companies such as Septentrio and SBG Systems design and produce a variety of OEM devices for many different applications. (Image: sankai/E+/Getty Images) OEM devices are an integral part of many applications requiring precise…
The inauguration of the Navigation Technologies Center took place in March. (Photo: IAI) The new center will focus on developing and producing navigation systems for the battlefield, and plans to implement a co-developed, non-GPS accurate navigation technology A Navigation Technology…
Image: KENGKAT/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images A new paper by two Qualcomm engineers imagines restructuring Loran technology to more easily incorporate timing signals into telecommunication systems. The paper, titled simply “LORAN-5G,” was authored by Guttorm Opshaug and Dave Tuck. It envisions…
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…
2,300-acre Shell Deer Park Refinery provides complex testbed for aerial inspections and incident response Photo: SimonSkafar/E+/Getty Images DJI is partnering with Shell Oil Company to create, test and deploy DJI drone technology at its Deer Park Manufacturing Complex to improve efficiency…
The robotics competition challenges participants to leverage NXP’s portfolio for small autonomous vehicles in support of fighting pandemics. NXP Semiconductors N.V. is hosting a challenge on using drones and rovers for pandemics such as COVID-19. HoverGames Challenge 2: Help Drones…
