ING Robotic Aviation, Canada’s leading provider of robotic aircraft solutions, has just completed its two week mission to Canada’s North on board Fednav’s ice-breaking cargo ship MV Arctic. Primarily a research and development initiative, this project (led by Enfotec) was designed to assess various operational and technical aspects of ship-based UAV ice monitoring.
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
NOAA Tests Unmanned Systems for Research and Management in National Marine Sanctuary System
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has successfully tested the integration of two different types of unmanned systems for potential use in research and management of national marine sanctuaries. The tests earlier this month in Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary involved NOAA’s Puma unmanned aircraft system and Liquid Robotics, Inc., Wave Gliders. Continue reading
Australia Seeks Co-operative Development on Triton
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is looking at entering into a co-operative development programme with the US Navy (USN) on the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to a senior service official. Continue reading
Tekever Unveils Mind-Controlled UAS in Lisbon
The BRAINFLIGHT project, the result of the shared belief of four organizations – TEKEVER (Project Coordinator – Portugal), Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal), Eagle Science (Netherlands) and Technische Universität München (Germany) – that aircraft can be directly controlled by the human brain, has accomplished several important results and is paving the way for having mind controlled drones. Continue reading
DroneBall Game
Zyro Games is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund final prototype rounds and game development for its drone ball. Continue reading
XAir’s Wind Powered Fixed-Wing UAS
Newport Beach, California’s XAir Unmanned Aerial Systems, has built a prototype fixed-wing drone that it says harnesses wind power to keep it in the air for hours at a time.
Drones Collecting Cell Phone Data in LA
Using a fleet of readily available consumer drones, AdNear – a Singapore-based location-marketing firm – is able to determine a cell phone’s location as well as its movement by collecting signal strength and other wireless data from passersby below. With this data in hand, AdNear could then deliver hyper-targeted ads and other promotions to potential customers as they’re walking past a storefront in the hopes of incentivizing a customer to enter the store.
Battelle Successfully Tests UAS Anti-Icing Technology
Battelle, a technology research and development organisation, has successfully performed a wind tunnel test on its new in-flight ice protection system for unmanned aerial vehicles, and ultimately other aircraft.