TCOM Aerostat
The U.S. military is joining with border-patrol officials in a new initiative that could bring dozens of surveillance aerostats from the battlefields of Afghanistan to America’s border with Mexico. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Predators in California Homeland Defence Exercise
To prepare for natural calamities, such as earthquakes, the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing and local emergency officials partnered to plan and execute Grizzly Field Exercise 2012, or GFX 12. Continue reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office Guardian in Flight – Video
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs – Visual Communications Division – just released this video of the CBP UAS Guardian. Continue reading
C-Astral Bramor Flies Mapping Mission at 4150 Meters in Chile
C-ASTRAL Ltd, the Slovenian UAS manufacturer has flown an 80 minute mapping mission at 4150 m ASL in support of the mining operations in one of the world’s highest mines, the Los Pelambres complex in the Chillean Andes. Continue reading
UNOSAT UAS Video of Swiss Rock Festival
UNOSAT continues to pioneer the use of UAS by testing live video streaming at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. Continue reading
MLB Bat Performs Hi-Res Assessment of Seagrass and Coral in Florida
MLB has announced that it has concluded a high-resolution assessment of carbon dynamics in seagrass and coral reef biomes in partnership with the UAV Collaborative to better understand the dynamics of vulnerable near shore environments. Continue reading
Avian Mitigation Drones to Scare Seagulls in Idaho
Officials at the Pickles Butte Landfill in Caldwell, Idaho are using Avian Mitigation Drones, which, in other words, are remote-controlled eagles that are keeping the birds away from the landfill. Continue reading
UAS Probes UK’s Disused Nuclear Reactors
A small UAS is being developed for use at some of the oldest radioactive silos at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site because scientists are not sure what is inside them, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Continue reading