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Satcom test for orbiter

The Exploration Company is using a mid-band satellite terminal for a key test of its autonomous reuseable space capsule. The Nyx capsule is designed...

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Tanker’s pan-ocean debut

SK Shipping has demonstrated the first autonomous operation of a super-large liquid natural gas (LNG) carrier in a month-long transoceanic voyage...

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Imaging AI fitted to UAV

Mythic has ported its low-power analogue machine learning chip to the Sentinel UAV reference design from Modal AI...

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L2/L5 satcom receiver

Trimble has launched a dual-frequency OEM GNSS receiver module that supports its RTX correction services for autonomous applications...

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Super-light autopilot

Modal AI has launched a Qualcomm-based autopilot for its UAVs that weighs just 16 g. The VOXL 2 autopilot integrates a PX4real-time...

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AI speeds up 3D surveying

Researchers in Switzerland have used machine learning to develop a way to make 3D mapping more cost-effective...

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Trans-Atlantic inspection

Skypersonic has demonstrated a UAV being remotely piloted across the Atlantic Ocean using a standard mobile phone...

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IR lens for new-gen sensors

MKS Instruments has developed a motorised infrared zoom lens optimised for the new generation of 10 μm pixel SXGA/HD FPA (focal plane array) and 15 μmVGA FPA detectors...

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Low-cost radar on one PCB

Engineers at Plextek in the UK have developed a low-cost millimetre-wave radar on a single PCB. “Radar operating in the 60 GHz band offers...

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Sub has sensors on its skin

Researchers in Germany are developing a submarine robot with specialist sensors. The Bionic RoboSkin project, supported by Germany’s Ministry of Education...