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
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
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
Animal Liberation Australia UAS Will Film Animal Cruelty
Animal Liberation Australia has acquired a UAS and plans to fly over farms and film animal cruelty. Continue reading
NASA Flies Dragon Eye Unmanned Aircraft Into Volcanic Plume
NASA Earth science researchers last month traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica, to fly an AeroVironment Dragon Eye unmanned aircraft system (UAS) — a small electric aircraft equipped with cameras and sensors — into the volcano’s sulfur dioxide plume and over its summit crater, to study Turrialba’s chemical environment. Continue reading
Ventura County Sheriff Announces Plans to Evaluate Use of UAS in Search & Rescue
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in California has applied for a Certificate of Authorization (COA) through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to allow training flights of an Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading