Unmanned aircraft are currently being tried out in vineyards in the south of France, to check that “grubbing up” of vines is done legally and ecologically. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Nebraska Farmers Want UAS for Crop Optimisation
Aerial video captivated an audience of farmers last week in Grand Island, watching a cheap camera attached to a small aircraft gets a bird’s eye view. Continue reading
Pulse Aerospace Announces New Unmanned Helicopter
Pulse Aerospace released is latest product, the PA-01 Vapor helicopter unmanned aircraft system at the PIPELINE Innovator of the Year Event in Overland Park, Kansas on January 26, 2012. Continue reading
Kamikaze is First AR.Drone World Champion Pilot
AR.Drone posted this video of the Grand Finale of its first Annual Competition to find the best pilot in the world. Continue reading
Is It A Bird ? Is It A Plane ? – No, It’s An Unmanned Super-Hero !
What appeared to be human forms recently seen flying over New York City made passes along the Brooklyn Bridge, flew past the Statue of Liberty, and some even performed loops — they were also part of a viral marketing campaign. Continue reading
FAA Cracks Down on Real Estate Use of UAS Video
MI6 Films is one of the operators targeted by the FAA in its crackdown on the use of remote-control aircraft to shoot aerial video and photos for the real estate trade. Continue reading
University UAS Studies Wind Turbulence for Wind Farm Installations
A Clarkson University research team, led by Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Professors Pier Marzocca, Suresh Dhaniyala and Lin Tian, is readying its unmanned aircraft, the Clarkson RAVEN (Research Aerial Vehicle for Experimental Needs), to acquire wind turbulence data. Continue reading
North Dakota Sheriffs Use UAS to Monitor Crime Scenes
16 North Dakota counties will soon use two small unmanned aircraft to monitor crime scenes and track suspects. Continue reading