UAS VISION
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Marques Aviation in the UK has launched the MA THOR Twin, a versatile aircraft to be used in commercial and military missions as diverse as remote sensing and mapping, land and maritime border patrol, sea and land search and rescue, long endurance persistent surveillance, monitoring of oil and gas installations and pipelines, inspection of natural disasters, ecological work, firefighting, and many others. Continue reading
The very rare sight of seven full-size WW1 Fokker Dr.1 Triplanes replicas in the air together. Each of these aircraft is painted to represent one of the aircraft/pilots that flew as part of Manfred von Richthofen’s Jasta 11 in April 1918. Continue reading
Follow NORAD as they track Santa during his test flight prior to Dec. 24! Continue reading
Luys scholar at MIT Armen Mkrtchyan is dreaming big about the sustainability of rural communities in Armenia. With a background in aeronautics and astronautics, Armen is working on the unheard-of — a UAS that can analyze the quality of soil for Armenian farmers using imagery. Continue reading
In light of the increasing use of UAS for commercial purposes, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP has launched a practice group dedicated to providing counsel to clients in this rapidly growing industry. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Practice Group is a multidisciplinary team of Kramer Levin attorneys who are versed in the legal complexities of the nascent commercial UAS revolution. Continue reading
Parts of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are still too dangerous for humans to enter. But not, perhaps, for UAS. A team from the University of Bristol, backed by Sellafield, has offered its services. Continue reading
The goal of The Air Force Collaboratory‘s second project, Mind of a Quadrotor, was to build a system that allows a quadrotor to navigate its surroundings with minimal human intervention. Continue reading
Schiebel and Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, have successfully integrated and flown the SAGE electronic warfare system on an unmanned air system for the first time. On 12th December 2013 the system flew on-board a Schiebel CAMCOPTERS-100 UAS. Continue reading