Fortem Technologies has announced a new contract with Lockheed Martin to deploy autonomous counter-drone systems for critical infrastructure protection. The agreement centers on integrating Fortem’s drone-focused hardware with Lockheed Martin’s Sanctum C-UAS Mission Management software. Autonomous Counter-Drone Systems for Infrastructure Fortem will supply its TrueView … [Read more...] about Fortem DroneHunter and TrueView Radar Join Lockheed Martin Sanctum
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Lockheed Martin Developing Traffic System with Canadian Drone Firm
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is partnering with Canadian UAVs to develop an unmanned traffic management solution for below-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) in Canada. Lockheed Martin’s Canada CDL Systems subsidiary will work with the Calgary-based, military-grade drone services company to optimize airspace situational awareness for UAV pilots and support crew via the new … [Read more...] about Lockheed Martin Developing Traffic System with Canadian Drone Firm
AlphaPilot Challenge: Winning Team’s AI is Slower than DRL Pilot… For Now
Last year Lockheed Martin and The Drone Racing League (DRL) announced the AlphaPilot Challenge, a contest that would explore the boundaries of robotics and AI by inviting teams from around the world to develop software capable of piloting a racing drone. On Friday at an old newspaper printing plant in Austin, the fourth and final race took place on DRL's Artificial … [Read more...] about AlphaPilot Challenge: Winning Team’s AI is Slower than DRL Pilot… For Now
DRL’s RacerAI Drone is Here to Push Boundaries and Take on Human Pilots
The Drone Racing League (DRL) has unveiled RacerAI, an autonomous (and slightly disconcerting) racing drone. RacerAI is the first autonomous drone designed to take on and defeat human pilots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Afd6zeowk&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=b686fd4b0c&mc_eid=97b8a28090 The drone is set to be the hardware that gives life to DRL’s inaugural … [Read more...] about DRL’s RacerAI Drone is Here to Push Boundaries and Take on Human Pilots
The Unmanned Lifestyle: How Drones May Change the World
It's Day 2 of AUVSI's Xponential Conference in Denver, and at today's keynote address industry leaders went big: talking about questions of how drones may totally change the world as we know it. (For the better, mostly.) "The age of AI, digital connectivity, automation and intelligent machines has arrived. Even though the “Jetson lifestyle” isn’t upon us just yet, … [Read more...] about The Unmanned Lifestyle: How Drones May Change the World
