Seattle’s mayor on Thursday ordered the police department to abandon its plan to use UAS after residents and privacy advocates protested. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
Open Source Nano Quadcopter for $149 from Sweden
Marcus Eliasson, Arnaud Taffanel, and Tobias Antonsson are the engineers behind the Swedish startup Bitcraze now accepting pre-orders for a palm-sized quadcopter called the Crazyflie Nano. Continue reading
UK Deploys Black Hornet Nano UAS in Afghanistan
British troops are using a nano UAS just 10 cm long and weighing 16 grams on the front line in Afghanistan to provide vital information on the ground. Continue reading
Boeing’s Unmanned Little Bird Sea Trials
Boeing’s Unmanned Little Bird H-6U is neither an average rotorcraft nor an average unmanned airborne system (UAS). Continue reading
Idaho Power Company Deploys UAS to Find Salmon in the Snake River
Each fall, Idaho Power uses aircraft, usually helicopters, to survey Chinook Salmon nests on the Snake River and make sure the company’s projects aren’t negatively impacting the threatened species. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin has Big Plans for Small UAS
Over the past year, Lockheed Martin acquired CDL Systems, Chandler/May and Procerus Technologies to enhance its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) capability. Continue reading
Aeryon Scout sUAS Supports Critical Florida Wildfire Research
In the closing months of 2012, the Aeryon Scout small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) played a significant role in a collaborative field campaign to study wildland fire behaviour. Continue reading
QuadCopter Sparks Love Affair – Video
This charming short film from The Netherlands was a contribution by ThinkFish Media to the AR.Drone 2.0 Film Festival. Continue reading