The Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley allowed Helipix to carry out a year long experiment using a UAS to take a series of time lapse images over one of their landscaped gardens. At almost 2 weekly intervals the company was given access to the gardens to take an aerial image of the Formal Garden by the Loggia at the RHS Wisley before the public was allowed entry . Continue reading
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Schiebel Camcopter S-100 – Wins Contract With the Italian Navy
The Italian Navy has selected the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) to provide support for its fleet, making it the first European Navy that has S-100 in operational use. Continue reading
IAI Unveils Super Heron – Heavy Fuel Unmanned Aircraft System
Israel Aerospace Industries‘ (IAI) revealed its new Super Heron heavy fuel Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) during a special ceremony held at the IAI chalet at the Singapore Air Show. Continue reading
Survey-Grade LiDAR for UAS from RIEGL
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems has been developing what it claims to be the world’s first survey-grade UAS LiDAR sensor, the VUX-1. Continue reading
Pix4D Integrated Editing Software Combines Computer Vision and Photogrammetry
Pix4D has released a new software package Pix4Dmapper, a fully integrated editing tool providing extended CAD and GIS possibilities. The rayCloud, Pix4D’s latest innovation included in Pix4Dmapper, combines the 3D point cloud with the original images for easy viewing as well as highly accurate semantic annotation and project improvement. Continue reading
Malaysia to Procure UAS for Maritime Security
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will use UAS as eyes in the sky to fight crime, smuggling and intrusion at sea. The agency’s director-general Maritime Admiral Mohd Amdan Kurish said the agency expected to rely on fixed-wing and rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as part of its strategy. Continue reading
X-47B Will Pair With Manned Aircraft in Testing Later This Year
The U.S. Navy plans to take the Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) aircraft out to sea onboard an aircraft carrier this summer to test how well it operates together with manned aircraft around the ship and on the flight deck. Continue reading
UAS Firefighting Technology in New South Wales, Australia
Firefighters meanwhile are always looking toward the latest technology with the Hot Fire Training Facility at Mogo an example of how local Rural Fire Service brigades are on the cutting edge. Now Cobargo resident and UAS enthusiast Warren Purnell is convinced the remotely operated flying machines are a perfect platform to assist firefighters in their bushfire duties. Continue reading