Infrastructure & Transport News & Articles

Landmark Cargo Drone Interline Agreement Signed

Dronamics and Qatar Airways Cargo’s agreement enables rapid and reliable air shipments, potentially of pharma, food, e-commerce, mail, spare parts, and more

Dec 08, 2023
Most Read Articles on UST This Week

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Nov 10, 2023
MDOT Advanced Aerial Innovation Region Launched

MDOT and Michigan Central have created first-of-its-kind urban airspace infrastructure in Detroit, addressing accessibility, safety, tech equity and regulatory challenges

Oct 31, 2023
High Lander to Provide UTM Across Israel

The eighteen-month initiative using High Lander’s Vega UTM platform is reportedly the first instance that accessing a UTM network has become a regulatory necessity

Sep 22, 2023
Drone Inspection Payload Integrated with the X8 UAS

Phase One has certified Xer Technologies’ hybrid electric X8 BVLOS capable UAS for next-generation high-resolution inspections

Sep 19, 2023
Exail Opens New Norway Branch

Exail has won major contracts in Scandinavia in recent years, both in the civil and defense markets, with this branch set to strengthen the company’s growth in the region

Sep 18, 2023
Truckport for Autonomous Trucks Opened

The truckport will be a transfer hub for manual first- and last-mile deliveries and will be used to conduct maintenance, refueling and enhanced inspections for Kodiak Robotics’ self-driving trucks

Aug 25, 2023
New Automated Drone Service Trialled Across West Midlands

SkyBound has installed an automated drone station in Walsall so that the public can have an enhanced transport experience across bus, train, road, and tram networks

Aug 10, 2023
Hexagon Equips Fully Autonomous Road Trains

Hexagon's autonomous solutions stack will be at the center of an autonomous haulage solution developed for MinRes’ flagship Onslow Iron project in Western Australia

Aug 02, 2023
Partnership Formed for Advanced Electrical Utility UAS Offerings

MissionGO and Linebird are teaming up to provide advanced UAS operations and special inspections of electrical utility infrastructure

Jun 05, 2023
Self-Driving Trucks Increase Worker Safety in the US

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions deploys self-driving trucks to solve real-world workforce and safety issues of burdening critical Transportation and Supply Chain operations

May 12, 2023
Alabama Department of Transportation Selects gNext for Digital Inspections

With gNext, ALDOT will be able to manage its construction projects and inspections, monitor progress, and visualize change-over-time through 3D and 2D analysis

May 09, 2023
Joint Venture to Deploy Autonomous Drone Network in Abu Dhabi

SkyGo and Airobotics will deploy the Airobotics Optimus System as Urban Drone Infrastructure to provide data and information services to Industrial and Governmental entities in the UAE

Feb 13, 2023
Public Use eVTOL Vertiport to be Built at Bellefonte Airport

Volatus Infrastructure will build an FAA-compliant vertiport with multiple landing pads and charging stations at Bellefonte Airport in Pennsylvania

Feb 02, 2023
New Partnership to Use UAS for Infrastructure Inspections

MissionGO and Valmont will conduct UAS infrastructure inspections in a bid to strengthen the US infrastructure system

Jan 25, 2023
BNSF Railway Tests Nordic Unmanned Railway Inspection Drone

The Staaker Railway Drone is a flexible data acquisition platform, and one of the aims of the first-phase contract with BNSF Railway is to further develop the solution and its use cases

Sep 07, 2022
Dpendent Demonstrates Drone Battery & Payload Swapping Station

Aiming to provide a cost-effective solution that enables 24/7 continuous flight, the D-LOG One offers a fully automated replacement solution of batteries and payload in less than a minute

Aug 25, 2022
Geospatial Software Provides GIS Visualization & Situational Awareness

Kongsberg Geospatial develop high-performance geospatial solutions to enable next generation civilian and military BVLOS drone missions, unmanned traffic management and airspace awareness

Aug 24, 2022
Industrial Unmanned Helicopter Receives Payload Capacity Boost

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd used the automatic navigation version of the FAZER R G2 model to bolster its response to the expansion of transportation and delivery requirements in the sector

Aug 23, 2022
US Army Selects AeroVironment Medium UAS for FTUAS Increment 1

Increment 1 entails testing and fielding JUMP 20 medium unmanned aircraft on an accelerated schedule as it competes to become the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) of choice

Aug 22, 2022
New Military Communications Network Released

BAE Systems’ latest deployable networking product, NetVIPR, provides intelligent and secure military communication networks linking everything from small reconnaissance drones to combat vehicles, fighter jets, aircraft carriers and military commands

Aug 19, 2022
Tactical Multi-Drone Mapping Demonstrated to US Military

Farsight gives military teams virtually real-time access to detailed 3D maps of a target area overlaid with Geographic Intelligence concerning rapidly developing situations on-the-ground

Aug 19, 2022
Volatus Infrastructure Announces Preferred Vertiport Management

Volatus Infrastructure partners with Global Aerial Management Group for business development services and electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) infrastructure management

Aug 17, 2022
Onboard AI Launched at DOD Field Exercise

SFL Scientific’s OptoAI identified visual, thermal, and chemical threats in real-time, on board a small UAV, displaying markers in an augmented reality (AR) sandtable for command & control

Aug 16, 2022
Edge Autonomy Acquires Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology Company 

Adaptive Energy's lightweight, energy dense Solid Oxide Fuel Cells have been integrated as critical technology in Edge Autonomy's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms for over 10 years

Aug 15, 2022
Rajant Provides Last Mile Communications for Flood Victims 

Rajant’s partnership with Accelecom brings wireless Wide Area Network (WAN) and public access Wi-Fi to Kentucky, US for flood victims and ongoing last mile communications using the ‘Main Street Mesh’ solution

Aug 12, 2022
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