This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World

Wilson Logistics will equip 1,120 of its trucks with Locomation’s platooning technology, with the first units to be delivered in 2022. The two companies have also extended their commercial partnership through at least the end of 2028. (VentureBeat)

Kongsberg Maritime has sold four of its HUGIN AUV systems to the Indian Defence Public Sector shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), which is located in Kolkata, India. The sale was conducted in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime India, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime. (Kongsberg Maritime)

Parrot recently announced the results of an independent data-privacy and security audit of its FreeFlight 6 mobile application for the ANAFI series of drones. Conducted by private professional services firm Bishop Fox, the audit showed that the app “delivers on Parrot’s promise of exceptional data security, protection and transparency.” (Parrot)

Geopipe of New York City is the winner of GENIUS NY's $1 million grand prize. Geopipe is building the whole-Earth digital twin by using advanced artificial intelligence to create immersive 3D models of the real world. (Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)

County commissioners in Manatee County, Florida recently approved a contract with Archer First Response Systems LLC, for the county’s first life-saving drone. At the discretion of 911 telecommunicators, the drone would be dispatched to deliver an AED, a tourniquet and Narcan to callers while they wait for an ambulance to arrive. (EMS1.com)

Springfield airport in Springfield, Ohio is being used as a testing site for commercial drone opportunities. Most recently, a New Jersey-based developer and producer of advanced communications and networking equipment called TELEGRID Technologies Inc. launched its "Drone Express" UAV into the skies above Springfield. The goal of the flight was to test the aircraft's ability to potentially deliver packages beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). (Dayton Business Journal)

Skyward and Parrot recently announced a partnership to deliver Parrot ANAFI drones along with Skyward drone program management, flight log sync, and training to U.S. enterprises. The companies say that the ANAFI USA and training package provides enterprises with a one-stop shop for building and scaling a drone program with aircraft, policies and procedures, training, and automatic flight log sync to the software platform to manage it all. (Skyward)