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On 16 November 2011, the European Commission UAS Panel’s 4th Workshop will take place in the Europa meeting room at EUROCONTROL headquarters in Brussels, Belgium from 09.00 to 17.40 (registration starts at 08.30). This workshop will cover the following topics and their pertinence to UAS: societal impact, privacy, data protection, liability and ethical concerns. Continue reading
On 25-27 October 2011 the UAS Latin America conference & exhibition took place at the Technology Park in Sao José dos Campos in Brazil. Continue reading
A team of seven students from the Terrassa School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering (ETSEIAT) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech (UPC) have developed the technology for flying the Solar Endeavour UPC, Spain’s first photovoltaic-powered plane built by students. Continue reading
The Technology Training Corporation is holding a two-day conference on “UAS Payloads – Needs, Capabilities and Opportunities.” The conference starts tomorrow, Tuesday November 15th at the Holiday Inn On-The-Bay, San Diego, California. Continue reading
NASA's Global Hawk over Edwards Air Force Base - Photo: NASA / Carla Thomas
NASA’s Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment, or ATTREX, will conduct this research over the Pacific Ocean from three locations in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading
The project for an Airborne Avalanche Rescue System by designer Tatjana Rolle aims to decrease crucial emergency rescue times after avalanches by utilizing autonomous airborne drones to detect and mark the position of victims.
The LONGBOW LLC’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) recently controlled an unmanned aircraft from an AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter, while both were in flight. The LONGBOW LLC is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. Continue reading
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Kelly Cohen, associate professor of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics at the University of Cincinnati, supervises a project known as SIERRA (Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft) which integrates small, unmanned aircraft with global positioning systems, environmental data, video and fire-prediction software to give real-time information about where a fire is burning, and where it is moving. Continue reading