In Switzerland emergency centres respond to about 1,000 to calls about hikers lost or injured in the forests annually, according to the University of Zurich. But research the university has completed, in collaboration with Università della Svizzera italiana and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, may help speed up the search and rescue process.
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Autonomous Cloud Seeding Aircraft Successfully Tested in Nevada
A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform.
Blue Angels Cockpit Video Super Bowl 50
U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. Continue reading
Can you Drift a M1A1 Tank? YES you Can !
The Norwegian Telemark Battalion instructs U.S. Marine M1A1 tankers on techniques of driving tracked vehicles in winter conditions on an ice track in Rena, Norway, February 15. Continue reading
Kratos Gets $18.7M US Air Force Target Contract
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEi), has received a $18,674,455 million award for the Lot 12 option on the previously awarded Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Lots 11-13 production contract. Continue reading
Turkish Mountain Commando Units use DJI Phantom
Chiefs of Staff of Tunceli, Siirt, Bingöl, Nevsehir 4th Commando Brigade Command in Tunceli shared their photos of the Commando troops in recent operations held in Igdir. Continue reading
Sunset of the Predator
The US Air Force intends—once again—to divest itself of the MQ-1 Predator and transition to an all-MQ-9 Reaper fleet of medium-altitude remotely piloted aircraft, according to Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and requirements. Continue reading
Puck LITE – New Featherweight 16-Channel Sensor
Aiming at the burgeoning market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Velodyne LiDAR has unveiled its new Puck LITE — at 590 grams, the world’s lightest 16-channel LiDAR sensor.