UAS VISION
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NOAA will test whether an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) can help scientists at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary observe and monitor wildlife at close range with minimal disturbance, locate marine debris and better understand how boaters use the sanctuary. Continue reading
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Navigating a new campus is all part of the nostalgic movie montage that is freshman year of college. The changing leaves! The quaint Gothic architecture! The… UAS tour guide? Continue reading
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Hobbema is hoping that a unique piece of technology will help solve a two-year-old murder case. Continue reading
The US Navy is continuing the development of its Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) programme, recently completing another phase of its Autonomous Aerial Refuelling (AAR) tests with an optionally piloted Learjet. Continue reading
Search and Rescue crews in Coquitlam, B.C. have begun testing unmanned aircraft, in the hope that having a bird’s eye view could help them save more lives. Continue reading
When natural disaster next strikes, a UAS built by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers may fly in to check on the water supply where people cannot.A project underway at the Nebraska Intelligent Mobile Unmanned Systems Lab aims to build unmanned aircraft systems that can fly over difficult-to-reach bodies of water and collect samples for analysis. Continue reading
The world’s first private facility for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that will enable operations in civilian airspace from the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC), has been created through a partnership between West Wales Airport and Newquay Cornwall Airport, which is also home of the Aerohub Enterprise Zone. Continue reading
The UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne on 5 September revealed that the Ministry of Defence had spent £831 million ($1.3 billion) on the Watchkeeper programme by the end of the 2012-2013 financial year. Continue reading