Farmers in Idaho, in conjunction with the Unversity of Idaho, are testing unmanned aircraft as a means to improve efficiency. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Insitu Pacific to Monitor Illegal Fishing off Queensland, Australia
Australia’s Minister for Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business, Jan Jarratt, has announced plans to trial unmanned aircraft to catch illegal fishing vessels in waters off Queensland. Continue reading
Predator B Catches Cow Rustlers in North Dakota
Armed with a search warrant, Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke went looking for six missing cows on the Brossart family farm in the early evening of June 23. Three men brandishing rifles chased him off, he said. Continue reading
Amateur UAS Operators in Texas Help Fire-Fighters, Crime Fighters and Rescue Teams
High tech wizards from across Texas gathered in Wimberley last Saturday to share what they’ve learned developing high tech, remote controlled aircraft. Continue reading
NASA Unmanned Aircraft Measures Low Altitude Greenhouse Gases
NASA researchers have demonstrated the use of an unmanned aircraft to collect very low altitude airborne measurements of greenhouse gases at several sites in California and Nevada.
Flight Assembled Architecture
The Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication at the FRAC Cultural Centre in Orléans, France has commissioned a 3 month exhibition entitled “Flight Assembled Architecture”. Continue reading
Hexrotor Video Used to Sell High-End Property in California
High-end real estate agent Stephen Shapiro, is now using video taken from a small hexrotor unmanned helicopter to sell expensive homes in Southern California. Continue reading
TNK-BP to Deploy UAS to Monitor Gas Field in Siberia
Unmanned aircraft equipped with specialised imaging devices could monitor the general status of remote gas fields in Russia. Continue reading