Today, fighter pilots approach warfare like a questing medieval knight. They search for opponents with similar capabilities and defeat them by using technologically superior equipment or better application of individual tactics and techniques.
UPS Spends $800K on Drone Project in Africa
UPS has announced that it’s partnering with two companies to test the use of drones to deliver blood transfusions and vaccines to remote parts of Rwanda in Africa. Continue reading
VStar Systems Inc. to Create Custom Unmanned Systems
Entrepreneur and U.S. Navy veteran Andy Von Stauffenberg, announced the launch of VStar Systems Inc. (VStar) after 12 years of experience in aerospace and systems engineering. A multi-dimensional systems integration company specializing in unmanned and robotic systems, VStar creates custom solutions for clients who have a unique set of problems that require advanced technologies and out of the box thinking. Continue reading
Australia Develops RPAS Collision Avoidance Technology
Australia’s leading researchers of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) technology have been recognised by Australia’s CSIRO with exclusive backing to oversee the development of collision avoidance technology over the next three months. Continue reading
USAF to Automate MQ-9 Takeoffs and Landings
The US Air Force is pressing forward with a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper upgrade that would allow the widely fielded armed aircraft to takeoff and land automatically. Continue reading
Quadcopter Outdoor Perching at Stanford
A disaster site. A rainforest. A battlefield. These places have something in common: we have a need to understand what’s going on where established infrastructure can’t give us good data. Advances in computation, fabrication, and materials over the last half-century have resulted in small, cheap, and lightweight sensors that can provide us with these data; now the task is to find ways to deploy such sensors rapidly and effectively. Continue reading
Airborne Inspectors Could Help Control Corrosion
It has long been recognised that drones also have potential in the offshore wind industry where, it is anticipated, they could provide significant cost and efficiency benefits. Work undertaken to date in the RepaKorr project suggests that these potential benefits extend to new, more cost-effective ways to detect corrosion. Continue reading NBAA Highlights Advantages of Integrating sUAS
With more than 2.5 million small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) operating in the U.S., and the FAA poised to release its new Part 107 rules governing commercial sUAS use, interest in the technology has never been higher. Continue reading