Frontex, the pan-European border agency based in Warsaw, is mandated to co-ordinate member state border police patrols on Europe’s external frontiers. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
After the TacoCopter, the Burrito Bomber
A San Francisco-based lab called Darwin Aerospace (which happens to be run by the popular food review site Yelp) has successfully test-launched an automatic delivery service that uses GPS-equipped drone to deliver burritos. Continue reading
NYPD Considers UAS to Monitor Crowds
UAS might eventually be used for surveillance in New York City, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly revealed last Thursday. Continue reading
TerraLuma Research Project Uses Oktokopter with Multiple Sensors to Monitor Environment
Engineers working on the TerraLuma Project at the University of Tasmania, Australia are bringing hyperspectral capabilities to their fleet of unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
DRONENET – The Next BIG Thing
Here’s the next BIG thing. Something that has the potential to be as big as the Internet.What is it? It’s an Internet of drones. Continue reading
NASA Sends Global Hawk into Stratosphere to Study Climate Change
Starting this month NASA will send an autonomously flown unmanned research aircraft up to 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how Earth is changing in a warming climate. Continue reading
Florida – Orange County Sheriff’s Office Adds 2 UAS to High-Tech Arsenal
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office bought two unmanned aircraft that officials say will give them a high-tech advantage over criminals. Continue reading
Calgary Real Estate Photography with UAS
Calgary real estate photographer Duane Wood has been using a small aerial camera to zoom over high-end properties and get the perfect shot — a bird’s eye view. Continue reading