Shape look familiar? This historic video from the US National Archives shows the Northrop Flying Wing (N-1M) being tested over the Mojave Desert in 1941. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
DARPA/Boston Dynamics Robots Climb Stairs, Walk Treadmill and Do Pushups
This video shows versions of DARPA and Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, walking on a treadmill and doing pushups. Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter First Flight with Cineflex – Video
Schiebel just released this video [below] of the “Making Of’ the first flight integrating CINEFLEX technology. Continue reading
A.R. Drone Now with HD Video
AR Drone just released this new video of the 2.o version fitted with an HD video camera. Continue reading
Kansas State University UAS to Monitor Crops
The Kansas State University Department of Agronomy recently purchased a new MAJA Unmanned Aircraft System, with the intent of installing imaging systems on it for studying plant productivity, monitoring plant growth stages, assessing plant health, and mapping plant composition for characterizing changes in distribution of invasive and toxic plant species. Continue reading
CAE and Aeronautics Begin Miskam UAS Test Flights
CAE and Aeronautics have announced that the first series of flights of the Miskam unmanned aircraft system (UAS) have been conducted successfully over the past several weeks at the UAS Centre of Excellence (Centre d’excellence des drones) located at Alma airport in Quebec, Canada. Continue reading
Australian Hoverbike Ready for Take Off
An Australian named Chris Malloy has built a Hoverbike from motorbike parts, which he claims can fly at 173mph at an altitude of 3,000 metres. Continue reading
US Army Slow to Deploy Cargo UAS
The US Marine Corps made history on December 17, 2011, by flying a cargo UAS in a war zone. Controllers on the ground flew a K-MAX unmanned helicopter from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, to Camp Payne in Helmand province, ferrying 3,500 pounds of supplies to fellow Marines. Continue reading