Animal rights activists are using a new weapon in their war against animal abuse. Stuart Chaifetz, a Cherry Hill, NewJersey-based investigator with the organization Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (“SHARK”), says his group uses UAS to go where there are no roads, and beyond fences and walls. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
Chinese HexaCopter Passes Flight and Bombing Tests
China has developed a six-rotor UAS made from carbon fiber which has successfully passed flying and bombing tests, according to 81tech.com, a state-run defence technology news website. Continue reading
Deutsche Telekom UAS Tags Copper Cables with DNA
A quadrocopter fitted with a device for marking telephone cables with artifical DNA approaches a telephone pole during a media presentation by Deutsche Telekom on September 30, 2013 near Kremmen, Germany. Continue reading
Bogota Mayor and Tecscorp Launch UAS Pilot Scheme in Colombian Capital
Governmental use of unmanned surveillance aircraft has inspired a lot of concern about privacy, but Bogota City Mayor Gustavo Petro thinks the battle is already over. In a TV interview days ago, Petro said essentially that UAS are an inevitable part of our future, comparing them to the thousands of cameras already located around Bogota. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Readies MQ-8C Fire Scout for Flight Operations
Northrop Grumman Corporation turned on the power to the U.S. Navy’s first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter and rotated the aircraft’s four blades for the first time during initial ground testing and engine runs at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California, on Sept. 20. Continue reading
ING Robotic Aviation Pitches Responder Robotic Aircraft at TFI World Fertilizer Conference
ING Robotic Aviation will be showcasing its small vertical take off and landing (VTOL) robotic aircraft, Responder, at the 2013 TFI World Fertilizer Conference. The TFI World Conference is an annual event that takes place this year from September 22-24, 2013 at Le Centre Sheraton Montréal in Montréal and at Sous-station de recherché de L’Acadie in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. The conference welcomes over 800 delegates from over 60 countries and focuses on the global challenges facing the fertilizer industry. Continue reading
NASA Engineers in UAS Competition
Competition was in high gear at Kennedy Space Center recently when three teams piloted unique remote-controlled and autonomous aircraft through a demanding series of search-and-rescue tasks, capping off months of work that pushed NASA engineers outside their usual specialties. Continue reading
Boeing Little Bird Completes Autonomous Landing Procedures
Lyle Chamberlain a Research Engineer at Near Earth Autonomy, shows how Boeing’s Unmanned Little Bird uses LIDAR to identify the best landing site. Continue reading