The Guidance part in “GN&C” typically relies on sequences of pre-defined waypoints. But now the German company AEVO GmbH has demonstrated a new guidance and control software that autonomously guides UAS to perform complex tasks (e.g. target surveillance, obstacle avoidance). Continue reading
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Issues Report on “Use of UAS in Journalism”
The use of remotely piloted aircraft for aerial photography and video in journalism will increase significantly in the coming years, according to a new report from the Reuters Institute. Continue reading
US Army and Marine Corps to Add K-Max to Fleets
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are moving beyond experimenting with the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter and are taking steps to add the aircraft to their fleets, industry officials said last Thursday at the Paris Air Show. Continue reading
Italian Air Force to Buy 10 HammerHeads
Italian aerospace company Piaggio Aero unveiled the P.1HH HammerHead, Europe’s largest unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at the Paris Air Show last week. Continue reading
AIA Poll Demonstrates Popular Support for Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released new poll data at the Paris Air Show, showing that worldwide public perception of civil and commercial uses for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is unmistakably positive. Continue reading
IAI Evaluates Heavy Fuel UAS
The unmanned air systems (UAS) experts of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) are using the Paris air show to further evaluate the market for UAS powered by heavy fuel. Continue reading
RPAS 2013 Brussels June 24-27 – Conference Preview Part 6
One very important and often overlooked by-product of civilian use of UAS is the vexed question of insurance, which will indeed be one of the many topics at UVS International’s RPAS 2013 Conference in Brussels next week. Continue reading
General Atomics and Fokker Team to Offer Reaper to Dutch Armed Forces
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Fokker Technologies, which supports GA-ASI’s offer of the Predator B RPA to meet the Dutch Government’s need for a Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), along with related services such as maintenance and training. Continue reading