Continuing the Safe City programme, which includes the installation of hundreds of security cameras especially in the downtown area of Montevideo, the Ministry of the Interior of Uruguay has confirmed it will start using UAS for surveillance and monitoring of the city. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Predators Allow US Border Agencies to Reallocate Resources
Monitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbours has always been a tall order for Customs and Border Protection and the Border Patrol.
Dragonfly Pictures Builds Twin-Rotor UAS in Pennsylvania
“The technology is out of Pandora’s box,” said Michael Piasecki, President and Founder of Essington-based Dragonfly Pictures Inc. Working for the military, the Delaware County company has developed several UAS. Continue reading
International student Team to Build Anti-Rhino-Poaching UAS in South Africa
An international student team (Team AREND) is collaborating to compete in the Wildlife Conservation UAV Challenge – to design, build & fly an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to support anti-poaching operations in South Africa. Continue reading
Madrid Tests UAS for City Surveillance
Madrid City Hall is testing a UAS with plans to watching the city from the air. The aim is for them to be used by the emergency services, and a municipal spokesperson has said they have tested them several times, including in September, during an event organised to celebrate if Madrid was chosen to hold the 2020 Olympic Games. Continue reading
First UAS for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe aviation company Swiss Jet has acquired two unmanned aircrafts systems (UAS). The technology is rare in Africa and is still in its inception stage in some developed countries. Continue reading
Armenia Student Develops UAS for Agriculture
Luys scholar at MIT Armen Mkrtchyan is dreaming big about the sustainability of rural communities in Armenia. With a background in aeronautics and astronautics, Armen is working on the unheard-of — a UAS that can analyze the quality of soil for Armenian farmers using imagery. Continue reading
British University Offers UAS to Help with Fukushima Clean-up
Parts of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are still too dangerous for humans to enter. But not, perhaps, for UAS. A team from the University of Bristol, backed by Sellafield, has offered its services. Continue reading