The world’s largest producer of French fries is using the technology to pick up information from its potato fields. “We can integrate a lot of different data streams from drones and field sensors and package it into a system to help benefit growers and companies like McCain,” says Peter Goggin of Resson Aerospace.
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Visit London by UAS Video
“VisitLondon.com is a vital tool to millions of visitors to the city, so it’s important to continually create new and inspiring content,” said Director of VisitLondon.com Julie Chappell. “This film uses impressive footage achieved by UAV, giving fantastic visuals of our iconic attractions. Continue reading
Allied Drones Debuts Twin Rotor HL12 “Iris” UAS
The newest UAV from Allied Drones is the HL12 “Iris”, a twin rotor craft that is designed to be 30% more efficient than helicopter-styled UAVs, and can be switched between gas or electric power on the same airframe. Continue reading
AirDog Auto-Follow Action Sports UAS
The goal of this Kickstarter project is to launch production of the AirDog, It is a simple to use personal UAS for every surfer, snow-skate-wake-kite-boarder, MX or BMX rider. The AirDog is a new development in personal UAS technology, developed by a group of engineers who are passionate about action sports. Continue reading
‘Fly and Dip’ UAS to Collect Water Samples for Analysis
The remote controlled systems – developed by Cardiff based BCB International can land on water with a ‘fly and dip’ system – will be used in a research programme by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s SENSEable City Lab to collect water samples for analysis.
Skunk Riot Control Copter from South Africa
South African defence and off-road specialist, Desert Wolf has unveiled the Skunk Riot Control Copter, which is designed to control unruly crowds without endangering the lives of security staff. The Skunk is equipped with 4 high-capacity paint ball barrels firing at up to 20 bullets per second each, with 80 Pepper bullets per second stopping any crowd in its tracks.
MQ-8B Fire Scout Gets Long-Range Radar
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy demonstrated a new multimode maritime surveillance radar on the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter that will drastically enhance long-range imaging and search capabilities for Navy commanders.
Hummingbird UAS Combines Multi-rotor and Ducted Fan Propulsion
Reference Technologies has designed the Hummingbird UAS which uses both multi-rotors and ducted fans for VTOL capabilities and manoeuvring. Continue reading