UAS are a familiar presence in warzones, but increasingly companies are finding use for unmanned aircraft in civilian life as well. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
Unmanned QuadCopter Crosses the Alps
German company microdrones GmbH demonstrated how flexible and important unmanned aircraft systems can be for civil purpose with an adventurous experiment: its type md4-1000 microdrone crossed the Alps via the legendary Gotthard Pass between Hospental and Airolo. Continue reading
US Army and Marine Corps to Add K-Max to Fleets
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are moving beyond experimenting with the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter and are taking steps to add the aircraft to their fleets, industry officials said last Thursday at the Paris Air Show. Continue reading
Scientists Hunt for Pigmy Rabbit Habitat – with Military-Style UAS
Scientists in Idaho will be flying military-style unmanned aircraft over the state’s sagebrush sea, not in a bid to find terrorists but to help locate the best habitat for one of West’s smallest mammals, the pygmy rabbit.
Cassidian Presents Tanan 300 UAS at Paris Air Show
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Cassidian will present its TANAN 300 new-generation compact VTOL Tactical UAS (Vertical Take-Off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial System) for maritime and land missions at Le Bourget this week. Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 – Growing Experience at Sea Onboard the OPV l´Adroit
Since the OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) L ́Adroit was officially made available to the French Navy in October 2011, the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) was able to repeatedly prove its highly efficient maritime capability. Continue reading
Yo! Sushi QuadCopters Deliver Sushi in the Streets
CNN’s Jim Boulden talks to Robin Rowland, CEO of Yo! Sushi in the UK about the company’s experiments with QuadCopters for serving sushi. Continue reading
US Navy’s New, Bigger Fire Scout To Fly in Autumn
There’s a new Fire Scout in the pipeline — bigger, faster, longer legs, more muscle. It’s still being assembled and won’t fly until later this year, but it’s headed for the fleet as soon as late 2014. And it could fundamentally change some of the parameters expected of the US Navy’s seagoing unmanned helicopter programme. Continue reading