Public Safety Drone Programs Growing Rapidly

As public safety agencies continue to adopt unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related technology for life safety missions, new research from DRONERESPONDERS – a 501(c)3 non-profit program supporting public safety UAS — provides a better understanding about how these new programs are developing, as well as a glimpse at many of the challenges facing first responders who are increasingly operating drones.

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Why Do Backwards Wings Exist?

Two X-29A aircraft, featuring one of the most unusual designs in aviation history, were flown at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, as technology demonstrators to investigate a host of advanced concepts and technologies. The multi-phased program, conducted from 1984 to 1992, provided an engineering data base that is available in the design and development of future aircraft. Continue reading →

DLA Conducts Drone Research Test Flights in Cape May

An unmanned aircraft system delivers a case of First Strike Rations and a case of bottle water from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal to the USCGC Lawrence Lawson off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey to evaluate its land-to-sea-to-land capabilities, July 25, 2019

A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence team, in partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Innovation Institutes Unmanned Aviation Systems Test Site and a contracted vendor, successfully conducted two unmanned aircraft systems research flights, July 24-25 at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal in Cape May, New Jersey. Continue reading →