Continuing the review of contestants in the DARPA UAVForge Challenge – a contest to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices – this video presents the Quadrocopter Microdrone. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
An enterprising young computer engineer, Jonas Pfeil, who recently graduated with an M.Sc. from the Technical University of Berlin, will present his ‘Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera‘ as the Emerging Technologies demonstration at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011. Continue reading
Thales Alenia Space to Study UAS Command and Control By Satellite for ESA
Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from the European Space Agency to lead a nine-month study regarding satellite communications solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading
DARPA UAV Forge Challenge – First Contestants Appear
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
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