Jun 19, 2025 | Defense, Drones, Featured, Solar
French defense electronics maker Thales is teaming up with U.S. startup Skydweller Aero, which makes a solar-powered drone with the wingspan of a Boeing 747, to offer an unmanned maritime-patrol aircraft that can remain on station for weeks to months at a time. The...
Jun 19, 2025 | Europe, Featured, Fleets, Hydrogen
The European Commission has mandated that by 2030 there should be at least one hydrogen filling station every 120 miles on all major routes, and in all towns with a population of 100,000 or more. Heartened by such plans, BMW has committed to launching its first...
Jun 19, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robotaxis
Amazon.com Inc.’s Zoox autonomous driving unit opened a robotaxi production facility in California in the latest move by a deep-pocketed tech company to expand the nascent industry. The site in the San Francisco Bay area city of Hayward will be able to churn out...
Jun 19, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Transit
While the world waits for autonomous cars to become a reality, autonomous shuttles are popping up in towns across America, moving people around college campuses, downtowns and shopping locations. And soon, the crowds gathering to watch World Cup soccer will be able to...
Jun 19, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles
Waymo’s autonomous cars are heading back to New York City in July, the company announced today. Cars will be manually driven for now, not unlike the mapping tests Waymo ran in 2021, but the company says it ultimately wants to bring the same autonomous...
Jun 19, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Marine, Robots
Denmark’s armed forces have deployed four uncrewed robotic sailboats, named “Voyagers,” for a three-month operational trial in Danish and NATO waters. Built by Saildrone, a California-based company, these 10-meter-long vessels are designed for...
Jun 19, 2025 | Air Mobility
An Austin-based tech company is joining forces with a California firm working to bring air taxis to Texas skies. SkyGrid, developed by Austin’s SparkCognition and Boeing in 2018, has become a subsidiary of Wisk Aero. Both companies are owned by Boeing. SkyGrid...
Jun 19, 2025 | China, Featured, Space
China brought two spacecraft together high above Earth as part of a refueling demonstration mission, according to a space situational awareness company. China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit,...
Jun 18, 2025 | Drones, First Responders, Law Enforcement
A crime reported on Hawaiian homelands may someday trigger police to dispatch a flying drone with the quick press of a button. That’s the pitch Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement Director Mike Lambert made Tuesday to the Hawaiian Homes Commission as he underscored...
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