Lays Foundation for Long-Range Drone Flights and Extending State’s Autonomous Flight Leadership.
Oklahoma City, OK (February 5, 2025) – The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) has completed the selection process and executed a contract for the state’s first investment in an airspace management system and automatic detect-and-avoid solution to support both drone flights and the rapidly emerging Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry.
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Unusual Machines Enters Into a Definive Agreement to Acquire Drone Software Company Aloft Technologies to Grow the American Drone Ecosystem
ORLANDO, FL / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2025 / Unusual Machines (NYSE:UMAC) has announced the signing of a binding agreement to acquire of Aloft Technologies, Inc. (https://www.aloft.ai/), the leading FAA-approved provider of unmanned aerial system (UAS) services to enterprise, public safety, and government customers. The acquisition is almost all in stock, valued at $14.5M.
UND Aerospace partners with Vigilant Aerospace Systems to advance UAS education, research, training
Grand Forks, ND (January 6, 2025) – The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND Aerospace) has entered a one-year partnership with Vigilant Aerospace Systems (Vigilant) to utilize the company’s drone safety software and airspace management system FlightHorizon. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed late last year to formalize the agreement.
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What’s New and What’s Next For Speedbird Aero
Safety in the skies remains essential and those who protect and defend it play a vital role. Speedbird Aero aims to make logistics operations safer, faster and more efficient with autonomous drones.

2024 FAA Drone and AAM Symposium: Michael Robbins Day One Opening Remarks
Today, Day One of the 2024 FAA Drone and AAM Symposium opened with keynote remarks by AUVSI President and CEO, Michael Robbins.
Remarks as prepared:
It’s great to see everyone here at the Baltimore Convention Center for this year’s FAA Drone & AAM Symposium – the 8th consecutive staging of this event as a collaboration between AUVSI and the FAA. We’re grateful for their partnership and eagerness to meet directly with industry.

Viasat’s Global Leadership in Emerging Aviation
Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, offers a comprehensive suite of connectivity solutions for commercial aviation, from high-performing in-flight Wi-Fi to flight operations and safety connectivity and passenger engagement portals.

AeroX takes major steps toward building an unmanned aviation ecosystem, annual report shows
Winston-Salem, N.C. – North Carolina-based nonprofit AeroX has taken major steps toward building a regional advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystem since forming in 2021, including launching the development of what business and community leaders expect to become the nation’s first urban unmanned air traffic management system (UTM).
These and other results are captured in the organization’s first annual report, AeroX Takes Flight in North Carolina.
AUVSI 2022 Future Forecast
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 15 at 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST
Webinar Description: Advancements in various enabling technologies are converging to shape the future of the unmanned systems industry. This webinar brings together experts in market research and technology to share their predictions for the unmanned systems marketplace including the next wave of tech developments, emerging applications and potential roadblocks the industry will have to overcome in the new year.
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