Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Aerial Advertising by UAS
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
Students Launch UAS Crowd-Funding Campaign
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
Lockheed Martin Indago VTOL Ready for Operations
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 West Brings Micro BE-CDL Capability to Small UAS
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
Aerovel Corporation VTOL Flexrotor Test Flight with Imaging Turret
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
Ugandan UAS on Display
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
DJI Phantom Delivers Winners Envelopes at Oregon Tech Awards
At the Oregon Technology Awards last week, the envelopes containing the results were delivered by quadcopter. Continue reading
