A few weeks back, drones buzzed up to high-rises under construction in Singapore and dropped off cans of Coke to the migrant workers building the towers. Tucked into the care packages were 2,734 messages from Singaporeans thanking the tradesmen for their hard work. The idea was to link two communities that don’t often come into contact – Singaporean nationals and the migrant workers who travel far from their countries to build the city-state’s apartment buildings, offices and schools. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
University of Tasmania UAS Maps Vegetation
The University of Tasmania’s Terra Luma project is using unmanned aircraft systems for environmental and agricultural remote sensing and aerial survey work.
Aerial Advertising by UAS
DroneCast, a newly-formed high-flying advertising company, took its first flight in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon — launching from Eakins’s Oval along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Continue reading
Ottawa’s GooseBuster Produces Results
Steve Wambolt, an-ex IBM and Corel employee designed a hexicopter system fit with lights and blasting predator noises to rid a beach in Ottawa of pesky geese and has produced conclusive results. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Indago VTOL Ready for Operations
Three systems acquired by Lockheed Martin have progressed from their research and development phase to operational readiness. The Indago vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quad-rotor, accompanied by its handheld ground control station (GCS) will offer a robust, mobile surveillance application. Continue reading
Aerovel Corporation VTOL Flexrotor Test Flight with Imaging Turret
The Aerovel Corporation has successfully test flown it’s VTOL Flexrotor, with payload imaging from its turret, opening the way for production ramp up and commercial sales. Continue reading
UAS Flight near Vancouver Airport Concerns Transport Canada and RCMP
Aviation experts are outraged over a YouTube video that shows a remote-controlled quadrotor flying close to an airplane at Vancouver International Airport. Continue reading
Infotron Sold for $10M
Groupe Gorgé, via its subsidiary ECA S.A., has acquired French UA helicopter provider Infotron for €2.5 million and 375,000 shares of ECA – a combined value of around $10 million. The acquisition supplements ECA’s line of unmanned underwater and aerial devices and systems with a proven line of mini helicopter-type vertical takeoff UAS.