As the industry’s leading advocacy organization, this year AUVSI has diligently advocated for appropriations priorities, across all three domains and in the commercial and defense sectors, to advance and scale the uncrewed systems and robotics industries. AUVSI both adopted our own appropriations priorities and advocated for our members’ own appropriations requests.
Commercial
Commercial
AURA Secures $75 Million in New Funding Round
AURA Secures $75 Million in New Funding
Financing Follows Successful Demonstrations of Proprietary Network Designed to Enable Remotely Piloted Commercial Flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight
McLean, Va. (November 14, 2022) – Following successful demonstrations of its proprietary network designed to enable remotely piloted commercial flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), AURA Network Systems (AURA) announced it has closed $75 million in funding, with $55 million committed by Fortress Investment Group, or its affiliates, and $20 million from previous investors Mudrick Capital Management and Tracker Capital Management, or their affiliates.
Skydio Dock: Autonomous Data Collection for Indoor & Outdoor Applications
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18th at 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET
How DIU’s Blue UAS Framework Drives Innovation in the Drone Market
Date/Time: Thursday, December 1 at 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST
Webinar Description:
With support from the U.S. DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit and in line with the Blue UAS framework, breakthroughs like Doodle Labs’ Helix multi-band radio push UAV technology innovation to new heights.
Join DIU and Doodle Labs for a conversation about the vision for the Blue UAS framework, the unprecedented advancement of drone technology driven by government-commercial partnerships and how new discoveries like a tiny, multi-band mesh radio stand to benefit both the public and private-sector drone industries, alike.
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Making the Most of Your AUVSI Membership
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 12 - 3:00 - 4:00pm ET
Webinar Description:
You’re investing time and resources – what are you getting for it? Whether you’ve been a member since 1972 or are thinking about becoming a member, join us for a quick tour of the new programs, key resources, and unrivaled community that will support your work to shape the future of autonomy. Featuring live demos, audience discussion, and at least a few dad jokes.
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Detecting Non-Cooperative Traffic to Enable BVLOS Operations
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 16th at 3:00 – 4:00 pm EDT
AUVSI Presents: Operating Indoors – Time to Think Outside the Box
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST
Webinar Description:
Indoor drone and robotic operations, such as in warehouses, provide unique challenges and opportunities. Overcoming the technical, operational, and regulatory challenges of safely and effectively navigating indoor spaces is critical to success – and businesses need to develop trust in their people and systems.
Join this webinar to hear from businesses who develop the tech and those that have been able to safely and creatively use the technology to their advantage – as time and money savers.
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COMING SOON: Operating Indoors – Time to Think Outside the Box
Date/Time: COMING SOON!
Webinar Description:
Indoor drone operations, such as in warehouses, provide unique challenges and opportunities. Overcoming the technical and operational challenges of safely and effectively navigating indoor spaces is critical to success – and businesses need to develop trust in their people and systems.
Join this webinar to hear from businesses who have been able to safely and creatively use the technology to their advantage – as time and money savers.
Speakers:
TBD
Registration:
Registration is free for all attendees
Sensor Fusion Visualized for the Operator in a Complex Multi-sensor World
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 9th at 3:00 – 4:00 pm EDT
Webinar Description:
Kongsberg Geospatial will describe their IRIS Airspace Management and control platform which allows for control of multiple UAS per operator in BVLOS conditions. A key feature of IRIS is the ability to correlate and fuse similar and dissimilar sensor types to present a single fused track to the operator. With Airspace Management and safe vehicle operation involving more and more sensor feeds, this presentation will describe and show a video of the IRIS platform’s ability to integrate and fuse sensor feeds to present a clean uncluttered airspace visualization of fused tracks to the operator.
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Enabling Regulatory Breakthroughs for the Drone Industry with Skydio
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 2nd at 3:00 – 4:00 pm EDT
Webinar Description:
Existing drone regulations were written for conventional manual drones, but the advent of trustworthy autonomy enables new modes of operation and regulatory approaches. As a result, the FAA and global regulators are issuing path-breaking waivers that allow missions beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), even without the traditional requirements of visual observers and expensive ground-based radars.