Merrick & Company’s GeoSpatial Solutions (GSS) group has announced that it has purchased an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to support surveying and mapping data collection projects in Mexico and Latin America. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
U.S. Navy Procures 15 Additional Tiger Shark UAS
Navmar Applied Sciences is being awarded a $11,207,449 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to exercise an option for the procurement of hardware in support of the persistent surveillance unmanned aircraft system (PSUAS) for the U.S. Army. Continue reading
X-47B Self-Aborted Planned Third Landing Due to Sub-System Anomaly
A malfunction during the Navy’s high-profile test flight of its X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System showed that the aircraft can operate in adverse conditions, service officials said. Continue reading
Lightweight Thermal Imager can be Mounted to UAS for Aerial Inspection Tasks
Precision sensor manufacturer Micro-Epsilon UK Ltd. has launched a lightweight thermal imaging camera that can be easily mounted to a variety of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – including micro-UAS and multicopters – to carry out thermographic surveys and defect analysis of photovoltaic cells (solar panels), wind turbines, buildings and other difficult-to-access structures. Continue reading
Runaway German Heron Crashes on Afghanistan Air Base
German media just published this secret video showing a runaway Heron [shot from the aircraft’s onboard camera] at Mazar-e-Sharif base in North Afghanistan ramming into a Transall C-160 Transport plane. Continue reading
Israeli Hermes 450 Crashes Near Border with Egypt
An Israeli Hermes 450 unmanned aircraft system crashed on Sunday evening near the border with Egypt, due to a technical difficulty.
Dry Cleaner Delivers Clothes by QuadCopter
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A freshly laundered shirt, covered in plastic, flaps in the wind as it takes flight from in front of Manayunk Cleaners in Philadelphia. Continue reading
Australian UAS Manufacturer Offers Free CASA-Approved Operator Training Corses
Cyber Technology is offering free CASA approved CyberQuad MAXI type training courses for all new CyberQuad MAXI orders placed in July. Cyber Technology was originally issued its UAV Operator’s Certificate (OC) by CASA in December 2011 – the first multi-UAV OC in Australia.