by Stephanie Lacy-Price | Jul 24, 2020
Fundamentally, a sensor requires information passing from the thing you’re trying to detect to your detector. When you choose a sensor, you’re choosing the physical phenomena you are attempting to capture. In essence, you’re choosing the modality of information...
by Stephanie Lacy-Price | May 28, 2020
by Hari Viswanathan What is Visual Line of Sight (VLOS)? Visual Line of Sight Rules (VLOS) apply to small unmanned aircraft in the same way that Visual Flight Rules (VFR) apply to manned aircraft: VFR are a set of regulations governing piloting an aircraft during...
by Stephanie Lacy-Price | Nov 19, 2019
How Iris enabled the first true BVLOS missions by Gabrielle Wain, Head of Public Policy & Government Affairs Flying over a field in Salina, Kansas Recently, Iris Automation’s team of pilots traveled from Reno to rural Salina, Kansas to conduct field testing, a...
by Stephanie Lacy-Price | Oct 8, 2019
How Aloha Fridays became an Iris tradition “Every revolution was first a thought in one man’s mind” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Aloha Friday at the Iris 2019 Retreat One of the most exciting things about joining an early stage start-up is the opportunity to make an...
by Stephanie Lacy-Price | Jul 16, 2019
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve brought Scott Smith on board as an Independent Director to the company board! Scott brings a remarkable background to the team and company. He began his career at Lockheed, went on to found his own successful aerospace startup,...