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Pivoting HexaCopter

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Aeronautical engineer Dan Bosch was sitting around with his buddies Tom Brigham and Neil Puri talking about ways to improve unmanned aerial vehicles. The fixed wing kind are fast (over 100 mph) and economical, but can’t carry much of a payload and are bad at hovering. The rotor type, with four or six rotating blades, have great lift and hover well but are slow, topping out at around 40 mph. Continue reading →

Challenger Aerospace Group Manta Ray


The Manta Ray from Challenger Aerospace Group is a Hybrid powered Tri-copter/glider/ UAV/Drone:  The Manta Ray, like its  namesake, can move swiftly from vertical takeoff , hover to smooth transition into forward flight, the Manta Rays unique design allows  its wing morphing into a powered glider type UAV/drone giving the aircraft greater flexibility and distances. Continue reading →

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Begins Use of UAS for Dangerous, Hostile and Life-Saving Operations

UAS_Press_Conf_+011217_1The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is taking full advantage of leading technology to gain a two-fold benefit:  Obtain a more informative vantage point, and increase safety for sworn personnel and civilians during certain tactical response operations.

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GENIUS NY Competition Selects Six Finalists

genius-ny-2017-group-photo_origGENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, has introduced six finalist teams that have been selected to compete for the competition’s $2.75 million in prizes. The companies, which are developing innovations in the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and the internet of things (IoT) sectors, were selected from a pool of 250 submissions.

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