The River Systems Institute at Texas State is conducting unmanned aviation research under a $260,000 two-year grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
MIT Researchers Copy Nature to Improve Light Energy Conversion
Researchers at MIT explain how dye-based nanotubes can help harvest light’s energy – tiny cylinders help reveal how natural-light-harvesting antennae collect light with exceptional efficiency. Continue reading
“Hypersonics – The New Stealth” – DARPA Announces Proposers’ Day
DARPA’s research and development in stealth technology during the 1970s and 1980s led to the world’s most advanced radar-evading aircraft, providing strategic national security advantage to the United States. Continue reading
UAS Market Set for Significant Growth Through 2020, Beyond Existing Military Applications
New mission capabilities of UAS and new deployment applications have continued to push the market upward. Accurate market data and analysis will be essential to companies seeking to develop, deploy, support, and maintain UAS on the global stage. Continue reading
32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow
The New York Times Magazine recently published an article intriguingly entitled “32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow”. Continue reading
Mosquito Research Could Help Micro-UAS
According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a mosquito’s key defence when struck by a plummeting drop is its tiny mass. Researchers say the findings could one day help to improve the durability of ‘micro-airborne vehicles’, insect-sized flying robots developed for applications such as surveillance or rescue operations. Continue reading
University of Tennessee Thesis Project on Humanitarian Response Unmanned Aircraft System (HR-UAS)
Catia Version 5 Isometric view of the Model Aircraft
The Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange at the University of Tennessee has just published an Honours Thesis Project on Humanitarian Response Unmanned Aircraft System (HR-UAS). Continue reading
University Helps Develop UAS to Improve Wind Turbine Placement
Clarkson University graduate student Jordan Janas has been part of a research team that has developed an unmanned aircraft that will be used to measure wind speeds and turbulence. Continue reading