RIEGL Innovations at INTERGEO 2022 We are very pleased that it was finally possible to come together again without restrictions at INTERGEO 2022 in Essen and to present the brand-new products and innovations from our Ultimate LiDARTM technology to a wide audience. Here we are allowed to give you a short summary of the current product innovations. Details can then be found in the corresponding data sheets on our website. UAV-based Laser Scanning: RIEGL VUX-160-23 and RIEGL VUX-120-23 – the High-Performance Solution for UAV-based Applications

InstantEye Robotics will provide 32 InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 small UAS (64 aircraft) to the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Program Office, after securing a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in support of PMA-263. According to InstantEye Robotics, the new InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 platform not only expands mission scope, but it also provides additional Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition capability to the individual Marine or Sailor.

Skysense has partnered with Avansig, a Spanish information and communication technology developer, to autonomously power the first indoor surveillance UAS for a multinational security company called Prosegur. According to Skysense, its charging infrastructure, which the company describes as “lightweight, fast-charging, and easy-to-use,” eliminates the need for battery removal or manual charging every time a UAS battery runs out. Prosegur’s surveillance UAS is capable of carrying out its own patrol route, and can land itself on Skysense’s charging pad to recharge. The UAS records and streams real-time video during surveillance patrols. When potential security threats or breaches are discovered, the UAS sends alerts to the security central station.

Northrop Grumman is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its autonomous Global Hawk high altitude long endurance aircraft, which occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Feb. 28, 1998. ​The flight occurred after a pilot in a nearby ground control station clicked the take-off button on their control console, sending the Global Hawk into the desert sky. The UAS completed a 56-minute flight before landing safely and stopping itself on the runway, just six inches off the painted centerline. The first Global Hawk aircraft, named Air Vehicle 1, or AV-1, was built by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical—which Northrop Grumman would go on to acquire in 1999— at the Ryan factory near San Diego’s Lindbergh Field.