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AUVSI 2017: Kongsberg discusses Eelume
Kongsberg Maritime took the opportunity at AUVSI Xponential to describe the background and development of Eelume, a subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel. Richard …
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AUVSI 2017: Copycats, profits cause for concern
In a show where hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of visitors and exhibitors gather to discuss and explore the latest innovations in the …
Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Marine Corps spotlights SUAS growth
The United States Marine Corps is predicting a continuing expansion of 'Group 1' small UAS systems across service elements.Speaking at this week's AUVSI Xponential event …
Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Swift Navigation, Carnegie Robotics reveal Duro
San Francisco-based startup company Swift Navigation, who partnered with Carnegie Robotics, unveiled their Duro GNSS receiver at AUVSI's Xponential. Duro has been described as a …
Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Commercial versus military (video)
While the commercial market dominates AUVSI Xponential this year in Dallas, there has been the unveiling and promotion of some military platforms, including the Snipe …
Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Future proofing Global Hawk (video)
The manufacturer of the RQ-4B Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman, is looking to prepare the UAV for future missions by testing and fitting a new sensor …
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Naval Warfare
AUVSI 2017: Navy borrows SOF technology model
11th May 2017
The US Navy is borrowing a page from the accelerated technology acquisition model utilised by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) through the establishment of …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Exploring the polar bare necessities (video)
11th May 2017
Northrop Grumman, known for its large military UAVs, has developed a UAV in conjuction with the San Diego Zoo to monitor Polar Bears in the …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Air Force unveils cross-domain UAS community
11th May 2017
As part of its search for synergies across the broad UAS user community the US Air Force is attempting to establish a broad 'community of …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Unmanned aerial logistics concept unveiled
11th May 2017
The US Army and US Marine Corps are cooperating on the development of a new unmanned aerial resupply concept. The emerging concept, currently dubbed Joint …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Griffon Aerospace seeks expanded footprint
11th May 2017
Griffon Aerospace is using the AUVSI gathering to highlight its growing position in the UAV market and seek new opportunities to expand that position.'We have …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Saxon's magic number three (video)
10th May 2017
Saxon Remote Systems has taken the opportunity of Xponential to unveil not one, but three new unmanned systems. The three UAVs include the small Xential, …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Letting the drone out of the box (video)
10th May 2017
Israeli company Airobotics is showcasing its fully automatic drone platform for the first time at AUVSI Xponential following its official launch in 2016. The company …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: T-rex comes to life (video)
10th May 2017
T-Rex Tracking unveiled its new long-range UAV tracking system, the T-rex-1, at Xponential 2017 in Dallas. The company has partnered with Simlax to provide the …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Lessons to learn from manned aviation
10th May 2017
Commercial unmanned operations could benefit by analysing safety and regulatory requirements of manned aviation and incorporating some process into their business, according to Jon Damush, …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: iSensys aiming for target sales
10th May 2017
US-based unmanned target platform manufacturer iSensys is targeting sales of up to ten units of its Scrab II aerial system this year, with additional sales …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: CICADAs swarming in (video)
10th May 2017
The US Naval Research Laboratory has spent the best part of a decade developing its Close-In Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft (CICADA) and is now presenting …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Liquid Robotics pursues non-AIS avoidance capability
9th May 2017
The Wave Glider USV will soon add an autonomous acoustic avoidance capability to enable the platform to better operate in areas where illegal, unreported and …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Intel autonomy front and centre
9th May 2017
Greater platform autonomy and data capability will be the next step change for unmanned systems, while in the next four to five years autonomous ground …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Snipe on target for US military (video)
9th May 2017
AeroVironment has unveiled its latest addition to its UAV Family, Snipe, a nano-UAS based on the Hummingbird UAS the company worked on with DARPA. The …
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Defence Notes
AUVSI 2017: Technologies threaten USMC ops
9th May 2017
Building on several years of demonstration and experimentation experience, the US Marine Corps had defined a way ahead for robotics and autonomous systems. However, that …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: MUM-T first up at opening conference
9th May 2017
Among the key challenges for future integration of unmanned technology with manned platforms is the risk of saturating pilots and operators with additional tasks, resulting …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Ground robot ready to compete (video)
9th May 2017
Lockheed Martin's Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) UGV could be in with another shot with the US Army after the demonstrations in 2012 with the …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: MartinUAV seeks entrance to US market
9th May 2017
After participating in several recent demonstration events, MartinUAV is looking to establish its V-Bat long endurance VTOL UAS in the US military market. According to …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: Trusting autonomous capability
8th May 2017
Autonomous platforms should have the requirements necessary for users to 'trust' the system built in during the design phase, rather than looking at ways to …
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Unmanned Vehicles
AUVSI 2017: The Wave Glider (video)
8th May 2017
Ahead of the AUVSI Xponential 2017 event in Dallas, Texas, officials from Liquid Robotics detail the capabilities that its Wave Glider provides and the markets …
AUVSI Xponential 2017 Show News
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