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Control system helps several drones team up to deliver heavy packages

May 7, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

Many parcel delivery drones of the future are expected to handle packages weighing five pounds or less, a restriction that would allow small, standardized UAVs to handle a large percentage of the deliveries now done by ground vehicles.  But will that relegate heavier packages to slower delivery by conventional trucks and vans?

A research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a modular solution for handling larger packages without the need for a complex fleet of drones of varying sizes.  By allowing teams of small drones to collaboratively lift objects using an adaptive control algorithm, the strategy could allow a wide range of packages to be delivered using a combination of several standard-sized vehicles.

Beyond simplifying the drone fleet, the work could provide more robust drone operations and reduce the noise and safety concerns involved in operating large autonomous UAVs in populated areas.  In addition to commercial package delivery, the system might also be used by the military to resupply small groups of soldiers in the field.

Continue reading at:  Georgia Tech News Center

Filed Under: Georgia Tech News Tagged With: drones, UAV

Navy and Marine Corps make drones a top priority

March 22, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

The Navy and Marine Corps are making a serious effort to more heavily incorporate drones into the way the services do business.

The services released an Unmanned Campaign Plan last week that will advance manned-unmanned teaming in naval and joint missions and build a digital infrastructure that integrates drones at speed and scale.

“It is imperative that we employ new and different strategies to win the future fight,” the authors of the plan wrote.  “Unmanned concepts allow us to rewrite the narrative on traditional warfare.  Through a capabilities-based approach, we can build a future where unmanned systems are at the front lines of our competitive advantage.”

Continue reading at:  Federal News Network

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: drones, Marine Corps, Navy

Army drone rodeo takes place at Fort Benning, Georgia

March 1, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

Textron Systems is preparing to show off its vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in an Army drone rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia, for companies competing to replace the service’s RQ-7B Shadow.

The Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, or FTUAS, Rodeo will run through the first week of March and feature troops demonstrating drone prototypes from four defense firms that have been under soldier evaluation for the past year.

After a fly-off event in 2019 involving 11 drone vendors, the Army selected four finalists — the Textron Aerosonde Hybrid Quad, Arcturus Jump 20, L3 Harris Unmanned Systems FVR-90 and Martin UAV V-Bat — to participate in a capability assessment involving brigade combat teams, or BCTs, from the across the service.

Continue reading at:  Military.com

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Army, drones, UAV

3 predictions for government tech in 2018

January 4, 2018 By Nancy Cleveland

Prediction 1: Blockchain Beefs Up Government Cybersecurity

Prediction 2: Artificial Intelligence Goes Mainstream

Prediction 3: Drones Become a Part of Everyday Life

Read the full article at: http://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2017/12/3-predictions-government-tech-2018/144785/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: artificial intelligence, blockchain, drones, government trends, IT, technology, trends

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