Pulse Aerospace released is latest product, the PA-01 Vapor helicopter unmanned aircraft system at the PIPELINE Innovator of the Year Event in Overland Park, Kansas on January 26, 2012. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
University Studies Butterflies for MAV Design
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are pointing their high-speed video cameras at the wings of butterflies to help design the next generation of flying robots. Continue reading
US Navy Reservists to Operate Fire Scout
Fire Scout Over Frigate McInerney – Photo:MC2 Alan Gragg, US Navy
Reservists are at the controls of the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for the aircraft’s deployment to Western Africa. Continue reading
Is It A Bird ? Is It A Plane ? – No, It’s An Unmanned Super-Hero !
What appeared to be human forms recently seen flying over New York City made passes along the Brooklyn Bridge, flew past the Statue of Liberty, and some even performed loops — they were also part of a viral marketing campaign. Continue reading
Swarming Synchronised Nano Quadrocopters
Recent experiments performed with a team of nano quadrocoptors developed by the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab and KMel Robotics have produced these impressive results. Continue reading
K-Max Operations in Afghanistan – Video
Lockheed Martin just posted this new video about the K-Max deployment to Afghanistan. Within 75 days of being shipped out it was undertaking its first resupply mission. Continue reading
UNOSAT Gets Microdrones Quadrocopter
UNOSAT took delivery today of its second UAS in a little over one month, this time a so-called quadrocopter. Continue reading
Los Angeles Police Department Warns Real Estate Agents Against Using UAS Footage
The Los Angeles Police Department is warning real estate agents not to use images of properties taken from unmanned aircraft, saying the flying drones pose a potential safety hazard and could violate federal aviation policy. Continue reading