UAS VISION
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Acoustic rainbows may sound psychedelic, but the concept has nothing to do with hallucinations. By dispersing sound waves, noisy objects can potentially be made far less audible. That promise has drawn the interest of U.S. Special Operations Command, which is seeking Acoustic Rainbow Emitters (ARE) for drones under a Small Business Innovation Research solicitation that closed March 25. Continue reading
Avalanches occur in remote, hazardous terrain, making timely data collection difficult. Unmanned fixed-wing aerial vehicles offer a practical way to gather large-area imagery for mapping avalanche activity. Continue reading
Parallel Flight Technologies, Inc., a developer of next-generation unmanned aircraft systems, and Alpha Unmanned Systems, a European manufacturer of fuel-powered helicopter UAVs, have announced a collaboration to advance heavy-fuel propulsion for unmanned aviation in support of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR). Continue reading
To counter increasingly pervasive jamming of GPS signals, the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is launching a programme to mature magnetic navigation, or “magnav,” systems. Continue reading
Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath—or “blow”—from wild humpback, sperm and fin whales in northern Norway, hailing a new era of non-invasive health monitoring for these marine giants in Arctic regions. Continue reading
Airbus Research has just announced a 3.2M€ (USD 3.8M) project to develop solutions based on UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) to make agriculture more efficient and adapted to climate change. Continue reading
Polish scientists have developed an electromagnetic system that can instantly disable hostile drones, a breakthrough that researchers say could transform how critical infrastructure and sensitive sites are protected. Continue reading
New research involving Oxford University researchers has found that drones can be a valuable, non-invasive tool for observing elephant families and aiding long-term conservation efforts. This found that elephants can habituate remarkably quickly to drones, showing fewer signs of disturbance both during a single flight and after repeated exposures. Continue reading