In June, the Dawn of Autonomy podcast features "Complex Ops" Month and we're excited to kick it off with our month sponsor, uAvionix! Our guest this week is Britt Wanick, the Vice President of Marketing at uAvionix, who combines his naval academy background and two decades of industry experience to drive significant growth and innovation for the company.
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Charles River Analytics to help the Air Force execute critical security decisions
Charles River Analytics received Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) to develop integrated tools to support decision-making related to installation security and risk assessment.
Transitioning AAM into Reality at AIAA AVIATION Forum
The 2024 AIAA AVIATION Forum will be held 29 July–2 August in Las Vegas, and this year’s event aims to bridge the gap between visionary concepts and tangible technological reality.
Starr Ginn, Advanced Concepts and Partnerships at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, served on the forum’s Guiding Coalition. AUVSI met with Ms. Ginn to learn more about NASA’s participation at AIAA AVIATION Forum and the Agency’s vision for how Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) will transform aviation’s role in the everyday movement of people and goods.
Proven Approaches to Mitigating Safety Certification Risk: Is Your Safety Certification at Risk?
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 5 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Webinar Description:
Your safety certification program has a near infinite number of ways it can go astray. Runtime eLOC (effective lines of code) derived from functional requirements, export compliance regulations, runtime security threat analysis and security policy definition, certification requirements/standards, development platform availability and strategy, operating system selection, and software development strategy, all have a significant impact on cost and schedule for a safety certifiable solution.
UCATS: An Agent-Based Modeling Tool to Simulate Flight Planning for UAS Operations
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 26 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Transforming Emergency Response: Exploring FAA-Approved Drone as First Responder Programs
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 12 at 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Webinar Description:
Join us for an in-depth webinar hosted by uAvionix, featuring panelists from leading police departments and technology partners. Discover how FAA-approved Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs are transforming emergency response, enhancing situational awareness, and alleviating resource pressures. Learn about the technology and operational strategies that make these programs scalable and repeatable across the US.
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Lori DeMatteis, MatrixSpace | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 19
This week's episode of the Dawn of Autonomy podcast features Lori DeMatteis, Chief Revenue Officer at MatrixSpace. With over 20 years of experience as a global executive leader spanning 110 countries, Lori brings a proven track record of driving significant revenue into vertical industries for emerging technologies, from startups to market leaders, having played key roles in taking companies public and facilitating subsequent mergers. As CRO of independent startup MatrixSpace, she supports its award winning MatrixSpace Radar, a next generation which enables object identification and real-time data collection without reliance on the cloud
Special Stream: Sean Guerre, InnovateEnergy | Dawn of Autonomy
This week, we close out an incredible month dedicated to ‘Education’ on the Dawn of Autonomy podcast, sponsored by USI with an episode featuring Sean Guerre, Managing Director of the Energy Drone and Robotics Coalition (EDRC) and Managing Director for the InnovateEnergy communities and Energy Innovators Council.
Sean has a demonstrated history of building communities and working with digital media and events focused on advanced technologies in the energy sector and leads EDRC, the largest community in the world for autonomous systems, including robotics, in energy and industrial operations. Tune in to learn about the numerous educational initiatives that EDRC and InnovateEnergy lead, including the upcoming 8th Annual Energy Drone and Robotics Summit in Houston, TX.
State Advocacy Recap: April 2024
As April ends, several state legislatures have adjourned for the remainder of the session. Due to elections, sessions in even-numbered years are often shorter than those in odd-numbered ones. Eight states adjourned this month, bringing the total to nineteen states already adjourned for their 2024 regular sessions.
What We’re Seeing
With the legislative sessions winding down, we saw fewer new bills introduced and began to see more bills enacted into law. This includes forward leaning enabling legislation for both air and ground vehicles:
