Enabling Tech
Vertiports Rising: Who Will Build Europe’s Low-Altitude Future?
The skies above Europe’s cities are on the cusp of something big and new. Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are advancing through certification programmes, cargo drone networks are...Read More
Esri Introduces ArcGIS Velocity for ArcGIS Enterprise to Power Real-Time GIS Operations
ArcGIS Velocity Brings Real-Time Data Ingestion, Analysis, and Automated Alerting to ArcGIS Enterprise Deployments REDLANDS, Calif.—July 13, 2026—Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, has released for general availability ArcGIS...Read More
How WaiV Robotics Is Solving the Last 10 Feet of Offshore Drone Operations
Landing a drone on a moving ship is one of the hardest problems in unmanned aviation. WaiV Robotics built a system that does it autonomously, without touching the drone itself....Read More
Voyager Awarded $298M NASA Contract Under Completed Astrobotic Acquisition
Milestones Position Voyager as a Fully Integrated Commercial Lunar Platform DENVER—July 13, 2026—Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) has completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology, Inc. The close comes as NASA recently...Read More
South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute Uses Drones to Save Lives
Wildfires continue getting worse. Globally, fire seasons grow longer, burn hotter and reach terrain that ground crews simply cannot access in time. For South Korea, a country where nearly 70...Read More
BVLOS in Energy: What Operators Are Doing Now and How They’re Preparing for What’s Next
The pathway to routine beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations in the energy sector is no longer a question of whether, but of how. The gap between where...Read More
Beyond Cope and Avoid: TruWeather’s Mission to Anticipate and Exploit Low-Altitude Weather
Drones and advanced air mobility (AAM) will not scale on aircraft performance alone. They will scale when operators can trust the airspace below 5,000 feet with the same confidence that...Read More
Echodyne Opens New Manufacturing Facility to Meet Surging Global Demand for Advanced MESA® Radar
New Washington State facility provides capacity to manufacture more than 30,000 radars annually, strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base KIRKLAND, Wash. – July 9, 2026 – As governments around the world...Read More
RULEMAKING WATCH: FAA’s Supersonic Aircraft Draft Rule Goes Live!
Last year the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order instructing the FAA to remove the ban on civil supersonic aircraft flight. On July 2, 2026, the agency officially published a...Read More
Energy Sector Robotics Reaches Inflection Point: Scale or Stall
At the 10th Annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit (EDRS), a panel of senior asset owners from Chevron, Shell, Devon Energy, Imperial Oil, and Dow Chemical, led by Suzanne Lemieux,...Read More
