General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has successfully conducted the first flight of its export-ready Predator XP surveillance unmanned aircraft system.
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Bermuda UAS for Drug Busts and Search & Rescue
Donte Hunt is going to be Bermuda’s ‘eye in the sky’. The businessman has established a new business to operate unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that can fly for 20 hours streaming back live high definition video to the Island. Continue reading
3D Printed UAS a Reality by 2040 says BAE Systems
BAE Systems is placing a lot of faith in the terrifying potential for 3D printing. 3D printers could be so advanced by 2040 that they could create small unmanned aircraft the company’s scientists and engineers claim.
‘Sense-and-Avoid’ System for Hobby Quadcopters
Panoptes UAV, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based start-up, has created a system that uses echolocation to help small quadcopters avoid collisions. The product, the eBumper, contains acoustic sensors that work outdoors, indoors and in all weather conditions, said Terrence McKenna, chief executive officer. Continue reading
All-Composite ROTORwing Prototype UAV
Established in 2012, Dzyne Technologies (Reston, Va.) has achieved considerable success in engineering innovations, including a patented “roadable” submarine and several long-range, vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) flying machines. When the company launches its carbon fiber composite ROTORwing prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in July 2014, it won’t be just another UAV. Continue reading
CNN & Georgia Tech to Explore Media UAS Use
Beginning this summer, CNN and Georgia Institute of Technology will embark on a joint research initiative to better understand the opportunities unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) present for media organizations, and to explore the access and safety issues that need to be addressed as part of any new regulatory framework. The project team will be staffed by senior members of CNN’s newsgathering team and researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
Boeing to Fly Unmanned MD 500 Demonstrator for South Korea
Boeing has begun work converting a single MD 500 Little Bird observation helicopter into an unmanned demonstrator platform for the Republic of Korea, with the goal of a first flight before the end of the year.
North Carolina State University Wins AUVSI Student Competition
The Seafarer Chapter of AUVSI held the Student UAS Competition 18-22 June, with North Carolina State University vaulting to the top of the list after taking second place last year. Continue reading