Insurance companies are realizing there is a void in their industry when it comes to UAS protection.“As the use of UAS increases, we realize there is a gap in coverage,” says Brent Van Roekel, Nationwide Agribusiness. Continue reading
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Oklahoma State University Graduate Students Build UAS to Study Weather
Students in Oklahoma State University’s unmanned aircraft systems degree programme have designed two practical unmanned aircraft systems as part of their UAS Design and Analysis course. The first is an aircraft designed to intercept and measure important meteorological parameters in severe thunderstorms. Continue reading
100 km Powerline Inspection Over Guerilla-Controlled Territory in Colombia
Elimco was recently requested to make a single flight over more than 100 km of powerlines within a practically inaccessible area in the mountains of Colombia to carry out a high definition inspection. Continue reading
CAE to Provide UAS Mission Trainer to Italian Air Force
CAE has announced it was awarded a contract to provide Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer representing the General Atomics Predator remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). Continue reading
Yemen says American UAS Crashed into Mountain
A military source said last Thursday that an American UAS had fallen near the border with neighboring Oman. A Yemeni investigation has concluded that it had crashed in the southern Al-Mahra province after hitting a mountain. Continue reading
UK Fleet of 657 UAS is Worth £4BN
The UK’s £4billion fleet of 657 unmanned aircraft is one of the largest in the world. Continue reading
Airware Demonstrates UAS to Protect African Rhinos
While many people were holiday shopping, a team of Airware engineers traveled to Kenya to conduct field tests of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to protect rhinos from the threat of poachers. The successful tests demonstrated that UAS can be a viable tool for wildlife conservation. Continue reading
UAS to Help Firefighters in Dubai
UAS will be used in Dubai for the first time to send live videos of fire incidents to emergency services, officials revealed during the Intersec safety and security show in Dubai on Sunday.The “quad-copters” will be sent ahead of first-responders to fire incidents to cover all angles of the blaze to help Dubai Civil Defence (DCD) teams in dousing operations. Continue reading