The US Navy is soliciting bids for the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS), an unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) programme designed for autonomous cargo resupply to isolated units. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
Aeryon Scout Helps Evaluate Sea Ice Thickness in Alaska
A camera-equipped Aeryon Scout flew over Nome this week to help a Russian fuel tanker, the Renda, get a perspective on the sea ice near the town’s harbour. Continue reading
Yellowtail Offers UAS for Wind Turbine Blade Inspection
Yellowtail Aviation, an unmanned aerial inspection company, has announced Aero-Eyes, an unmanned aircraft inspection service for wind turbine blade inspection,which uses the cbyerquad platform from Australia’s Cyber Technology. Continue reading
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 Launched at CES
The smartphone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadcopter, first shown at CES in 2010, is getting several updates that are being announced at this year’s conference. Continue reading
A Bird’s Eye View Of The Nürburgring
KIPPENBERGER DRONE SHOWREEL 2011 from christopher kippenberger on Vimeo.
This video of the Nürburgring car racetrack in Germany was produced by German firm Kippenberger, which is looking to bring affordable airborne videos to the car scene. Continue reading
US Army Issues RFI on Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The US Army Contracting Command, Fort Dix, NJ, on behalf of U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) issued an RFI on Cargo Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading
US Army to Deploy Three Boeing Hummingbirds to Afghanistan
The US Army is using a hybrid-type acquisition approach to develop a helicopter-like, Vertical-Take-Off-and-Landing Unmanned Aircraft System with a so-called ARGUS wide-area surveillance sensor suite designed to beam back information and images of the surrounding terrain, service officials said. Continue reading
K-MAX Makes First Flights In Afghanistan
Photo: Lockheed Martin
The US Marine Corps flew two unmanned K-MAX helicopter test flights out to one of the forward operating bases in Afghanistan without a load on December 15 and 16. Continue reading