Search and Rescue Teams from around the top of New Zealand’s South Island met in the Molesworth Station at the weekend for a LandSAR exercise. The teams were using unmanned aircraft systems as part of their live scenarios. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
UAS to Monitor Marshlands in New South Wales
The Australian Department of Environment and Heritage is investigating whether UAS will be cheaper and safer than putting staff on a helicopter to monitor the Macquarie Marshes wetlands. It’s starting a trial of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) in the Marshes this week. Continue reading
Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department Gets Approval for UAS Night Flights
Grand Forks County Sheriff Bob Rost announced last Friday that his department is the first law enforcement agency in the nation granted federal authorisation to fly unmanned aircraft systems at night throughout its jurisdiction. Continue reading
U.S. Department of Agriculture UAS Monitors Plant Growth Cycles in New Mexico
A small group of researchers and technicians recently gathered on a dirt airstrip at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Jornada Experimental Range to launch a Bat 4 unmanned aircraft on a mission, flying through both military restricted airspace and the National Airspace System. Continue reading
China Anti-Smog UAS Produce 200 Prosecutions
The pollution police are actively patrolling in China as UAS are taking off into the sky to spy on and expose smog-forming companies. Over 200 environmental violations have been cited so far just from the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) soaring high over cities like Beijing to look for the root cause of smog and pinpoint ecosystem breaches being made.
AG-Wing Helps Irrigation Planning in Olive Groves
IDETEC Unmanned Systems and the University of Talca (Chile) have conducted an operation to evaluate the benefits of AG-Wing unmanned aerial system in Olive crops. The system has collected multispectral geo-referenced images over a zone in the south of Chile. The operation was conducted on March 13, 2014. Continue reading
Social Network for the Multi-Rotor Community in Beta Test Phase
A global social network designed and built specifically for both hobbyist and professional multi-rotor operators has been launched. DronedUp.com is completely free and allows members to share their aerial photos and videos, create and join groups, follow others, and eventually even buy and sell equipment.
UAS Map Cemeteries in the Czech Republic
The largest Czech unmanned aerial systems (UAS) company, UPVISION, in cooperation with Brno City Hall (the second largest city in the Czech Republic), conducted a project to capture images of adjacent cemeteries and integrate the data into a GIS system for the administrators of city cemeteries.