Gene Robinson runs his company, RP Flight Systems, out of Wimberley. They’ve given emergency manage crews across the nation an eye in the sky, assisting in everything from fires to missing person searches. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Australian Farmers Explore UAS for Weed Control
The need to access weeds in dangerous or remote areas with spraying rigs may soon be a thing of the past.
Swiss Ecologists Monitor Illegal Logging in Indonesia
Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zürich and PanEco, have built their own unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras, sensors and GPS for $2,000. Continue reading
Near Miss Over Denver
A mystery object, thought to be a military or law enforcement drone, flying in controlled airspace over Denver had a near miss with a commercial jet last week. Continue reading
Oregon Sheriff’s Office Tested UAS
The Federal Aviation Administration authorized the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to fly an unmanned aircraft armed with a camera from August 2009 to August 2010.
Brazilian Companies Team on Mapping with UAS
ESTEIO Engenharia e Aerolevantamentos S.A. and Instituto Tecnológico SIMEPAR signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement that visualizes the joint action of these companies in the market of mapping and monitoring with the use of UAS platform. Continue reading
Film Industry Discovers UAS
The film industry is turning to UAS to produce exciting images at sensible prices. Continue reading
UAS Assess Louisiana Coastal Erosion
Nicholls State University in Thibodaux is testing a new kind of eye in the sky to track coastal erosion and the health of Louisiana’s barrier islands more closely. Continue reading