The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the selection of the six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test sites around the country. Continue reading
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World’s Smallest QuadCopter for Under $40
The Proto X from Estes claims to be the world’s smallest quadcopter and also one of the world’s lightest. The 1.8″ x 1.8″ Proto X is tiny, ideal for indoor flying — and it weighs only four-tenths of an ounce. Continue reading
Lady Gaga Flying Dress – The Video
Lady Gaga hovers over the stage in her flying dress ( #VOLANTIS ) She unveiled her ‘flying dress’ at a New York album launch party – Lady Gaga’s album sales are already stratospheric, so why not her evening wear? Continue reading
Prioria Robotics Gets $4.5 M Maveric Contract From US Army Rapid Equipping Force
Prioria Robotics, Inc., developers of tactical Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), announced that it has been awarded several contracts totalling $4.5 million by the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force. Continue reading
MQ-1B Predator Crashes Outside Holloman Air Force Base
An MQ-1B Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft crashed approximately 6 miles northwest of Holloman Air Force Base airfield in New Mexico at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday. Continue reading
IMINT and Elbit Field Test Skylark with New Software for First Responders
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The Swedish software company Imint and the Israeli Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provider Elbit Systems UAS division field tested new software in live flights north of Uppsala. The flights with the Elbit Skylark I-LE mini-UAS and Imint’s Vidview software took place on October 7th-9th, 2013. Continue reading
X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Now on Display at the National Naval Aviation Museum
As part of the National Naval Aviation Museum’s 50th anniversary, the Museum is proud to present the Navy’s latest in aerospace technology, a full-scale mock-up of Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system. Continue reading
UAS Maps Lost Pyramids In The Andes
Using a small, hand-launched, Unmanned Aircraft Sytem (UAS) equipped with a downward facing camera and a sophisticated autopilot system, archaeologist Mark Willis documented the site of the Pyramids of Zuleta as it has never been seen—from extremely low altitude and at high resolution. Continue reading