Boeing is sponsoring a new challenge open to everyone to create a personal flying vehicle that is safe, quiet, ultra-compact, near vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and capable of 20 miles in flight carrying a single person. Continue reading
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Drone World Expo Opens Tomorrow
Today marks the beginning of Commercial Drone Week in Silicon Valley. As a precursor to Drone World Expo, a series of Pre-Conference Workshops will take place at the same venue as Drone World Expo. The workshops will focus on ‘Public Safety Training’, ‘sUAS for Inspections’ and ‘Sensors and Analytics for Precision Agriculture’. Continue reading
50-mile Central New York Drone Air Corridor Launched
Officials last week launched what they touted as the first air corridor in the nation where unmanned aerial vehicles can safely fly beyond line of sight for testing and development. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $163M US Army Gray Eagle Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $163,212,869 modification (P00119) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for MQ-1C Gray Eagle extended range supplemental production hardware. Continue reading
Raytheon Gets $30M US Army Sensor Contract
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, has been awarded a $29,776,287 firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of 21 Common Sensor Payload systems to meet an increased production requirement of the Army Gray Eagle. Continue reading
Coalition Airstrikes Kill ISIS Drone Experts
Coalition airstrikes killed three senior and highly skilled Islamic State of Iraq and Syria officials near Mayadin, Syria, Sept. 12-14, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported. Continue reading
Oregon University Researchers UAS Protect Vineyards
Michael Wing, director of Aerial Information Systems Laboratory at OSU , left, and doctorate student Cory Garms – Andy Cripe – Gazette-Times
Since he began using unmanned aircraft in his research in 2012, Oregon State University forestry professor Michael Wing has seen many ways a flight can go wrong. Once, in August, he even had a turkey vulture threaten to attack a quadcopter he was using; the bird came within about 15 feet of the vehicle, he said. Continue reading
Embry-Riddle sUAS Study Effects of Wind Turbines on Farmland
Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University used a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to study the effects of wind turbines on farmland beneath them and found that they can impact soil, crops and livestock. Continue reading