AUTONOMOUS ARENA

Contrasting the use of drones on Mars and in Afghanistan

By Tony Murfin
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been cooking up a way to get some of Mars back to Earth, so samples can be analyzed in detail. Improved drones on Mars could be key to returning soil samples to Earth.

Amazon shows how it's building drone delivery system

The fully electric drones are designed to deliver packages under 5 pounds to customers in less than 60 minutes.

US Army experiments with Zephyr UAS

Army Futures Command is conducting experimentation using the Zephyr stratospheric UAS.

RIMPAC 2022 maritime exercise tests UAS

Lockheed Martin invests in Xona constellation

Xona Space Systems, a company developing navigation technologies from low-Earth orbit (LEO), has received investment backing from Lockheed Martin.

Geneq launches SXBlue SMART compact survey receiver

Tallysman adds housed TW3885T dual-band timing antenna

Trimble adds integrity monitoring to Centerpoint RTX FAST service

Antenova adds Agosti antenna for scaled-down GNSS designs

Qualcomm launches new Snapdragon for wearables

Unicore releases GNSS RTK module, the UM980

The UM980 uses real-time kinematic (RTK) technology to achieve centimeter-level positioning accuracy.

Drones donated to Ukraine

A Turkish defense manufacturer opts to donate three military drones.