A Georgia statewide working group that includes state and federal government, industry and academia, has been working since 2009 to develop a type of UAS that can save a farmer’s time and resources during the growing season. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Ohio Wants UAS to Constantly Monitor Prison Grounds
Prison yards have spotlights and surveillance towers and barbed wire fences and security cameras to keep prisoners in—and soon, they might have UAS too. Corrections officials in Ohio are looking into using UAS to persistently monitor prison grounds in the state.
Schiebel Demonstrates the Camcopter S-100 Maritime Capabilities for Brazilian Navy
Schiebel‘s dedication to the maritime domain and its ability to respond to the evolving unmanned systems requirements lead to a series of trials for the Brazilian Navy from 2nd to 5th June near San Pedro, Brazil, from the Brazilian Amazonas Class Ship APA.
Surface Pro Tablets for Humanitarian UAS Missions
senseFly, a company that develops, assembles and markets autonomous mini-UAS, is using Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablets for humanitarian missions. Continue reading
Italian Navy Evaluation Trials with Camcopter S-100
The Italian Navy has begun technical assessments of Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 unmanned-aerial vehicle (UAV) on the San Giusto (L89894) landing helicopter dock. The week-long evaluation trials are being carried out together with pilots from the navy’s fourth Helicopter Group and Schiebel representatives.
Target QF16 Could Become MQ-16 Lawn Dart
There is an effort underway to develop a UAV version of the F-16. This would be based on the QF-16, the remotely controlled target version of the F-16. The air force is already in the process of converting 210 retired F-16s to QF-16s and it was noted that with a little extra work the QF-16 could be turned into a combat UAV for dangerous missions like SEAD (suppression of enemy defenses) or attacking ground targets guarded by heavy air defenses.
Heron UAS Operators Offered Airframe Transplant
Existing operators of the Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned aircraft system are being offered a way of getting the advanced performance of the heavy fuel engine-powered Super Heron, by taking the avionics package of the older version and “transplanting” it into the new model’s enlarged fuselage.
Las Vegas Club Delivers Champagne by OctoCopter
Bottle service took to the sky Memorial Weekend as Marquee Dayclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas debuted a new high roller delivery method: OctoCopter. Continue reading