Deezmaker & Velocity Pigeon teamed up for a world’s first: Flying a 3D printer while printing a 3D object. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
UAS Aerial Photography on Display at Vancouver Maker Faire
UAS technology is quite controversial when discussed in the context of secret government operations. But amatuer enthusiasts are carful to point out that this technology like can be used for much good as well. Continue reading
Successful Flight Tests for Schiebel Camcopter ‘Deckfinder’ Local Positioning System
Schiebel has successfully concluded a series of flight trials with EADS Astrium’s Pseudolite-based Local Positioning System “DeckFinder”, expanding its automated launch and recovery capability for operation where access to GPS has been denied. Continue reading
3-D Printed UAS Designed to Monitor Sea Traffic
A 4-metre-wingspan unmanned aircraft guns its twin engines and takes to the skies. So began the first flight of an uncrewed aircraft early last month that could soon be monitoring two seas – the English Channel and the North Sea – for risks to shipping, illegal fishing operations and even drug-running boats. Continue reading
NASA Tests Data Links For Civil UAS Operations
NASA and Rockwell Collins have completed the first phase of flight-testing on a new public-use airborne data link designed to safely and securely connect ground-based pilots to all types of civil unmanned aircraft in the U.S. national airspace system. Continue reading
Washington State University Develops Hydrogen-Powered UAS
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Club at Washington State University has spent countless hours building and flying unmanned aircraft systems, and they’re currently developing one that’s powered by liquid hydrogen. Continue reading
Aeryon Scout and SkyRanger sUAS Successfully Complete Department of Homeland Security Scenario Trials
Aeryon Labs Inc. recently participated in the Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) program trials at the Oklahoma Test Center-Unmanned Systems test complex near Lawton, OK. Continue reading
Rockwell Collins RTK SAASM and Autopilot in Ship-Based Recovery of US Navy RQ-21A UAS
The Rockwell Collins Athena 111m Flight Control System and Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) technology solution for secure GPS receivers recently enabled successful shipboard flight tests of the U.S. Navy’s RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS). Continue reading