The 32nd Pathfinder Symposium is three days 30 August,31 August, and 1 September. We will have multi-service members of the UAS community from PEO U&W, SOCOM, and the US Army. Keynotes are MG Rugen FVL CFT, Mr Mason PEO Aviation, and COL Anderson PM UAS. PM UAS speakers on SUAS, TUAS, and C2E. Exhibitors include Textron, L3 Harris, Northrop Grumman, Martin UAV, AeroVironment, Insitu, and many others.

Public safety. Healthcare. Hunger. These were among the humanitarian challenges that young entrepreneurs targeted recently – perhaps even more passionately than profits – in the 2021 Nigerian Drone Business Competition. Almost 1,000 aspiring business leaders, ages 16 to 30, entered the contest, representing every state in Africa’s largest nation. The turnout stunned planners, who had feared that a pandemic-necessitated shift from an in-person to a virtual event would stunt participation.  “That just kind of shows you the entrepreneurial spirit that is here in Nigeria,” said Eno Umoh, primary organizer of the competition. “There is a lot of interest in drone technology here, and we want to harness that.”

5 WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF XPONENTIAL 2021   XPONENTIAL is a globally-recognized gathering for leaders and users of unmanned technologies. Each year, it brings together thousands of the industry’s top minds—from engineers, to policymakers, to enterprise program managers—to cultivate collaboration, spark new ideas, and design the future of autonomy. In 2020, XPONENTIAL went fully virtual in response to the global pandemic. This year, after months of careful planning, it’s officially coming back as a two-part, hybrid experience.

Red Cat Holdings Inc. has announced that Fat Shark, a wholly owned subsidiary, and Skypersonic, the manufacturer of the Skycopter UAV, partnered to complete a long distance drone flight remotely.  During the flight, a pilot located in Orlando, Florida controlled a drone flying in Detroit, Michigan. The flight integrated Fat Shark's new digital technology, "Shark Byte" with Skypersonic's Skycopter and remote pilot software system.