Due to global crises, tenders for safety-relevant applications are increasingly specifying restrictive conditions regarding the origin of components and end products. Good for the company that does not have to worry much about these requirements due to its origin, such as Sky Power GmbH. "More and more frequently, we are asked before a project starts or during the tendering process where we have our drive units manufactured," explains Karsten Schudt, Managing Director of Sky Power GmbH. In particular, the note that engines or power units manufactured in specific countries may not be used in projects is becoming increasingly common. 

This week join uAvionix Corporation, the company making BVLOS operations a reality with its innovative, low SWaP TSO certified and uncertified avionics and services for uncrewed and crewed aviation on the Dawn of Drones! uAvoinix’s Vice President of Marketing, Brit Wanick meets up with Dawn to kick off a new month sponsored by the company and dedicated to “Autonomy Reimagined!”  uAvionix was founded with the mission of bringing safety solutions to aviation that accelerate the integration of UAS into the U.S. National Airspace System.  Brit is accountable for engaging and communicating with customers, partners, and media to ensure uAvionix’s thought leadership, products and services help advance our aviation community.

Wonder Robotics co-founder and CBO Or Epstein joins us this week on the Dawn of Drones podcast, as we continue a month dedicated to “Multidomain Ops Support,” sponsored by MatrixSpace.

  Charles River Analytics received a Phase II contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to keep robotic combat vehicles (RCVs) as mission capable as possible. The Real-time Assessment and Predictive Status (RAPS) system from Charles River Analytics predicts the health and status of RCVs and relays actionable insights to stakeholders across all Army echelons.