May 28, 2026 | Autonomous Ships, Featured, Weather
Long-running partnership with Saildrone aims to improve hurricane forecasting and rapid intensification models. The company announced plans to deploy 10 Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) during the 2026 hurricane season in partnership with National...
Jan 8, 2026 | Aviation, Featured, Space, Weather
As the number of satellites in orbit continues to climb, so does the risk of their remnants falling back to Earth, and into the path of commercial airliners. A 2025 study conducted by the University of British Columbia estimates a 26%...
Sep 25, 2025 | Featured, Satellites, Space, Weather
A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in flight. The three satellites soared from...
May 1, 2025 | Drones, Weather
Earlier this month, the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) successfully used a drone equipped with a lightning-proof cage to essentially summon lightning in an effort to mitigate damage from an incoming thunderstorm....
Apr 10, 2025 | Space, Weather
In February, massive layoffs swept across the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in compliance with requests from the Trump administration. These cuts resulted in industry-wide concerns about immediate impacts to weather forecasts and climate...
Jan 9, 2025 | Autonomous Vehicles, Tire Technology, Weather
Self-driving fleets are escorting record numbers of passengers around cities like Phoenix and San Francisco. But that isn’t the case in frigid Midwest outposts like Akron, Ohio, home to tire company Goodyear, where hands remain firmly on the steering wheel. “Snow...
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