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AUVSI Announces Fifth Annual XCELLENCE Award Winners: Operations, Technology and Innovation

(ARLINGTON, VA) — The Association for Uncrewed Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) today announced the winners of the fifth annual XCELLENCE Awards during an awards ceremony at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2022. The awards recognize companies and organizations, and individuals that achieved significant  accomplishments in operations, technology and innovation across the uncrewed systems community. “During AUVSI’s 50th anniversary year,... Continue reading

AUVSI UNVEILS NEW LOGO REPRESENTING THE NEXT ERA OF AUTONOMOUS INNOVATION

AUVSI UNVEILS NEW LOGO REPRESENTING THE NEXT ERA OF AUTONOMOUS INNOVATION The Brand Refresh is a Part of AUVSI’s 50th Anniversary Celebrating Half a Century of Successful Advocacy and Plans for the Next 50 Years of Collaboration and Innovation  (ARLINGTON, VA)  Today, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) rolled out a new logo that represents the... Continue reading

Law-Tech Connect™ Workshop at AUVSI XPONENTIAL ’22 – Join Industry, Academia, Attorneys…and Carahsoft Scholars!

Last month, Colorado-based P3 Tech Consulting LLC announced an alliance with AUVSI for its inaugural Law-Tech Connect™ Workshop at this year’s XPONENTIAL. The Workshop, slated for Monday, April 25th in Orlando, Florida, will provide those interested in unmanned systems law, regulations and policy with world-class knowledge. It also qualifies as continuing legal education (CLE) for... Continue reading

Wisk Aero Partners with Long Beach to Make AAM a Reality in Southern California

Dr. Virginia (Suzy) Young: Why I Support Inclusive Language

This year, AUVSI celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Association’s founding, and we are collectively engaged in reflections on lessons learned in the last 50 years and discussions about what we want our community to be in the next 50.   As I described in my first AUVSI article after becoming Chair of the Board of Directors last year, my entrance into the world of robotics... Continue reading

Supporting DE&I during eras of organizational change

AUVSI’s member organizations – from industry giants to newer startups – are increasingly seeking to ensure they are inclusive to all, recognizing that doing so improves decision-making, innovation, and engagement. As AUVSI President and CEO Brian Wynne recently said, “The only way to maximize the potential of this great industry is with everyone contributing their... Continue reading

How Simulation and Virtual Testing Can Validate Autonomous Driving

In July 2021, AUVSI and SAE International hosted the first Business of Automated Mobility Forum. The virtual event brought together industry leaders and experts from across the automated mobility industry to develop guiding strategies for success.  During an Enterprise Solutions Series presented by Neha Agarwal, Business Developer for Autonomous Solutions, MSC Software Corporation (a Hexagon company). Forum attendees learned how to verify and validate an Advanced... Continue reading

Ethicist sketches 4 models of ‘ethics by design’ for AI decision-making, calling for education and collaboration before programming

As we progress further into a world with decision-making machines, pioneering AI ethicist Dr. Paul Root Wolpe urged XPONENTIAL attendees in his keynote Wednesday not to let ethics be an afterthought.  “It has to be ethics by design,” said Wolpe, director of  Emory University’s Center for Ethics. Wolpe, whose career has included 17 years as... Continue reading

FAA chief hails industry collaboration as part of regulatory path to trusted integration, including progress on BVLOS

In a keynote titled “Leading to Trusted Integration,” FAA Administrator Steve Dickson raised hopes of progress by the end of the year toward new beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) rules.  But first, he invoked the vocabulary of aviation to acknowledge that regulation is often seen as a “drag” on the unmanned aerial systems (UAS)... Continue reading

About AUVSI

Since 1972, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has enabled technical innovation, supportive policy, and inspired academic breakthroughs in the uncrewed industry.