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42 T he 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