Leaf Space’s first ground station in Canada
Leaf Space has announced the completion of its first ground station in Canada, built in partnership with Maritime Launch Services Inc at Spaceport Nova Scotia, near Canso, Nova Scotia. The newest ground station will support S- and X-band, high-speed data download for satellite operators worldwide, through efficient and mission-critical …

AGR integrates Septentrio GNSS for resilient UAV navigation
Combined with AGR’s proprietary integrated navigation strategies and flight control system (AG6), this creates an industrial UAV platform capable of maintaining precise, stable, and safe navigation in demanding environments. The mosaic-G5 P3 supports multi-frequency, multi-constellation GNSS reception with low and predictable latency needed for stable and accurate …

The system is designed to intervene in scenarios, where an autonomous AI agent – the ‘‘new driver’’ – encounters conditions too complex or unorthodox for autonomy alone to handle. We present here the concluding part of the paper. The first part was publsihed in June‘26 issue

Kaya Kuru

School of Engineering and Computing, University of Central Lancashire, …

SPH Engineering Launches UgCS 6.0
SPH Engineering has released UgCS 6.0, a major update designed to resolve critical operational bottlenecks in large-scale drone surveying. The software’s new “Large Projects” feature allows operators to import massive polygons and easily split them into smaller sub-areas while guaranteeing perfect grid alignment across the entire site. To further ensure …

The system is designed to intervene in scenarios, where an autonomous AI agent – the ‘‘new driver’’ – encounters conditions too complex or unorthodox for autonomy alone to handle. We present here the first part of the paper. The concluding part will be publsihed in July issue

Kaya Kuru

School of Engineering and Computing, University of Central …

Restrictions for drones near critical infrastructure sites
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a proposed rule that would allow specific categories of critical infrastructure sites to apply for restrictions on drone operations around their facilities. Sixteen sectors would be eligible for restrictions including energy production, transportation systems, chemical facilities, water treatment plants, and defense …

The result from the GNSS processing method achieved the best performance in terms of absolute error evaluation

Mouhamadou Moustapha Mbacké Ndour

UFR-SI, University of Iba Der Thiam, Thiès, Senegal

Papa Matar Sylla

Holding Gueye, Dakar, Senegal

Alphousseyni Ndonky

UFR-SI, University of Iba Der Thiam, Thiès, Senegal

Babacar Faye

Simon & Christiansen Afrique (S.C.A), Dakar, Senegal

Abstract
The spatial representation of the Earth’s surface, as well …

White-label CAD solution in Japan
Pythagoras BV and Terra Drone have formed a strategic partnership to introduce a customized white-label software solution for the Japanese market. It combines Terra Drone’s SLAM and UAV technologies with Pythagoras’ CAD and point cloud processing software, creating an integrated platform tailored …

A holistic summary of important criteria needed for safe and successful flights

Tito Jun T. Tidula

A former UAV operator/ controller who operated both fixed wing and multirotor drones and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cotabato, Philippines

Rezin G. …

SpaceX launches next-generation Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite
The third satellite part of the COSMOSkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and operated in orbit by Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) …