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Schiebel and Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, have successfully integrated and flown the SAGE electronic warfare system on an unmanned air system for the first time. On 12th December 2013 the system flew on-board a Schiebel CAMCOPTERS-100 UAS. Continue reading
The Mistletoe UAS visited San Francisco’s Union Square this Christmas to spread some holiday cheer. Continue reading
The Israeli developed AirMule, an unmanned VTOL aircraft developed by Urban Aeronautics successfully completed a major milestone in preparation for full mission demonstrations scheduled for next year. Continue reading
This video filmed from a small UAS flying over the street riots in Bangkok was posted recently on YouTube. Continue reading
In the days before my trip to Iceland, I had the chance to play with the DJI Phantom, an affordable, out-of-the-box quadcopter for budding aerial videographers. Continue reading
This video was filmed on Saturday shows a great view of the massive gathering in Kiev’s Independence Square. Some 200,000 people have rallied in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to protest against President Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a landmark EU deal. Continue reading
Researchers are using a smartphone as the brains behind a small, inexpensive UAS – the phone enables it to find its way around enclosed indoor spaces without using GPS or a remote guide. Although it’s still at an early stage, the so-called SmartCopter could eventually make it safer and cheaper to scout out disaster scenes before human responders plunge in. Continue reading
Dr. Charlie Rush hopes to use a unique method – an unmanned aircraft system – to track disease progression across wheat fields to eventually help producers make better irrigation decisions. Continue reading