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Eurocopter’s ability to integrate unmanned flight capabilities into its helicopter family has been validated by an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) demonstration programme, which used an EC145 to fly routes that included deployment of an external sling load and a representative observation mission. Continue reading
Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis is pushing for a city-run system of eye-level street surveillance technology and making a case for a dedicated NYPD-style anti-terrorism unit to protect Boston from another soft-target strike like the deadly marathon bombing. Continue reading
Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by surveillance aircraft, hoping any chance of prosecuting them will vanish with the drugs sinking to the bottom of the sea. Continue reading
San Javier Air Base (Murcia) was selected to conduct the trials and demonstrate that satellite communications are suitable to operate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) and integrate them into civil airspace. Continue reading
The UK Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday, for the first time, armed UAS used to target insurgents in Afghanistan are now being operated out of the UK . Continue reading
After the TacoCopter and the Burrito Bomber, the Oppikoppi Festival near Northam, South Africa presents its Oppikoppi Beer Drone Technology v1.1. Continue reading
Nearly 600 people including visitors from more than 20 states and several countries converged on Dayton on Tuesday for the start of the Ohio UAS Conference. Continue reading
The municipal Council of Alma, Unmanned Systems Canada, the Alma Airport authorities and the Unmanned Aerial System Center of Excellence announce the 2013 Unmanned Systems Canada Student UAV Competition. Continue reading