For the first time ever, the Pondicherry Police on Wednesday employed a UAS to try and crack a kidnap case. The “multicopter” was used to trace the house in which 10-year-old Neeraj Jain, son of Manish Kumar Jain, was held captive in December. Continue reading
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UAS Integration with Naval Combat Systems Approved in France
Following sea trials conducted from 9-13 December 2013 as part of the Serval1 unmanned air systems (UAS) programme, the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and DCNS has validated the functional integration of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with the combat system of a warship. Continue reading
Photo Service Cooliris Brings Real-Time UAS Photos to User Groups
US-based photo service Cooliris wants to bring dramatic aerial photos instantaneously into the hands of consumers via private groups so users can share them on their iPhones or iPads. Cooliris has announced a partnership with UAS manufacturer Aibotix, becoming the first consumer photo application to integrate with UAS. Continue reading
WWII Pilot Who Flew Through Eiffel Tower
William Overstreet Jr., a World War II fighter pilot who in 1944 famously flew his P-51C Mustang through the arches of the Eiffel Tower while in pursuit of a German Messerschmitt Bf 109G aircraft, died at a hospital in Roanoke, Va., on Dec. 29, reported the local paper He was 92. Continue reading
Parrot Launches MiniDrone & Parrot Jumping Sumo at CES
Parrot‘s been offering up relatively small updates to its AR.Drone line each year at CES, and while the quadcopter is, without question, one of the most immediately recognizable in the space, we’ve been waiting to see a genuinely fresh take on the product. Continue reading
Nigeria’s First Indigenous UAS Flight – Gulma Tactical UAS
The first public demonstration flight of country’s first indigenous unmanned aircraft system, the GULMA Tactical UAS NAF 610 designed and constructed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
Total Market for Electric Unmanned Aircraft Systems Will Reach over $1 Billion by 2023
The total market value for electric unmanned aircraft systems will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023.
UAS to Help Pygmy Rabbit Research
In mid-January, scientists from four universities will fly small, unmanned aircraft systems over sagebrush habitat near Magic Reservoir to obtain information about the habitat needs of pygmy rabbits. The pygmy rabbit has been considered for listing as an endangered species since 2003, when the Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project and several other conservation groups filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 2010, the agency rejected the petition on the grounds that it did not have enough data to decide whether the species warranted listing, but a spokesman told the Idaho Mountain Express at that time that the rabbits’ sagebrush habitat was clearly shrinking. Continue reading