Vodafone Group’s New Technologies and Innovation team has been experimenting in the hills of northern Andalucía with mobile relays mounted on Elistair tethered drone systems, Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
US Marines Test 3D-Printed UAS
A Marine takes control of a small unmanned aerial system during flight testing at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 27, 2017. Photo By: Lance Cpl. Taylor Cooper
U.S Marines with 2nd Marine Division tested remote controlled craft made through additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 26-27, 2017. Continue reading
IAI Air Hopper Completes Successful Proof of Concept
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Unmanned systems has successfully completed a proof of concept to high officials of the defense industry and the IDF. Continue reading
Volz Servos’ DA 15-N Actuators Achieve 200,000+ Flight Hours in Aerosonde Mk4.7 since 2010
Aerosonde on Launcher
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems division has been utilizing Volz Servos‘ DA 15-N actuators on their Aerosonde Mk4.7 Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) since 2010 supporting US DoD ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) services contracts. Continue reading
Ohio State Engineers Set UAV World Speed Record
Jim Gregory was confident his team of Ohio State engineers would set the world speed record for an unmanned aerial vehicle of any size. After all, there was no record on the books. The first thing they needed to do, though, was make sure their UAV completed its route. Continue reading
SolAero Delivers First Solar Wing for StratoAirNet UAV
SolAero Technologies Corp (SolAero) announced the completion and delivery of the first solar wing for Bye Aerospace‘s “StratoAirNet”, a solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Continue reading
Autonomous Aerial Chemical Detection System
NevadaNano has announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company and the University of Utah’s DARC Lab the next round of funding for the “Autonomous Broad Spectrum Environmental Sentinels” Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, started in 2014. The new funding was awarded after the partners successfully demonstrated an autonomous aerial robot with onboard chemical sensing. Continue reading
Rockwell Collins Teams with Black & Veatch and Ameren for BVLOS UAS Flight in Power Line Infrastructure
Rockwell Collins, working closely with Black & Veatch, has successfully demonstrated a beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flight along almost 10 miles of power line infrastructure owned by Ameren Corp., located near Newton, Illinois. Continue reading