Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest high-tech applied research institutions, announced that it will introduce and demonstrate its ICT Solution for Drones at CES 2017. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Yuneec’s New H520 Hexacopter
Yuneec International has unveiled a new six-rotor UAS called the H520, developed for the commercial and industrial markets. The H520 has been designed with a high visibility hazard orange fuselage and a six-rotor design capable of emergency flight with only five rotors. Continue reading
UK OIl & Gas Creates Fresh Guidelines on UAS Offshore
Industry body Oil & Gas UK has created a fresh publication to give the industry guidance on the growing use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) offshore.
Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) – Request for Information – Drones for Desert Locust Monitoring
Subsequent to his presentation at the RPAS CivOps 2016 conference, Keith Cressman, Food & Agriculture Organization (FOA) of the United Nations, has requested me to inform the international RPAS community of the current FAO Request for Information (RFI).
Fixed-Wing UAS that can Land like a Bird
The very first UAV to perform a perched landing using machine learning algorithms has been developed in partnership with the University of Bristol and BMT Defence Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd.
Eldorado Droneport Design Revealed
Thirteen months after announcing that a drone airport would be built in Boulder City, Aerodrome has unveiled its design plans for Eldorado Droneport. Continue reading
Drone Inspection for Interior of Industrial Chimneys
Industrial chimneys are inspected regularly to insure their structural integrity. Often this requires a person to physically traverse the interior and exterior of a stack by repelling on ropes. Not only does this operation require a scheduled shut-down to complete, it poses a significant safety risk to the crew involved. Continue reading
K-State University Gets $1M UAS Wheat Study Grant
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded $975,000 to Kansas State University for work that incorporates unmanned aerial vehicles in the process of breeding better wheat varieties. Continue reading