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Iris Automation, partners granted Special Flight Operations Certificate for BVLOS UAS flights in uncontrolled airspace

October 15, 2020
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Transport Canada has issued the second Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights in uncontrolled airspace. The flights will utilize infrastructure masking and Iris Automation’s onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution to MVT Geo-solutions.

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Mesodyne wins 2020 Startup Showdown

October 8, 2020
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Mesodyne, a company that has developed a power generator for unmanned systems that require high endurance, was named the winner of the 2020 Startup Showdown on Thursday, Oct. 8.

AirDefense/SecurityEnergy/Power/UtilitiesGeneral DefenseInternational Defense

Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile to develop autonomous bus for city of Houston

September 21, 2020
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The city of Houston will receive the first Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Buy America-compliant mid-size autonomous bus in the US.

Energy/Power/UtilitiesPassenger Mobility - GroundPublic Safety

Raptor Maps to use new funding to build additional capabilities into its solar data model

August 26, 2020
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Solar software company Raptor Maps has announced that it has raised a $5 million Series A, co-led by Blue Bear Capital, Data Point Capital, and Buoyant Ventures.

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Florida Poly researchers turning disused golf cart into solar-powered autonomous vehicle

August 4, 2020
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In an effort to “advance cutting-edge research for years to come,” a team of researchers at Florida Polytechnic University (Florida Poly) is turning a disused golf cart into a solar-powered autonomous vehicle.

Energy/Power/UtilitiesGroundPassenger Mobility - Ground

Oscilla Power to further develop tech that enables AUVs to recharge themselves using ocean waves

August 3, 2020
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Oscilla Power Inc., a company focused on developing advanced technology to extract energy from ocean waves, a $200,000 grant to further develop technology that enables AUVs to recharge themselves using ocean waves.

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Weekend Roundup: July 17, 2020

July 17, 2020
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This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World.

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UC Riverside engineers awarded grant to develop new generation of GPUs for autonomous systems

June 29, 2020
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The National Science Foundation has awarded three University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) engineers a $1.2 million grant to develop a new generation of energy-efficient, energy-elastic, and real-time-aware Graphics processing units (GPUs) that can be used in resource-constrained environments such as emerging embedded and autonomous systems, including UAS and autonomous vehicles.

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Weekend Roundup: June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020
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This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World.

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Mobile Power Solutions Announces AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015 Certification

June 25, 2020
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Mobile Power Solutions Announces AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015 Certification Battery technology center is further certified to manufacture and test batteries for complex aviation, space and defense projects BEAVERTON, Ore., June 25, 2020 – Mobile Power Solutions, a leading battery testing/certification lab and battery pack assembler, today announced it earned AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 certification. ISO 9001:2015 is... Continue reading

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