It's likely we'll see much more of this kind of autonomous-tech deployment well before we see self-driving consumer-owned vehicles on roads.
I'd rather see one of the former governors widely rumored as candidates -- Jennifer Granholm, Bill Ritter, or Christine Gregoire -- who helped lead efforts to make clean-tech deployment and jobs a significant part of their states' economies.
To better track this transition, Clean Edge has just launched its inaugural universe of Corporate Clean Energy Leaders, recognizing corporations that are leading the way in establishing renewable electricity and low-carbon commitments, deploying renewable energy, and investing in clean-tech deployment.
The irony is that while the U.S. and Europe continue playing the accountants' game of targets and timetables, Asian governments are the ones beginning to move forward with serious technology policies, investing massive amounts in clean-tech development and deployment -- while the U.S. falls behind.
The task now is to strengthen the Senate energy bill to invest at least $15 billion per year in clean energy R&D and around $30 billion per year in clean-tech demonstration and deployment, which can form the basis for a new investment and technology-centered global framework and make the United States a leader in what Thomas Friedman has declared the "Earth Race".
The partnership will also extend beyond a simple supplier/supplied relationship, as both will work together to test new types of radar tech in autonomous system deployment.
Arman and I are still exploring our obsessions from last year, including 5G deployments, China tech geopolitics, next-gen semiconductors, and GPS.
Last October the company was suggesting 2017 for a commercial deployment of its tech.
Pappo adds that he expects the first in the wild deployment of the tech "within weeks", via a device maker.
It's not clear, however, whether the relatively new tech is ready yet for deployment on a mass scale with, say, an iPhone 6 device this fall.
