A five-day test of unmanned aircraft systems to deter illegal fisherman from Palau‘s waters has come to an end. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Armenia to Export UAS to Denmark
Armenia will be exporting UAS to Denmark, Executive Director of Union of Information Technology Enterprises Karen Vardanyan told Novosti international press centre. Continue reading
Alaska Commercial ScanEagle Flight Experiences Engine Failure
The first FAA-approved commercial flights of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) met with mixed results following a successful first flight and unsuccessful second. Continue reading
Animal Activists Using UAS For Aerial Surveillance
Animal rights activists are using a new weapon in their war against animal abuse. Stuart Chaifetz, a Cherry Hill, NewJersey-based investigator with the organization Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (“SHARK”), says his group uses UAS to go where there are no roads, and beyond fences and walls. Continue reading
Falcon Project in Pursuit of Bigfoot
The Falcon Project is a kind of supernatural missing persons mission, calling for “eyes in the sky” in combination with a “quick response investigative ground team.” They would spend months at a time scanning undisclosed locations with high Bigfoot potential, hoping not only for irrefutable video, but to make contact. Continue reading
Deutsche Telekom UAS Tags Copper Cables with DNA
A quadrocopter fitted with a device for marking telephone cables with artifical DNA approaches a telephone pole during a media presentation by Deutsche Telekom on September 30, 2013 near Kremmen, Germany. Continue reading
Helikite Aerostat To Lift The World’s First Airborne 4G Base Station
Allsopp Helikites Ltd is a partner in a new European research project to provide rapid, mobile, airborne, 4G communications over a wide area in the event of an emergency. Continue reading
3D Robotics Raises $30 Million to Develop Commercial UAS
3D Robotics announced that it has locked up a $30 million Series B round, with a list of participants that includes Foundry Group, True Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and SK Ventures. Continue reading