The Seattle Police Department recently demonstrated how it’s newly acquired unmanned aircraft hovers and flies in a warehouse where police vehicles are stored. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Predator – Mixed Results on Mexican Border Patrol
Lyle Belew, Command Duty Officer in Predator Ops at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, communicates with a Predator Pilot
The drug runners call it “el mosco,” the mosquito, and one recent evening on the southern tip of Texas, a Predator B armed with cameras buzzed softly over the beach on South Padre Island and headed inland. Continue reading
Cliff Dodging in Iceland
This scary video shows just what can be done with an amateur COTS system in the hands of a skilled pilot. Continue reading
Advanced Defense Technologies Announces Border Security Applications
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced that as ADTI’s Seek and Avoid technology moves forward with integration into its UAS system, it sees some of the first commercial applications for border security. Continue reading
Seattle Police Prepare to Deploy UAS
Seattle police say they won’t deploy unmanned aircraft until appropriate policies are approved. Continue reading
Canyon County, Idaho Fire Department Gets Draganflyer
Canyon County, Idaho, is one of the first places in the USA to get FAA approval to use an unmanned surveillance aircraft for emergency operations. Continue reading
Embry-Riddle UAS Targets Whale Poachers in Pacific
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students and professors have designed an unmanned aircraft that will help keep poachers from killing sharks and whales near Ecuador. Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter Goes Hollywood
Brain Farm Digital Cinema, Snaproll Media, and Schiebel have announced that the CAMCOPTER S-100 achieved the first ever UAS first flight with the CINEFLEX camera. Continue reading