Starring former 007 Pierce Brosnan, The November Man has modern hovering drones woven into the story. As the deadly ex-CIA agent stalks his mark, a drone is stalking him, allowing his team of handlers to coordinate his every move. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
UAS and the Ice Bucket Challenge
Austin Hill of Spark Aerial, lets a UAS dump ice water on his head to complete the Ice Bucket Challenge. Continue reading
Amazon UAS in India – Really ?
Dennis Berman of The Wall Street Journal, discusses a report that Amazon will start testing deliver drones in India. Continue reading
UAS Journalism in Kenya
The pilot African SkyCAM project funded by the Africa News Innovation Challenge is using these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Kenya, and a follow-up initiative, africanDRONE, is planned to agree safe community standards for ‘drone journalism’ across Africa. Filming from a high vantage point helps bring a sense of scale to stories that might otherwise be unavailable to journalists in developing countries, says Dickens Olewe, African SkyCAM’s founder. Continue reading
Wind Tunnel Tests for UAVs in San Diego
The San Diego Wind Tunnel has been used to develop technologies in aerospace and Olympic sports for more than six decades. Two local companies, Aerial Mob and 3D Robotics recently used it to test their unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
VertiKUL Explores Practicalities of Delivery UAS
Researchers at KU Leuven, in Belgium, have been working on some of the technical problems to be solved for delivery by UAS to become practical, including landing pads, cargo compartments, and range extension.Take-offs and landings are probably going to be the trickiest part of this whole delivery drone business, and a landing pad is likely a necessity. Continue reading
UAS Over Batavia
An announcement last week that researchers will soon fly a lightweight, self-guided drone over a farm near Batavia revealed that a federally backed project to test unmanned aircraft could reach farther into western New York than originally expected.
Aerovision Gets New Test Base in UK
The Great War grass-strip airfield at Stow Maries in Essex which opened in 1916, recently became the test base for UK Aerovision, a leading operator of UAVs. Working with UAV manufacturers in Switzerland and Holland, Aerovision uses Stow Maries to put the latest technology through its paces.