Swiss-based developer of unmanned aircraft systems UMS Skeldar has begun training personnel from the Indonesian Army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Darat, or TNI-AD) to operate the fixed-wing Rajawali-330 surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle.
AeroVironment Unveils Mantis i45 EO/IR Gimbal Payload for Puma AE
AeroVironment, Inc. unveiled its new Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) gimbal payload designed for AeroVironment Puma AE (All Environment) small unmanned aircraft systems – for both commercial and military applications.
Russia Begins Flight Tests of Adcom United 40
The Russian Defense Ministry has commenced flight tests of the UAE-made United 40 military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti. Continue reading
Drone Technology to Help During Power Outages In Oklahoma
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An Oklahoma electric company is ready to launch it across the grid, to help keep power on. Oklahoma’s wind and ice storms can leave families without power and crews to brave the elements to restore it. Continue reading
Chinese Startup’s UAS with AI to Track, Film People
Following two years of secretive development, a young Chinese startup focusing in drones unveiled its Hover Camera. Different from many other drones, the Hover Camera can track and film people and objects on sight with its 4K videos and photos via a 13-megapixel camera. Continue reading
Alta Devices 31.6% Solar Energy Efficiency Certified
Solar efficiency is measured and certified by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). According to NREL’s testing, Alta Device’s new dual-junction solar cell is the world’s most efficient 1-sun cell at 31.6% efficiency. This is the seventh overall solar efficiency record that Alta Device has set since 2010. Continue reading
uAvionix DJI Stanford Partner in Safe Aircraft Separation
Eric Mueller works at the NASA Ames Research Center and is a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University. He co-authored a paper with his professor, Mykel Kochenderfer at Stanford, titled “Multi-rotor Aircraft Collision Avoidance using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes.” The paper describes how speed changes by agile multi-copters and small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) can be used in addition to horizontal and vertical maneuvers to maintain safe operating distances between aircraft. Continue reading
Textron Completes Hybrid Quadrotor Integration on Aerosonde
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced the successful demonstration of the Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) enabled with Hybrid Quadrotor technology – allowing the system to take-off and land vertically to significantly increase mission flexibility.