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.
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Yamaha Unmanned Crop Sprayer on Show in Australia
Yamaha’s RMax unmanned helicopter was on display at the CRT Farmfest in Queensland, Australia, fitted with crop-spraying equipment for precision agriculture (PA).
Indiana Police Call In UAS In Missing Person Search
UAS operator Gene Robinson was back in action again recently helping police in a search in once hidden areas for a missing Indiana University student.
India Evaluates UAS for Police and Law Enforcement Agencies
Golden Hawk
The growing interest in unmanned aircraft systems for use by Indian police and law enforcement agencies is bringing the Home Ministry to evaluate some of the technologies available for paramilitary use.
RIP Maynard Hill – Builder of First Model Aircraft to Cross the Atlantic
Maynard Hill, a designer of model airplanes who secured a spot in aviation history in 2003 when one of his creations flew 1,882 miles across the Atlantic Ocean on less than a gallon of fuel, died June 7 of prostate cancer at his home in Silver Spring, Md. He was 85.
Unmanned Flying Ball from Japan
Our Japanese isn’t that fluent, but we gather that the machine has been developed by technology research section of Japanese Self Defence Forces and that its Maximum Speed is about 40mph.
Quadricopter at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)Los Angeles
AR.Drone pulled another stunt, this time at the E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo.) last week in Los Angeles. The company was on hand at the world’s biggest video game fair demonstrating its flying video game with Android Beta software on a Motorola Xoom and an HTC Desire….
Reapers Over New York State
The New York Air National Guard’s 174th Fighter Wing, based at Hancock Field in Syracuse, received authorization to operate using a C-Band radio frequency from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration last week, a unit spokesman said.