DigitalGlobe has added three new companies to its roster of partners and customers that use the satellite imagery provider’s geospatial big data analytics platform. Lockheed Martin, PrecisionHawk and Video Inform are among the companies that joined DigitalGlobe’s GBDX ecosystem or extended their commitments in the fourth quarter of 2016, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. Lockheed uses GBDX in an effort to create commercial […] More

Harris Corp. and PrecisionHawk have agreed to expand their alliance in an effort to launch platforms designed to meet situational awareness and operational requirements of unmanned aerial system pilots. The companies will use the PrecisionHawk-built Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform to develop and deploy tools that will work to support airspace management operations […] More

Insitu has formed a strategic alliance with PrecisionHawk in an effort to develop unmanned aircraft system services that work to help commercial enterprises meet safety requirements for unmanned flights. Boeing subsidiary Insitu said Wednesday the alliance will utilize the UAS research and testing capacity of the companies, which are both Federal Aviation Administration Pathfinder program participants. Ryan Hartman, Insitu president and CEO, said the alliance […] More

Modern Technology Solutions has collaborated with PrecisionHawk and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi to test PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform on air traffic management with four unmanned aircraft and two manned aircraft. MTSI said Monday the demonstration was funded by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Borders and Maritime Security Division and took place at […] More

The Federal Aviation Administration has teamed up with PrecisionHawk, BNSF Railway and CNN to expand the use of unmanned aircraft systems for operations in populated, rural and remote areas. The FAA will work with CNN to test if drones can be used in newsgathering activities in urban areas, the agency announced Wednesday at the Unmanned Systems […] More

A fresh Research and Markets report suggests a growing demand for data in commercial applications will help buoy the global unmanned aerial vehicle market to reach $21.23 billion by 2022 from $5.97 billion in 2016. The report predicts the global drone market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent from 2016 […] More

Kevin Robinson succeeded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. co-founder Phil Soucy as president and CEO of Alexandria, Virginia-based government services contractor in early 2014. Started in 1993, the employee-owned MTSI with 700 workers on its current roster focuses on technical and engineering services in areas such as unmanned aircraft, missile defense, intelligence research-and-development and cybersecurity. Robinson recently […] More

DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform. “We are leveraging […] More

Research and Markets predicts in a report that the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles will climb in value to $5.59 billion by 2020 at a compound annual growth rate of 32.22 percent. The company said Monday its report identifies the Federal Aviation Administration‘s relaxed regulation of commercial UAV drone operations after 2014 as the factor […] More

A new MarketsandMarkets research report predicts the global drones market will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 32.22 percent from 2015 through 2020, buoyed by regulatory relaxations on unmanned aerial vehicles. MarketsandMarkets said Monday the report foresees a $5.59 billion industry in five years, up from $663.4 million in 2014. The report indicates that huge demand for […] More