www.uas-patents.org is now online. The purpose of this web site, which has been developed by Blyenburgh & Co, France, is to supply information on patents concerning unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)/remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) that are registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and to make these patents and certain relevant search features, accessible to the global UAS/RPAS community, as well as to other possibly interested parties. Continue reading
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Planes without Pilots – Designing UAS Devices: Jamey Jacob at TEDxOStateU
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Oklahoma State University Professor Jamey Jacob is part of the university’s UAS team that designs and develops innovative unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
WWF Gets $5M Google Grant for UAS to Hunt Rhino Poachers
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) received a five million dollar grant from Google to expand its use of unmanned aircraft to track and deter criminals who illegally hunt endangered animal species around the world. Continue reading
Pentagon Admits Iran has a ScanEagle
The unmanned aircraft that Iran says it captured appears to be a U.S.-made ScanEagle, Pentagon spokesman George Little said, in a change from the initial U.S. rejection of the Iranian claim. Continue reading
Israeli UAS in Azerbaijan – Preemptive Strike on Iran?
Israel plans to use unmanned aircraft that it deployed in Azerbaijan to preemptively strike Iranian missile sites in the event of a war, the London-based Sunday Times reported. Continue reading
Earth at Night – Viewed by NASA
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In daylight our big blue marble is all land, oceans and clouds. But the night – is electric. Continue reading
Aurora Delivers First Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft to Swiss Department of Defence
Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it delivered the world’s first production Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system to Switzerland’s Department of Defence. Continue reading
Iran Claims to have Downed ScanEagle
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Iran claimed on Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over UAS surveillance, displaying a purported U.S. unmanned aircraft it said was captured intact. Continue reading