UAS VISION
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Arlington police are testing small unmanned aircraft designed to take high-resolution video and photos of traffic accidents, hostage situations, pursuits of suspects and other emergency situations too dangerous to send personnel.
Raytheon Company has delivered the first of three SeaVue expanded mission capability radars to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the record time of just six months.
The Indian Government plans to deploy unmanned aircraft in the Maoist-infested areas to gather real time intelligence and help the security forces counter Maoists attacks effectively.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using its Predator B unmanned aircraft system to provide streaming video of the flood zones along the Mississippi River. Continue reading
Scheibel’s Camcopter S-100 recently performed high-voltage power line monitoring flights for several days in Austria. At an average airspeed of 30 knots (55 km/h) also the poles, surge arresters and isolators were inspected.
In Pakistan’s commercial hub, a Pakistani is developing his own UAS despite security challenges arising from the current political climate and the public anger over the US use of the unmanned aircraft. Located in a narrow industrial lane in Karachi is the 90,000 square-foot research facility called Integrated Dynamics.
University of Florida researcher Reza Ehsani and other Florida researchers are using a mini UAS – a promising and inexpensive way to view crops from above, giving farmers much-needed clues about what’s really happening between the leaves and branches.
Two congressional lawmakers from Texas want more aerial surveillance above the Texas-Mexico border. There are currently four UAS assigned to the southern border. Three are based in Arizona, and most recently, one now based in Corpus Christi is classified as a maritime unit.