Elevated Element, the husband and wife aerial photography team of Terry & Belinda Kilby have released a book, “Drone Art: Baltimore.” The artists use custom built unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to capture images of iconic sites around the Baltimore region from a fresh, bird’s eye perspective. An exhibition opening and book signing will be held Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 at 5:30 pm on the observation deck of the World Trade Center in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The show will hang through November. “Drone Art: Baltimore” is a collection of beautifully composed fine art aerial photographs, and describes how the authors’ passion took flight. Continue reading
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PETA Launches UAS Fleet to Monitor Hunters
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched a project to use hobby-class UAS to monitor hunters and capture any “illegal or cruel hunting practices.” Continue reading
X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Now on Display at the National Naval Aviation Museum
As part of the National Naval Aviation Museum’s 50th anniversary, the Museum is proud to present the Navy’s latest in aerospace technology, a full-scale mock-up of Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system. Continue reading
Australia’s CASA Warns Bushfire UAS Operators of Potential Fines
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is warning anyone caught flying unapproved UAS over fire affected areas in New South Wales could be fined. It says that there have been two incidents in the past week of people operating UAS over fires in Lithgow and the Blue Mountains. CASA says the UAS flights are putting firefighting responses at risk. Continue reading
Iran Presents ScanEagle Clone to Russian Military
In an attempt to prove its ability to reverse-engineer captured American UAS, Iran has presented a functional copycat model of the US ScanEagle to a Russian military delegation visiting Tehran. Continue reading
Aerial Anarchist Appeals $10K FAA Fine for Reckless Commercial UAS Flight
Raphael Pirker’s model-airplane-sized UAS darted around buildings, zoomed over a hospital heliport and buzzed passersby to shoot a promotional video. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Links Ground Sensors to Unmanned Aircraft Systems
A covert, perpetually self-powered wireless sensor network developed by Lockheed Martin could revolutionise how to discreetly monitor one’s surroundings. Lockheed Martin’s Self-Powered Ad-hoc Network (SPAN) system is a network of “Field-and Forget” ground sensors that provides unobtrusive, continuous surveillance which can support a variety of missions and applications, such as border protection, area surveillance and even bridge, pipeline, aircraft and other structural monitoring requirements.
Austria Buys 6 Cassidian Tracker Systems
The Cassidian Tracker mini unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has won the Austrian Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) UAS competition. The system will be the Austrian military’s first UAS.