The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow
The New York Times Magazine recently published an article intriguingly entitled “32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow”. Continue reading
14th Annual UAS TAAC Conference Scheduled for December
The UAS Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) is holding its 14th annual conference on December 4 – 6, 2012, at the Tamaya Hyatt Regency, located on the Santa Ana Pueblo, north of Albuquerque, NM. Continue reading
US Army Cancels Boeing Hummingbird Programme
This month, the US Army planned to deploy to Afghanistan unmanned helicopter programmed to use high-tech cameras to monitor vast amounts of territory.
Prioria Robotics Gets $5.5M in Funding
Prioria Robotics, Inc. announced that it has received $5.5 million in funding to advance the growth of its unmanned aircraft system platforms for military and civilian applications.
NOAA Uses Puma to Monitor Ocean Life off Hawaii
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting a demonstration off Oahu’s North Shore this week of a small unmanned aircraft the agency hopes will improve ocean monitoring and aid environmental research in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Continue reading
NASA Auto-GCAS Flight Tests on DROID UAS Declared a Success
Project officials at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center are hailing the success of recent flights tests of a miniature automatic ground collision avoidance system (Auto-GCAS) for small unmanned aircraft, after the smartphone-assisted system repeatedly executed pull-ups or sharp turns of the test aircraft to avoid imminent impact with terrain in its flight path.
Cassidian Displays Tanon Rotary UAS
The Tanan 300 vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aircraft system (VTOL Tactical UAS) from Cassidian was shown at recently at Eurosatory in Paris. Continue reading