Search Systems Ltd., a UAV manufacturer in the United Kingdom has developed a UAV-ROV crossover. The Mariner 600 is an unmanned multi-copter with aquatic landing capability and interchangeable aerial and marine camera views. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
MIT Swarming Quadcopter can Float on Water
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a drone that can float on water and communicate with other drones via the cloud. Continue reading
Aeryon Labs Gets Three Statewide FAA Approvals
Aeryon Labs Inc. is the first Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) sUAS provider to be named in statewide approvals by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for research and public safety applications. Kansas State University Salina (KSU) and the Michigan State Police (MSP) have been granted authority to use Aeryon sUAS throughout their respective states. Continue reading
AirRobot and Northrop Grumman Remotec Sign UAS Distribution Agreement
Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s subsidiary Remotec Inc. and AirRobot US have entered into a distribution agreement for AirRobot’s line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the agreement, Remotec is the sole reseller of these products to the first responder and law enforcement market in the United States. Continue reading
Unhackable Boeing Little Bird in Development
An unhackable Boeing Little Bird unmanned aircraft should be in flight around the end of 2017. Defence industry programmers are rewriting software on the helicopter drone to encapsulate its communications computer. Continue reading
American Millionaire using Unmanned Helicopters to Rescue African Migrants at Sea
Christopher Catrambone is an immigrant himself, having moved his family to Malta from his native New Orleans to flee the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Last year, he and his wife Regina say they invested “nearly 50 per cent of our savings” — $US7.5 million — to purchase a 130-foot search and rescue ship, two drones and two inflatable boats, then put them to sea complete with a crew of technical and medical experts. Continue reading
Sikorsky Gets $8M DARPA ALIAS Programme Contract
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an $8 million contract for Phase 1 of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) programme. Continue reading
Safe 3D Frameless Multi-Rotor
UAS Directions is a startup bent on thinking from unexpected directions. Over the past 16 months they have pored their unique design philosophy into developing their 3D multi-rotor uni-bodies.