Articles
Italian Space Day: Cross-Domain Lessons from Commercial Space for Advanced Air Mobility
By: Michelle Duquette, Ambassador – Operations On December 4th, I attended the Italian Embassy’s Italian Space Day. Beyond the excellent pasta and coffee, the event demonstrated how strategic positioning, innovative...Read More
Best Year Ever? How 2025 Reset the Trajectory for Drones and AAM
By: Dawn Zoldi 2025 may go down as the year the drone industry stopped “promising” and started proving it could deliver real value at scale. Public safety agencies matured drone-first-responder...Read More
Staying Ahead of the Swarm: Why Software-Defined Counter-UAS Wins the Long Game
By: Dawn Zoldi Software has become the true center of gravity in counter-UAS (C-UAS). In a world where drone threats evolve by the week, continuous software updates and software-defined detection...Read More
Mission-Centric Autonomy: Soldier, Swarm and System Synergy in Modern Warfare
By: Dawn Zoldi At this year’s UAS Summit and Expo, a panel of industry leaders dove into the future of military autonomy, examining how mission-centric swarms, cutting-edge soldier controls, and...Read More
Building Defense Readiness: Lessons in Autonomous Warfare
By: Dawn Zoldi* Modern defense is a moving target. Sweeping changes driven by emerging cyber threats, next-generation unmanned systems and artificial intelligence, compliance requirements and, most notably, the real-world lessons...Read More
One-Day Warriors: Slashing Drone Pilot Training with AI Autonomy
By: Pramod Raheja, AG Autonomy Ambassador In modern warfare, drones have become indispensable tools on battlefields from Ukraine to the Middle East. First-Person View (FPV) drones, in particular, have proven...Read More
SkyClean: Setting a New Standard for Drone-Mounted for High-Rise and Industrial Power Washing
By: Dawn Zoldi SkyClean, modular cleaning hardware designed by Nested Technologies to mount directly on the DJI Matrice 400 platform, redefines how facility managers, building owners and service providers approach...Read More
AI-Powered Digital Twins and Quantum Computing Must Inform Next-Gen Airspace Management Policy
By Capt. Fahad ibne Masood, MRAeS In terms of the safety in the national airspace system (NAS), the risk of even a single “guesstimate” would be unacceptable. To differentiate fiction...Read More
The States Driving Drone Success: Laws, Leaders and Lessons from Law-Tech Connect
By: Dawn Zoldi As drones become more mainstream, some states have become the true laboratories for UAS integration. This became clearly evident at Law-Tech Connect’s “State of the States II”...Read More
Advanced Air Mobility Careers: Preparing the Next-Gen Workforce for eVTOL’s Rise
By: Sarah Nilsson, AG Drone and AAM Law Ambassador Advanced air mobility (AAM), or as some regions refer to it, “innovative air mobility” (IAM) represents a holistic shift in how...Read More