First of its kind approval by Transport Canada opens the door for unmanned drone-in-a-box operations without a pilot or visual observer on site
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Uncrewed Advocacy Priorities for 2023
Date/Time: Thursday, February 16 at 2:30 – 3:30 pm ET
Webinar Description:
Regulations and policies directly enable the growth uncrewed technologies. From FAA reauthorization to Pentagon acquisition reform to state level bills and regs, get a snapshot of AUVSI’s advocacy priorities for 2023 and learn how you can get involved to help accelerate the growth of our market.
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Speedbird Aero and Elsight Deliver on Reliability…Together
Scalable drone delivery operations, especially those involving beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights, hinge on safety. This requires, among other things, the right hardware coupled with connection confidence.
States in Session: Drone Legislation We’re Tracking
This month, state legislatures came into session for 2023. All 50 states will be meeting in unrestricted sessions this year.
States have the ability to push forward the industry through UAS and AAM friendly policy. When states support and collaborate with the emerging uncrewed systems industry, it provides immense public benefit for all.
Dawn of Drones | Episode 79: Cameron Chell, Chairman and CEO, Draganfly Inc
This week, we kick off “Protectors & Defenders” Month sponsored by Draganfly, global UAV leaders in hardware, software, logistics & services.
Join Dawn and special guest Cameron Chell, CEO of Draganfly, as they discuss how leveraging the company’s hardware, fueled by AI and biometrics across a suite of core capabilities, can deliver solutions that improve lives, enhance public safety and provide humanitarian relief on the battlefield. Learn about some of their newest products - the Commander 3XL, the Draganfly Heavy Drone & the new Dragonfly long-range LiDAR system - and how this technology is saving lives!
Stream Episode 79 on Feb 1 at 11:00 a.m. ET below:
Episode 78: Dean Attridge, Vice President Solutions Engineering, Volatus Aerospace
Join us for the Dawn of Drones podcast, with special guest Dean Attridge VP of Solutions Engineering at Volatus Aerospace. We're rounding out the first month of 2023, dedicated to “New Year, New Tech” sponsored by Speedbird Aero & Elsight!
Dean will be discussing all of the new technologies that have become part of the Volatusphere over the past few years and how the company, Canada’s largest, technology-enabled uncrewed aerial solution provider steeped in aviation experience, is commercializing the full potential of uncrewed technologies throughout the Americas and around the world.
Dawn of Drones | Episode 78: Dean Attridge, Vice President Solutions Engineering, Volatus Aerospace
Join us for the Dawn of Drones podcast, with special guest Dean Attridge VP of Solutions Engineering at Volatus Aerospace. We're rounding out the first month of 2023, dedicated to “New Year, New Tech” sponsored by Speedbird Aero & Elsight!
Dean will be discussing all of the new technologies that have become part of the Volatusphere over the past few years and how the company, Canada’s largest, technology-enabled uncrewed aerial solution provider steeped in aviation experience, is commercializing the full potential of uncrewed technologies throughout the Americas and around the world.
Dawn of Drones | Episode 77: ModalAI and DIU
Host Dawn Zoldi will be joined by guests Matthew Borowski, Defense Innovation Unit Program Manager of the Blue UAS Framework Program and Chad Sweet, CEO of ModalAI, as they continue a month dedicated to “New Year, New Tech” sponsored by Speedbird Aero & Elsight. This episode is Part One of a three-part series introducing the ModalAI ecosystem and highlights companies building the next generation of smaller, smarter, and safer drones with VOXL.
Drone BVLOS Architecture Best Practices
Date/Time: Monday, April 24 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Webinar Description:
As the BVLOS drone industry expands and new players enter the market, the importance of correctly setting up an architecture to support true highly available BVLOS operations cannot be understated. In this webinar, Elsight CTO Roee Kashi will be discussing best practices in how to configure a scalable BVLOS drone architecture, setting up a secure drone network operating center (DNOC), and how efficient communications between drone and ground station are the bedrock upon which everything else is founded.
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AUVSI Supports North Dakota Executive Budget for UAS
Last week, AUVSI submitted letters of support for North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum’s 2023-2025 Executive Budget. Governor Burgum announced his budget in December with his Budget Address, which includes $37 million in total for the UAS industry.
