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UT Dallas professor awarded grant to develop autonomous driving hardware and software

May 18, 2020
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Dr. Yang Hu, assistant professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, a five-year, $500,000 grant to develop new hardware and software capable of handling the complexity of an automated driving ecosystem in which cars not only communicate with other cars, but with roadside information nodes as well.

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Locomation to test its autonomous truck platforms at Ohio’s Transportation Research Center

May 13, 2020
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Locomation, the provider of what it calls the world’s first trucking technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous convoying, has announced a research project with the Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC) in East Liberty, Ohio.

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Olds College to deploy fully autonomous DOT Power Platform on its Smart Farm

April 30, 2020
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Olds College in Olds, Alberta, Canada has announced that it will be the only post-secondary institution in the world to deploy the fully autonomous DOT Power Platform as a teaching and research tool on the College’s Smart Farm.

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UAV Navigation continues researching and developing technologies for UAS and RPAS

April 29, 2020
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With ambitions of designing technologies that help overcome the challenges faced by UAS and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), UAV Navigation is helping research and develop innovative and cutting-edge flight control technologies that address what the company describes as the “need of the hour.”

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OSU to use funding to improve safety for UAS flying in Advanced Air Mobility operations

April 22, 2020
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A team of researchers from Oklahoma State University (OSU) has been recognized with the University Leadership Initiative (ULI) Award from NASA, and will receive $5.2 million in funding over the next four years to address some of NASA’s strategic research initiatives.

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DroneUp, partners test how UAS could help medical professionals battling COVID-19

April 21, 2020
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To determine how UAS could help medical professionals in their fight to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, DroneUp, UPS and its subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group recently came together to test the technology in Lawrenceville, Virginia.

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FAA awarding $2.6 million in grants to universities to advance drone ops

April 8, 2020
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao recently announced that the FAA is awarding $2.6 million in research, education, and training grants to universities that make up the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for UAS, which is also known as Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).

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Iris Automation launches first onboard DAA system with 360-degree radial field of view for UAS

April 6, 2020
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Iris Automation has launched Casia 360, the first onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) system with a 360-degree radial field of view to enable commercial beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations for UAS.

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African Drone and Data Academy graduates first students

April 1, 2020
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The African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) has graduated its first students in March at a ceremony in Malawi, enabling them to build and operate drones and analyze the data from them. The students are now licensed drone pilots by the government of Malawi, are certified AUVSI Trusted Operator Program Level 2 pilots, and have the... Continue reading

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NOAA establishes Unmanned Systems Operations Program to support growing use of UxS across agency

March 31, 2020
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To support the growing use of unmanned systems across the agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is establishing a new Unmanned Systems Operations Program.

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