Drone Adventures was founded a year ago, and they’ve been busy conducting post-disaster autonomous UAS mapping missions in places like Haiti, where updated maps can be critical to aid distribution (in the short term) and infrastructure management and repair (in the long term). Continue reading
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Blackburn Monoplane – Britain’s Oldest Airworthy Plane – Shuttleworth Collection
Robert Blackburn was born on the 26th March 1885 and became one of Britain’s first aircraft designers and builders. His first aeroplane to fly did so at Filey in 1910 and he then produced several designs over the next two years. The basic 1912 machine was called the Mercury or the Type D monoplane. Continue reading
Spain Issues Blanket Ban on All Commercial UAS
Spain’s State Agency for Aerial Security, the AESA, which is part of the Ministry of Industry, has issued a blanket ban on commercial UAS use everywhere in the country. Continue reading
Triathlon Organisers Issue Statement on UAS Incident
Further to the incident in which a competitor in the Endure Batavia Triathlon in Geraldton, Western Australia, was injured by a UAS, the organisers have released the following statement: Continue reading
Alabama Army Team Investigates RQ-7 Shadow Crash
A team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., is at Fort Indiantown Gap investigating last week’s RQ-7 Shadow crash in Union Township. Teams from the center conduct investigations any time there is an crash involving Army aircraft, said Pennsylvania National Guard spokesman Staff Sgt. Matt Jones. Continue reading
US Marines Demonstrate Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS)
Autonomy options for the Marines have taken a major step forward, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today two successful helicopter flight demonstrations with unmanned flight capability at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., part of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) programme. Continue reading
Dubai Customs Uses UAS for Vessel Surveillance in Dubai Creek
Dubai Customs is using UAS for surveillance of suspicious activity and to support inspection of trade vessels in Dubai Creek. A senior official told Gulf News the unmanned quad-copters were launched last month and may be deployed in similar operations in Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, the world’s biggest manmade harbour. Continue reading
UAS Thermal Images Reveal Buried Ancient Village in New Mexico
Thermal images captured by a small UAS allowed archaeologists to peer under the surface of the New Mexican desert floor, revealing never-before-seen structures in an ancient Native American settlement. Called Blue J, this 1,000-year-old village was first identified by archaeologists in the 1970s. Continue reading