AUTONOMY AND MANUFACTURING

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 Read More

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 Read More

One Concern, a California startup company, is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to advise fire departments about how to plan for and respond to earthquakes. The company uses three main categories of data to Read More

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 Read More

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, Read More

The Swedish Transport Administration recently completed part of a road near Stockholm that charges electric vehicles as they drive on it. The goal of the project is to generate knowledge, experience, and decision data that Read More

The University of Delaware’s annual Big Data in Railroad Maintenance Planning conference brings together railroad users, data science professionals, consultants, suppliers, and academia to look at the latest trends in data science analytics and its Read More

Australian Defense Industry Minister Christopher Pyne recently released the Defense Industrial Capability Plan which outlines Australia’s long-term vision and objectives for Australia’s defense industry, and how government and defense plan to partner with industry to Read More

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 Read More

The U.S. Navy is preparing to deploy two MQ-4C Tritons – high-altitude surveillance drones – to Guam this summer. Built by Northrop Grumman, the 131-foot-wingspan UAV’s utilize electro-optical sensors and radar capable of tracking maritime Read More