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The annual headline
conference and exhibition
of the Association for
Unmanned Vehicle Systems
International (AUVSI) was
held this year in New Orleans, Louisiana,
May 1-4 and, rebranded Xponential,
was arguably its strongest event ever.
Certainly on the exhibition side, the
subject of this report, there were more
unmanned system providers showing
their wares than ever before.
Walking the exhibition this year on
behalf of Unmanned Systems Technology
were Editorial Director Ian Bamsey and
Technology Reporter Peter Donaldson.
Between them they sought out the most
intriguing new developments from literally
hundreds of busy booths. Here is their
joint report of the technical highlights of a
memorable 2016 Xponential.
UAV Factory, Rolands Ozolins
reported, has recently created a division
of the company dedicated to selling
to other craft manufacturers products
such as gimbals, data links and ground
Our wide-ranging review of the pick of the technologies on
display at the world’s biggest unmanned systems exhibition
Stands that deliver
June/July 2016 | Unmanned Systems Technology
Innovative concepts and technologies were on
show everywhere at this fast-growing event