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Safety And Security Before Scale: How African Stakeholders Are Rethinking AAM From Day One

By: Peter Karanja, AG Africa Ambassador As Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) takes shape in Africa, stakeholders aren’t rushing to scale before figuring out the safety and security aspect. Instead, they...Read More
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GIS at the Heart of Modern Security Operations: Insights from the Esri Safety & Security Summit

Complexity defines today’s security operations. Digital maps provide the digital backbone for agencies that provide real-time situational awareness, enable rapid decision-making and stitch together information for seamless interagency collaboration. The...Read More
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What’s Going On With Drones In South Asia? Updates From Kathmandu

By: Eno Umoh, AG Business & Entrepreneurship Ambassador We often don’t hear a lot about drones in South Asia. The South Asia Drone Forum changed all of that. The forum,...Read More
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How Do You Stop a Spider’s Web of Drones? Inside Ukraine’s Game-Changing Operation

In the early hours of June 1, 2025, the rules of modern warfare shifted. Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web—a meticulously coordinated drone assault—struck deep inside Russian territory, targeting airbases across five...Read More
Asteria

Built for India, Backed by Tech: Asteria’s Edge in Enterprise and Defense Drones

By: Akshata, AG Asia Ambassador When Asteria launched operations over a decade ago, its mission was clear: to take the aerospace expertise of its co-founders and channel it into building...Read More
Fulcrum

Fulcrum and the Next Level of Fieldwork: Intelligent Operations for the Energy and Infrastructure Sectors

Across electric, water, and gas utilities—along with pivotal infrastructure contractors—field teams face a tangled web of manual paperwork, disconnected digital tools, and the ever-present mandate for safety, uptime, and regulatory...Read More
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Martin Solutions: The Bridge to Certification For Emerging Aviation

For emerging aviation companies, the path from inspired concept to a certified, market-ready product remains a complex journey. Modern air mobility’s future hinges not just on engineering ingenuity but on...Read More
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Mapping Wildfire Resilience With GIS: Perspectives from the ESRI Safety and Security Summit

As wildfires become more frequent and severe across the globe, the need for advanced tools to predict, detect and respond to these disasters has become increasingly critical. At the 2025...Read More
Embention

Embention: the first company specializing in drone Autopilots to receive APDOA approval

Embention has become an EASA-approved aeronautical design organization Embention has officially been approved as an APDOA (Alternative Procedures to Design Organization Approval) by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), under the...Read More
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DFW Airport Goes Digital With Geospatial Data, AI/ML and Event-Driven Architecture

With a land area rivaling Manhattan and a passenger volume among the world’s highest, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) faces the immense challenge of modernizing infrastructure, enhancing passenger experience...Read More