The military is a major user of unmanned aircraft, but Jeff Williams says it’s the civilian market that will “explode” with new products and applications in the next few years when federal regulations are rewritten.
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
EMT Integrates Radioactivity Sensor For Civil Applications
EMT announced the delivery of radioactivity sensors to civilian German contractors. The Federal Office for Radiation Protection and the Federal Police commissioned the delivery following successful field trials in May 2012.
Datron Scout Helps Toxic Clean-Up After Chemical Train Derailment
Datron World Communications, Inc., has announced that their Scout was instrumental in helping local, state and federal officials as well as first responders on the ground sort out solutions for dealing with a derailed tanker car containing toxic chemicals in Louisville, KY on November 1st. Continue reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Contracts $237M for 14 UAS and Related Equipment
US Customs and Border Protection last month received its latest unmanned aircraft, but it’s a new sole-source contract that could approach a half-billion dollars that offers the latest insight into the agency’s vision for its controversial UAS programme. Continue reading
MAVinci Chooses Position Partners as Australian Distributor
Precision solutions specialist Position Partners has announced a new UAS for the Australasian civil construction, survey, mining and agricultural industries – SIRIUS by MAVinci.
Domestic UAS to Aid Disaster Relief in Hungary
Unmanned Aircraft Systems are suitable, among others, for performing disaster relief tasks and dealing with emergencies, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende said at the display of Hungarian-developed UAS in Veszprém on Monday, November 5. Continue reading
Putin Signs Bill to Establish Russian DARPA
Russia will go ahead with setting up a Defence Research Agency analogous to America’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, after President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill on the new body on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nepal Deploys UAS to Fight Rhino Poachers
Rhino poaching is big business in Nepal, with hundreds killed every year for their valuable horns. Continue reading