A camera-equipped Aeryon Scout flew over Nome this week to help a Russian fuel tanker, the Renda, get a perspective on the sea ice near the town’s harbour. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Yellowtail Offers UAS for Wind Turbine Blade Inspection
Yellowtail Aviation, an unmanned aerial inspection company, has announced Aero-Eyes, an unmanned aircraft inspection service for wind turbine blade inspection,which uses the cbyerquad platform from Australia’s Cyber Technology. Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection Agency Seeks to Extend Predator Flights Over California
US Customs and Border Protection officials are looking to expand the use of remotely piloted surveillance aircraft to cover nearly all of California, allowing the unmanned aircraft to fly over the last major section of the Southwest border. Continue reading
A Bird’s Eye View Of The Nürburgring
KIPPENBERGER DRONE SHOWREEL 2011 from christopher kippenberger on Vimeo.
This video of the Nürburgring car racetrack in Germany was produced by German firm Kippenberger, which is looking to bring affordable airborne videos to the car scene. Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Adapt Parrot AR.Drone – Attempt to Film Police in New York
Thom Hartmann of RT America’s “The Big Picture” interviews Tim Pool of “Timcast-Tv” about using his “OccuCopter” to film the police in New York City as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Continue reading
Australia Rebukes Sea Shepherd for Unauthorised Use of UAS
Osprey used by Sea Shepherd
The conservation group Sea Shepherd has been told by the Australian Antarctic Division that its UAS must undergo an urgent environmental impact assessment (EIA) if they are to be used in waters covered by the Antarctic Treaty. Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection Gets 6th Predator B
US Customs and Border Protection received its ninth unmanned aircraft late December, the fourth at National Air Security Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Continue reading
Police in Brazil Deploy Heron for Drug Trafficking Surveillance
The Federal Police in the Parana district in Brazil have recently begun to operate a Heron-1 supplied by Israel Aerospace Industries. Continue reading