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AeroVironment announced that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., selected the company to provide mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) and other commercial information services at its Prudhoe Bay oil field, the largest oil field in North America, for a five-year period. Continue reading
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft still needs nearly USD 2 billion in upgrades so that it can complete all the missions done by the manned Lockheed U-2, which the US Air Force (USAF) wants to retire to save money, a top service official said on 9 June.
A Georgia statewide working group that includes state and federal government, industry and academia, has been working since 2009 to develop a type of UAS that can save a farmer’s time and resources during the growing season. Continue reading
Laird Small is the longtime director of the Pebble Beach Golf Academy and has supervised the swings of tour players and celebrities and presided over the range at Pebble’s U.S. Opens and National Pro-Ams. He also helped design and outfit the Academy’s sleek new campus—which looks like a place you should get a lesson before spending $495 on a round of golf. Continue reading
Mike C from Zurich and his girlfriend have successfully created a fully functional chocolate quadcopter.The quadcopter has a frame made out of chocolate and the battery, motors and controllers were mounted on top of a different material to keep the chocolate from melting as long as possible. Continue reading
The 13th annual edition of the 2014 RPAS Yearbook – RPAS: The Global Perspective can now be viewed in flip book format on www.uvs-info.com
Click HERE for a direct link to the publication. Continue reading
In their effort to become more efficient the Belize Fisheries Department is now employing high-tech UAS to help with maritime enforcement. The media was invited to the unveiling of these state of the art aircraft which will now be their eyes over the water. It might look like just a remote controlled plane, but this sophisticated new toy for the Fisheries Department is a UAS. Continue reading
Several hundred Air National Guard members were in attendance Saturday for the 188th Conversion Day. After serving an evolving series of aircraft for more than 60 years, the 188th Maintenance Group, which included about 350 of the wing’s approximately 1,000 military and civilian members, was inactivated. Moments later, the 188th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group came alive.