Articles
America’s Technology Leadership Imperative: Winning Tomorrow From Low Earth Orbit To Las Vegas
By: Dawn Zoldi At GBEF EDGE 2026 in Las Vegas, in a powerful keynote, retired Maj. Gen. John “JO/Sprocket” Olson (USAF Ret.) issued a national technology launch sequence. To win...Read More
Torc Robotics: Steering Truck Autonomy Into the Mainstream, From the Rubber to the Roof
By: Dawn Zoldi This year’s CES highlighted that AV truck autonomy has moved from concept to concrete business tool, and Torc Robotics aims to position itself at the center of...Read More
Small & Exquisite Vs. Big & Bold: Europe’s Defence Pivot In The Drone Age
By: Philip Hicks, AG Ambassador for the U.K. & Middle East Asymmetric warfare is rewriting Europe’s budgets, factories and battlefield playbooks.Europe’s defence spending has surged to historic highs, but the...Read More
Why We Should Trust the Autonomous Flying Machine: An Introduction to Neuro-Symbolism in AI
By: Capt. Fahad ibne Masood, MRAeS, Autonomy Global Ambassador – GenNext Tech City traffic is something everyone wishes they could avoid. Now with the introduction of electric vertical takeoff and...Read More
The Guts and Brains of EV Autonomy: Inside Ambarella’s AI, GPU and Radar Stack at CES 2026
By: Dawn Zoldi At CES 2026, Ambarella used an off‑site invitation-only exhibition to make a simple point about electric vehicle autonomy: the car is the shell, but the real value...Read More
Aerial Cities, the Industrialization of Urban Skies and the Role of Industry Consensus Standards
By: Phil Kenul (RADM NOAA, Ret.) – AG Ambassador, Standards No longer just a vision on a designer’s drafting board, tomorrow’s airspace is already taking shape due to the convergence...Read More
Looking Ahead to 2026: How Government is Adopting Autonomy, AI and Geospatial Tech – and What It Means for Emerging Technology Businesses
By: Dawn Zoldi As 2026 begins, autonomy and geospatial technologies have transitioned from side projects to core tools to how agencies plan, operate and defend. From federal civilian programs to...Read More
Renderings to Reality: Turning Drone And AAM Visions into Durable Infrastructure
By: Dawn Zoldi Regularized operations with automated drones and advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft move closer to reality everyday than most communities realize. But the real work happens far from...Read More
The World’s First Personal Robocar: Driving Toward Level 4 With Tensor’s Autonomous Vehicle at CES 2026
By: Dawn Zoldi Autonomy level 4 describes a vehicle that can drive itself without human intervention under defined conditions or in specific geofenced areas, even if the human does not...Read More
OpEd – Drone Delivery’s Blind Spot: Why FAA’s Drone Package PEA Potentially Puts Heliports, Hospitals and Safety at Risk
By: Dawn Zoldi* By midnight January 8th, the FAA’s official public comment period on its Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Drone Package Delivery Operations quietly closed with only a...Read More