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DroneCast, a newly-formed high-flying advertising company, took its first flight in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon — launching from Eakins’s Oval along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Continue reading
Cal State Fullerton is experimenting with crowdfunding to provide student groups and organizations with assistance in their major projects. University Advancement, which manages donation programs, has selected four projects as part of a pilot program that will serve as an experiment to see what funding goals can best attract potential donors. Continue reading
Three systems acquired by Lockheed Martin have progressed from their research and development phase to operational readiness. The Indago vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quad-rotor, accompanied by its handheld ground control station (GCS) will offer a robust, mobile surveillance application. Continue reading
L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West) has successfully demonstrated that the government-standard Bandwidth Efficient Common Data Link (BE-CDL) waveform can be transmitted through small, low-cost terminals designed for platforms under 30 pounds. Continue reading
The Aerovel Corporation has successfully test flown it’s VTOL Flexrotor, with payload imaging from its turret, opening the way for production ramp up and commercial sales. Continue reading
The year 2014 could be filled with technological innovation especially in the space industry. In 2010, a story about Ugandans making an aircraft in Ntinda, a Kampala suburb, was quickly dismissed as a joke. But that didn’t diminish the enthusiasm of the young innovators. Continue reading
At the Oregon Technology Awards last week, the envelopes containing the results were delivered by quadcopter. Continue reading