The UAV Factory team expanded the boundaries of the unmanned aircraft capability by performing a nonstop 54 hour and 27 minute flight of the Penguin B – the longest recorded flight for a mini-class unmanned aircraft.
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More New Iranian UAS Revealed
More interesting screenshots, taken from a documentary about the Great Prophet 7 exercise held in Iran recently reveal several new types of UAS currently being developed by Tehran. Continue reading
Chinese Armed Police Forces Gives Special Award to Microdrones
They belong to the most skilled and equipped top elite units within the “Middle Kingdom”, the Chinese Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The General himself personally made the long journey to Germany to hand over the Golden Emblem of the CAPF to the engineer Udo Juerss, the CTO of Microdrones. Continue reading
DARPA Successfully Tests Gigapixel-Class Camera
This is an image of a gigapixel camera currently being developed by DARPA’s Advanced Wide FOV Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation (AWARE) programme.
New Iranian UAS Revealed
Some interesting screen shots, taken from a documentary about the Great Prophet 7 exercise held in Iran last week expose several new types of unmanned aircraft currently being developed by Tehran.
A Flying Quadrotor Light Show Spectacular
Now in its 22nd year, the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase hit the Cannes Lions Festival – the festival of creativity – again, unveiling another presentation of the new directorial talent.
US Trade Association Publishes UAS Operational Guidelines
American industry association, the AUVSI published the “Unmanned Aircraft System Operations Industry Code of Conduct a set of guidelines to provide AUVSI members – and those who design, test and operate UAS for public and civil use – with recommendations for their safe, non-intrusive operation. Continue reading
Unmanned Helicopter Caught Flying Over Alcatraz
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Two Marin County men were cited by federal authorities over an unmanned helicopter buzzing around Alcatraz Island, the National Park Service reported.