Students at Iowa State University showed off their creations last week on campus believe that one day UAS will dot Iowa’s skies, saving lives and improving the environment one unmanned flight at a time. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
DJI Phantom Vision UAS has Integrated 14MP HD Camera
DJI Innovations has launched the Phantom Vision, the industry’s first professional grade, consumer-focused quadcopter with integrated HD camera. Based upon the popular Phantom platform, the Phantom Vision provides hobbyists and professional videographers alike the capability to capture full HD video and pictures right out of the box. Continue reading
Three Ways That UAS Could Transform America’s Food System
If the FAA keeps to its deadlines, September 30, 2015 will be the day unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are allowed enter the airspace for commercial use. And on that late autumn day, many of the first businesses to take their robots out of the box and prepare them for liftoff will be farms. Continue reading
India to Use UAS to Protect Rhinos from Poachers
Wildlife authorities are using unmanned aircraft to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. Continue reading
RPAS Used in Exploration of Active Volcanoes
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Researchers at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in collaboration with the University of Costa Rica are involved in exploration and monitoring of active volcanoes in the central mountains of Costa Rica by employing RPAS. Continue reading
Predator Data Shows Less Than 50% of Illegal Border Crossers Caught
An American surveillance UAS has shown that just under half of the migrants and smugglers who illegally crossed into Arizona from Mexico recently were caught by border agents, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. Continue reading
Indonesian Domestic UAS Manufacturer R-BOTIX
Indonesia’s domestic UAS manufacturer R-BOTIX is part of the AeroTerrascan company, which specialises in providing a high-resolution orthomosaic aerial photos of landscapes, crop/plantations, forests, mining sites, buildings, assets, places or events with its small UAS technology. Continue reading
NASA UAVSAR Mission Prepares for Global Hawk Port
The NASA Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is concluding a month-long scientific mission over the Americas this week, studying questions that range from the dynamics of Earth’s crust to the carbon cycle. Continue reading