A local company says it has signed an agreement with Bowen Basin mining companies in central Queensland to use unmanned aircraft to service local coal mines. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2012
US Customs and Border Patrol Predator Video
This 7-minute video of US Customs and Border Protection Agency Predator B aircraft was just posted on YouTube. Continue reading
Robotic Aircraft Lands Like a Bird
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have duplicated the control functions that allow birds to successfully perform a soft landing—in this case, perching on a human hand – as the video below demonstrates. Continue reading
Hezbollah Gets More Ababil UAS from Iran
Hezbollah has been allocating increased resources towards bolstering its UAS unit, Yedioth Ahronoth reported last week.
Volz Servos Control AAI Aerosonde New Contract Awards
Volz Servos has been contracted by AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems to supply servos for their Aerosonde sUAS to support recent contract awards.
Seattle Police Department Gets Draganflyer
The Seattle Police Department recently demonstrated how it’s newly acquired unmanned aircraft hovers and flies in a warehouse where police vehicles are stored. Continue reading
SESAR Launches Study on UAS Integration
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU), a public-private partnership formed to manage the Development phase of the airspace modernization initiative, has launched a study on the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the airspace. Continue reading
EUROCAE WG93 On Lightweight RPAS Is Announced
In December 2011, the Secretary General of EUROCAE took the decision to establish a separate working group to deal specifically with Light Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). Continue reading