In May, DARPA launched the UAVForge Challenge to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
NASA Dryden Awards Contracts Worth $12.6M for Unmanned Aircraft Systems In The National Airspace System Research
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded contracts to six research and development firms to assist the center in meeting the goals of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System, or UAS in the NAS, project. Continue reading
IARPA Announces Phase 1 of Great Horned Owl Programme
Officials of the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Smart Collection Office in Washington has issued a broad agency announcement for the initial phase of the Great Horned Owl (GHO) programme.
University of Texas Research on MAVs
Dr. Jayant Sirohi has focused his research on determining the most effective and efficient way to build tiny unmanned aircraft that can fly off and complete missions on its own. Continue reading
Pentagon Wants Hair-Like Sensors for Micro Air Vehicles
Photo: Wikipedia Commons
Micro Air Vehicles are tiny, hovering bots that have been deployed for battlefield reconnaissance. Continue reading
US Army Wants UAS to Track Faces
Illos: courtesy of Progeny Systems Corporation
The US Army just handed out a half-dozen contracts to firms to find faces from above, track targets, and even spot “adversarial intent.”
Quad Formation Flying at University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab
The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab at the University of Pennsylvania just posted this impressive video of their latest work in planning and control for heterogeneous quadrotor teams in environments with obstacles. Continue reading
Southampton University Programme Develops Civilian UAS
The Guardian UK’s Owen Bowcott joins Professors Jim Scanlan and Andy Keane from the University of Southampton, who are developing data-gathering unmanned aircraft for commercial and civilian use. Continue reading