A University of Texas professor and some of his students are giving new meaning to auto-pilot. They are leading the effort to help send unmanned aircraft systems to the arctic to collect important scientific data for NASA. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
Biobot Insects Swarm to Explore Dangerous Environments
A research team from North Carolina State University has developed insect-like cyborgs, or “biobots”, which can penetrate foreign environments like collapsed buildings. Continue reading
Queensland University of Technology to Research Integration of UAS into Civil airspace
The Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA), lead by Queensland University of Technology, has been commissioned by Thales, Australia’s leading provider of Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems, to advance Australian research into the implications for air traffic management of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in non-segregated civil airspace. Continue reading
Stanford UAS Open Way to New World of Coral Research
Like undiscovered groves of giant redwoods, centuries-old living corals remain unmapped and unmeasured. Scientists still know relatively little about the world’s biggest corals, where they are and how long they have lived.The secret to unlocking these mysteries may lie with a shoebox-size flying robot. Continue reading
One Unmanned Aircraft – Multiple Applications – “Mother Hen and Friendly Chicks”
Understanding the present demand for a range of applications and diversities, Eqquera Inc., innovated and is researching and developing Unmanned Aircraft System capable of carrying various payloads and engaging in multiple missions from protecting the environment to combat missions. The project is called “Mother Hen and Friendly Chicks”. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Joins DARPA TERN Programme
A US military research programme that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system that can launch and recover from relatively small ships for long-term maritime surveillance has grown to five separate contractors. Continue reading
DARPA Programme Seeks to Develop a Reusable Hypersonic Unmanned Vehicle
DARPA’s new Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) programme seeks to lower satellite launch costs by developing a reusable hypersonic unmanned vehicle with costs, operation and reliability similar to traditional aircraft. XS-1 envisions that a reusable first stage would fly to hypersonic speeds at a suborbital altitude. Continue reading
DARPA Issues RFI on Advanced Autonomy and Collaborative Operations for Unmanned Air Systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Tactical Technology Office has issued a Request for Information seeking ideas, methodologies and approaches solely for information and planning purposes. Continue reading