UAS VISION
an independent online news service for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems world
On October 19, 2022, the Japan Coast Guard commenced flight operations using an MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. JCG is operating the SeaGuardian from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Air Station Hachinohe. Continue reading
Six teams from six universities comprising PhD students, researchers and undergraduates, supported by their professors and experts from Leonardo and the Leonardo Labs, six drones flying in total autonomy, three heats of increasing complexity on a competition field equipped with buildings, landing and take-off pads, and the placing of known and unknown objects. Continue reading
Around one hundred speed cameras around Sweden have been stolen over the last few months, according to the Swedish Transport Administration. The same type of cameras have been seen in Russian homemade drones used in the war in Ukraine, which Swedish security service say they are aware of but cannot comment on. Continue reading
Madrid City Council is in the process of establishing an urban air mobility commission that will oversee the development of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology in the Spanish capital. Continue reading
At Euronaval 2022, International Naval Defense Exhibition in Paris, France, the Austrian-based company Schiebel promotes the naval version of its CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) which is now in service with several naval forces from all over the world. Continue reading
Police in Finnmark on Monday arrested 47-year-old Andrey Yakunin in Hammerfest, accused of flying a drone at Svalbard and possibly at other locations in Norway. This is the fourth time in a week that police makes an arrest on suspicion of illegally flying drones or photographing classified objects north in Norway, bringing the total to seven. Continue reading
A Report on a Bridge Inspection Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Automated Image Processing Investigated Inspection Productivity in Colorado, prepared by Colorado State University for Mountain-Plains Consortium* has just been released. Continue reading