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    AUVSI Commends Safety Focused UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee Report

    AUVSI Commends Safety Focused UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee Report Leading drone association praises new standard of airspace safety   Arlington, Va. –  Today, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), applauded the publication of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) report. The report sets... Continue reading

    XPONENTIAL 2022 in Orlando to Feature DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety UAS Education Program

      AIRT and AUVSI continue their partnership with two new educational concepts - Conclave and Forum - for first responders using Drones For Good.  ORLANDO – March 7, 2022 – DRONERESPONDERS, the world’s leading non-profit program dedicated exclusively to the support of public safety drone programs, will return to AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2022 to provide educational... Continue reading

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

    FIXAR named finalist by the Edison Awards

    FIXAR has been announced as one of the selected group of finalists by the Edison Awards in the category of Aerospace and Robotics for its flagship VTOL outdoor UAV – FIXAR 007 with Autopilot and xGroundControl software.  The FIXAR 007 is a fully autonomous vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing drone designed for commercial and industrial... Continue reading

    Cherokee Federal’s John Walker inducted into Order of Prometheus

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — John Walker, a meteorologist and Unmanned Systems (UXS) subject matter expert for Cherokee Federal (CFed), was named to the Order of Prometheus during the AUVSI 2021 Pathfinder Chapter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.  The Order of Prometheus recognizes the significant and enduring contributions from the inductees to the unmanned systems... Continue reading

    Transport Canada Selects Iris Automation for Air Safety Technology Demonstration Program

    Reno, Nevada (November 17, 2021) – Iris Automation’s Casia collision avoidance system for commercial drones has been selected by Transport Canada as part of Canada’s onboard Detect and Avoid (DAA) technology demonstration program. The Detect and Avoid trials, conducted by the National Research Council Canada (NRC) on behalf of Transport Canada, will evaluate the use... Continue reading

    Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit to Showcase Public Safety and Emergency Use of Drones

    Florida Automated Vehicles (FAV) Summit to Showcase Public Safety and Emergency Use of Drones AIRT and AUVSI’s new Florida Public Safety Coordination Group will offer UAS-related demonstrations and content for event attendees  ORLANDO, FL – November 9, 2021 – The collective use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) by Florida public safety agencies, industry, academia, and... Continue reading

    Sagetech Avionics and Ciconia LTD Team Wins BIRD Foundation Homeland Security Grant for Collision Avoidance System

    WHITE SALMON, WA USA and NESS-ZIONA, ISRAEL, November 2, 2021 – Sagetech Avionics Inc., a U.S. aerospace technology company providing industry-leading situational awareness solutions for crewed and uncrewed aerial systems, and Ciconia LTD, an Israeli company focused on collision avoidance systems for aerial platforms, jointly announced that the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD)... Continue reading

    Governor Hochul Announces Winner of Nation-Leading GENIUS NY Business Competition

    Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that Airtonomy, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, is the $1 million grand prize winner of round five of the GENIUS NY accelerator competition. The year-long GENIUS NY program is the world's largest business competition focused on unmanned systems, cross-connected platforms and other technology-based sectors. Airial Robotics of Hamburg, Germany, CarScanner... 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.

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