Emerging Tech
Pentagon Experiments with Self-Driving Shuttles at San Diego Military Base
The real-world testing will provide new insight into varying emerging technologies.
Digital Government
Former Defense Secretary Joins Counter-Drone Startup
Mark Esper will serve on the Epirus board of directors.
Digital Government
FAA Knows It Needs More Tech Experts, Just Not How Many
The Federal Aviation Administration needs IT experts, as well as specialists in emerging technologies like drones and 3-D printing, but doesn’t have hard, quantitative data on those workforce gaps.
Emerging Tech
House Bill Would Direct Feds to Use Drones, Remote Sensors in U.S. Reforestation Efforts
The legislation calls for a five-year pilot program aimed at removing carbon from the atmosphere.
Emerging Tech
FAA Delays Drone Remote ID Tracking, ‘Operations Over People’ Rules
Compliance deadlines for manufacturers and operators have also been pushed out.
Emerging Tech
FAA, Choctaw Nation to Conduct Drone Studies
The partnership will investigate moving goods at low altitudes and traits of human operators.
Emerging Tech
FAA Names Five Host Airports to Test Counter-Drone Tech
The ultimate aim is to create national airport standards for drone detection and mitigation.
Digital Government
Customs and Border Protection Behind on Deploying Border Surveillance Tech, DHS OIG Finds
But President Joe Biden’s new immigration bill calls for more “smart technology” at the border.
Ideas
FAA Releases Remote ID, the Largest Regulatory Change for Drones In Years
Part of the purpose is to allow for more complex operations in the future.
Emerging Tech
Army Special Forces Wants Lasers to Shoot Down Drones
The winning vendor will get two high energy lasers and two radar systems to combine into a working, drone-killing prototype.
Emerging Tech
DOD's Plan to Counter Small Drones Hinges on Interoperability
Pentagon officials told media it is taking a system-of-systems approach unified under a common command and control for countering small drones.
Ideas
Can Robots and Drones Help to Fight COVID-19?
Using drones to help make our living and working spaces a little safer is not too much of a stretch.
Emerging Tech
Trump Takes Executive Action on Drones in Final White House Days
The executive order encourages federal agencies to divest from unmanned aerial systems manufactured by China, Russia and Iran.
Cybersecurity
GSA to Remove Almost All Drones from Contract Offerings Over China Concerns
By Feb. 1, all but five unmanned aerial vehicles will be removed from the General Services Administration’s offerings.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Releases Strategy for Countering Small Drones
The strategy’s accompanying implementation plan is set for release later this month, DOD officials said.
Emerging Tech
FAA Unveils Final Drone Rules for Remote ID, Nighttime Flights and Operations Over Humans
Unmanned aircraft systems will have to broadcast their “digital license plates” to legally zip around most places in the future.
Emerging Tech
Intel Agencies Seek to Perfect Biometric Recognition from Drones
Intelligence and military researchers want to merge facial recognition with other biometric methods to identify people from long distances and steep angles
Emerging Tech
NIST Plans New Drone-Advancing Challenge Competition
Potential scenarios include locating stranded first responders with thermal imaging, tracking them where GPS is inaccessible, and more.
Emerging Tech
Transportation Department Rolls Out New Program to Further Drive Drone Integration
It will build on a recently completed pilot that used drones to deliver small packages, count cattle—and more.
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