DJI Innovations has launched the Phantom Vision, the industry’s first professional grade, consumer-focused quadcopter with integrated HD camera. Based upon the popular Phantom platform, the Phantom Vision provides hobbyists and professional videographers alike the capability to capture full HD video and pictures right out of the box. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Human Error Caused MQ-9 Reaper Crash in Nevada
A series of errors led to the crash* of an MQ-9 Reaper in an unpopulated area three miles northeast of Mount Irish, Douglas County, Nevada, Dec. 5, 2012, according to an Air Combat Command Abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report released on Tuesday. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Unveils UCLAS Contender
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Lockheed Martin is taking the wraps off its submission for the US Navy’s prospective unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington DC. Continue reading
First Maritime Flight of RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
Insitu Inc. announced the successful first maritime flight of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) RQ-21A. The nearly two-hour flight launched from the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) after three months of land-based development testing and operational assessment. Continue reading
Three Ways That UAS Could Transform America’s Food System
If the FAA keeps to its deadlines, September 30, 2015 will be the day unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are allowed enter the airspace for commercial use. And on that late autumn day, many of the first businesses to take their robots out of the box and prepare them for liftoff will be farms. Continue reading
India to Use UAS to Protect Rhinos from Poachers
Wildlife authorities are using unmanned aircraft to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $71M US Air Force Contract Modification for Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman recently received an undefinitized contract award valued at more than $71 million for its Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
Boeing Reveals Updated F/A-XX Manned/Unmanned Concept
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Boeing is unveiling an updated version of its F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter concept at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Washington DC this week. Continue reading