Galileo Group, Inc., announced that it has completed UAS flight operations and hyperspectral data collections for a series of missions supporting a NASA sponsored project to map sea grass beds and coral reefs in the Florida keys.
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Oklahoma sUAS Tests Incorporate Privacy Protections
To bolster privacy protections, the Department of Homeland Security’s tests of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) at Ft. Sill in Oklahoma uses test subjects and specific sites for initial photographic and monitoring capabilities and other techniques, according to the agency. Continue reading
Quadrocopters Using Radio-Based Local Position Measurement
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Ars Technica Futurelab Germany is using a system developed for tracking sports players to position their quadrocopters. It offers a much higher degree of accuracy than GPS based systems and works indoors or outside. Continue reading
US Air Force Research Lab Incorporates Solar Cell Technology into Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
An Air Force Research Laboratory partnership with UES, Inc. and Microlink Devices, Inc., has integrated new lightweight, flexible, high-efficiency solar panels onto a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) platform. Continue reading
US Navy & Northrop Grumman Conducting Triton Ground Testing
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have added a second Triton unmanned aircraft to ground testing efforts in late September – part of an initial step in preparation for flight operations. Continue reading
DARPA’s UAS Cyber Defence $18M Project Goes Open Source
Australia’s high end tech research engine NICTA will take a pivotal role in an US$18 million US Defence project which will develop software to protect the systems in UAS from cyber attack. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Complete X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Wireless Manoeuvring Demonstration
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have taken a first critical step toward demonstrating that the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator can be manoeuvered safely and wirelessly on the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier. Continue reading
US Air Force & Raytheon Trial Ground Based Sense and Avoid
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have conducted concept evaluation demonstrations that show existing air traffic control equipment could be modified to safely track the presence of nearby unmanned aircraft. Continue reading