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
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
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
China Patrols Coast Near North Korea with UAS
Marine authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning near the North Korea-China border are using an unmanned aircraft to watch illegal activities in waters off North Korea. Continue reading
UK Police Consider UAS for 2012 Olympics Surveillance
According to the UK’s Independent Newspaper, Scotland Yard is understood to have spoken to the Civil Aviation Authority over the use of small radio-controlled devices in order to keep a watchful eye over the mega event. Continue reading
Mojave Flight Systems Offers $4,000 Aircraft
Mojave Flight Systems LLC, located in the Mojave Desert of Western California and in Singapore, specialises in developing flight simulators for Commercial and General Aviation, so we were intrigued to learn that they were launching their own unmanned aircraft, the Explorer One, at a base price of $4,185. Continue reading