NOAA whale-watching guidelines suggest that boaters remain 100 yards from whales, but they’re only guidelines. So far, guidelines pertaining to the use of UAS for photography have not been drawn up. But NOAA officials will be discussing this issue in upcoming meetings, an agency spokeswoman said. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
NASA Deploys Global Hawk To Guam to Study Climate Change
NASA is deploying the uncrewed Global Hawk research aircraft to Guam for the Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX). Continue reading
Swedish Police Request UAS for Accident Investigations
The Swedish police have said they would like to use UAS to collect evidence at the sites of accidents, but with several high-profile cases of potential abuse, the authorities feel uneasy about the accessibility of equipment that collects overhead footage. Continue reading
RPAS & Insurance
The civil RPAS market [commercial; non-commercial (corporate, research); governmental non-military] is growing throughout the world, which means that the quantity of approved & authorised commercial RPAS operators is steadily increasing. Continue reading
UAS a Popular Topic at Precision Ag Summit
Topics at this year’s Precision Ag Action Summit in Jamestown, N.D., ranged from Google Glass, a technology for putting a smartphone into eyeglass frames, to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), to the quality and ability to use data, which is becoming so voluminous that it has its own name — big data. Continue reading
Trimble Adds Unmanned Aircraft System to its Agriculture Portfolio for Aerial Imaging and Mapping
Trimble has announced the addition of its Trimble UX5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to its Agriculture product portfolio for aerial imaging and mapping. The Trimble UX5 system can enable Ag service providers to easily capture aerial images for scouting and monitoring crop health such as detecting pests, weeds and nitrogen deficiencies. Continue reading
Czech Operator Deploys German UAS in Russia
In December 2013, Czech biggest UAS company UPVISION in cooperation with Techniserv and UVS Avia conducted aerial surveying works using the UA system Microdrone MD4 1000 in Russia. Continue reading
Should You Insure UAS for Farming?
Insurance companies are realizing there is a void in their industry when it comes to UAS protection.“As the use of UAS increases, we realize there is a gap in coverage,” says Brent Van Roekel, Nationwide Agribusiness. Continue reading