UAS VISION
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On June 8 at 11:00 a.m., RTE and Delair-Tech set a new distance record when they flew a civilian drone 30 miles (50 kilometers). The official purpose of the flight, which took place in France, was to inspect by remote camera RTE’s power lines as well as recording data that would allow it to build models of its European power grid.
A Japanese drone start-up is throwing out a challenge to all comers for a drone race from Tokyo to San Francisco. Even if drones taking part will need AI, flight-control software, sensors and batteries that hardly exist today.
A U.S. aircraft shot down an armed pro-Syria regime unmanned aerial vehicle today after it fired on coalition forces in southern Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials said in a statement. Continue reading
The manager of Pendleton’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Range said he expects to hear next week if the Flyox I, a massive Spanish-made drone designed to assist with firefighting, will run test flights at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. Continue reading
A US Navy solicitation has shown the Philippines to be a hitherto-unknown operator of the Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
On June 6, Project Wing took part in a set of nationwide tests convened by NASA and the FAA to explore how to manage the growing number of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the sky. Continue reading
Glacier-related applications of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in high mountain regions with steep topography are relatively rare. This study makes a contribution to the lack of UAS applications in studying alpine glaciers in the European Alps. Continue reading
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received an order from a U.S. Government customer for six High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System Aircraft. Continue reading