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Viasat, AeroVironment team to develop encrypted communications capabilities for unmanned aircraft systems

Viasat and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) company AeroVironment will collaborate on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative.

Drone truck startup Einride unveils new driverless vehicles for autonomous freight hauling — The Verge

Einride, the Swedish autonomous trucking startup, unveiled a new vehicle type that the company hopes to have on the road delivering freight starting in...

AI-powered drone learns extreme acrobatics — IEEE Spectrum

Now researchers from the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, in collaboration with Intel, have developed a neural...

General Atomics flies MQ-9 Reaper with AI pod that chooses targets autonomously — FlightGlobal

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has integrated and flown the MQ-9 Reaper with the Agile Condor pod, an on-board artificially intelligent computer that promises to...

Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet — CNBC

Amazon on Monday received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones, writes Annie Palmer. Here is the...