WhiteFox Defense Awarded $1.25M Air Force Contract for Handheld Drone Defense

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, October 18, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- WhiteFox DefenseTechnologies, an airspace management and counter drone solution provider, announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.25M focused on Scorpion 3, a light-weight, portable drone detection and mitigation solution to address the most pressing challenges in the US Department of the Air Force (DAF).

Scorpion offers efficient and reliable situational awareness, in any dynamic environment. The intuitive user interface allows the operator to integrate authorized drones into secured airspace, detect unauthorized drones and defend critical assets. Simple to use, cost-effective, and feature rich, Scorpion-3 is a portable/person-carriable RF-based detection, early warning, tracking, and identification solution.

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Emerson Ventures Invests in First Resonance

Strategic investment from Emerson's corporate venture capital arm supports First Resonance's ION Factory Operating System

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today announced it has made a strategic investment through Emerson Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, in First Resonance, a Los Angeles-based start-up transforming manufacturing with its ION Factory Operating System (OS).

Through Emerson Ventures' value-add strategic investment approach, Emerson's investment will support further growth and development of First Resonance's ION Factory OS, which enables companies across industries to conduct day-to-day operations and connect workflows to power modern operations, from production to supply chain procurement and quality.

"As Emerson continues to accelerate its growth as a leading global automation company, we are constantly searching for innovative companies supporting the development of world-changing software and technologies," said Thurston Cromwell, vice president of development and innovation, and head of Emerson Ventures. "This strategic investment brings together Emerson's deep expertise in automation and First Resonance's operating system that helps companies modernize their technology, automate their processes and build transformational products of the future."

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New Portfolio Company - - - Qualiti

Automated software testing startup Qualiti lands $6.5M in seed funding

Software testing automation startup Qualiti Inc. said today it has closed on a $6.5 million round of seed funding led by Sierra Ventures with participation from Epic Ventures.

Qualiti has created an automated platform that uses generative artificial intelligence to help developers spin up a full testing suite for any software program or application in as little as 15 minutes, without any human input. With its platform, it’s aiming to disrupt the essential quality assurance process within software development.

Software testing is a key element of modern application development pipelines. It refers to the process of verifying and evaluating the functionality of the product in question. In an age where continuous updates are the standard practice for software developers, with apps constantly being updated sometimes even more than once a day, testing is a vital task that helps to reduce or eliminate the possibility of bugs.

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Exclusive: Colorado oil emissions measurement startup changes leaders

A Denver company measuring oil and gas emissions is turning to the brother of its CEO and its co-founder for new leadership as the business evolves past its fast-growing startup phase.

Chris Romer, an entrepreneur and former state legislator, is stepping aside as CEO of Denver-based Project Canary to be its chairman. His brother, Tim Romer, who had been Project Canary’s CFO, and Will Foiles, co-founder and COO of the company, are becoming co-CEOs running the business.

Project Canary turned to co-CEOs for leadership that could combine to focus on day-to-day operations and execution and develop the science behind their measurement technologies, the two executives said in an exclusive interview with the Denver Business Journal.

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Axiom Cloud Releases AI-Based Early Leak Detection Software, Tested at 242 Facilities

A new AI-based leak detection software system that provides early identification of refrigerant leaks has already been beta-tested by 242 grocery stores and cold-storage facilities, according to Amrit Robbins, CEO of San Jose, California-based Axiom Cloud, the software’s supplier.

The system, Early Leak Detection (ELD), is being released for commercial use in North America on August 31. It is one of five new software modules that Axiom is offering to replace its previous three apps, Facilities Analyzer, Virtual Technician and Virtual Battery, said Robbins. The other modules include Enterprise Visibility, Energy Efficiency, Predictive Maintenance and Demand Response.

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