A few hours before storms formed in northern Oklahoma during the second week in May, three unmanned aircraft flew through the air hundreds of feet above the ground to observe important changes in the atmosphere that could spawn severe thunderstorms. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Textron Systems Supports Tornado Damage Assessment
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, has announced that its Civil & Commercial team provided its personnel and operations in support of disaster response efforts for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. The Civil & Commercial team provided full-motion video in real-time to the Emergency Operations Center in Oklahoma City and the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma. Continue reading
Texas A&M Drone Program Partners with NASA
An AR200 by Air Robot, a virtually silent unmanned aerial system, was on display in the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation booth at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Dallas in May. It can hover and star with ‘steady eye on target’ with hands-off functionality
Corpus Christi engineers are now working with NASA to develop software to keep drones from colliding with other aircraft, help with emergency landings and sense weather and “no fly” zones, all without the aid of a pilot. The work is part of a new Space Act Agreement signed recently by representatives from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation (LSUASC) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M University System. Continue reading
Aeroscout’s Long Flight Endurance Scout B-330
Aeroscout, a long term partner of performance leading LiDAR manufacturer RIEGL, has launched the Scout B-330 UAV helicopter, which is built with a high payload capacity of up to 50 kg (110 lbs), a very long flight endurance (at least three hours) and the capability of flying at very high altitudes (up to 3,000m above sea level) in a typical mission scenario. This includes a full autonomous take-off sequence, a mission flight at variable speed, and a landing sequence.
World’s First Ground-Aerial Outdoor Security Robot
Singapore company Otsaw Digital has announced the O-R3 – the world’s first ground-aerial outdoor security robot that combines an autonomous roving ground vehicle with a surveillance drone, resulting in a mobile system that can launch a drone to follow intruders and track their location. Continue reading
Ship Agency to use Drones for Ship Deliveries
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is launching a pilot program to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for delivering supplies to ocean vessels. Continue reading
Russia to Create Drone Flight Management System
Russia will create a system to control flights of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including small quadcopters, Mikhail Kirechko, the chief constructor of the system, developed by the Russian Space Systems holding, which belongs to the state-run Roscosmos space corporation, told Sputnik in an interview. Continue reading
Chinese e-tailer Develops Heavy-Duty Delivery Drones
China’s Shaanxi province is famous for being the start of the Silk Road, an ancient trade network where silk and spices were transported by camel across the Asian continent. Soon, the central Chinese province will be recognized for a different form of transport. Continue reading