The Earth’s atmosphere has layers like a cake, and it follows that forecasting the weather is more accurate if information is coming from a lot of sources and from all of those layers. That is why we have weather satellites, high-flying drones and weather balloons all operating at different altitudes. Continue reading
One-Year Ban on Drone Importation in Barbados
The Barbados government has announced a 12-month ban on the importation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), popularly known as unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. It takes effect from April 1. Continue reading
Non-GPS Autonomous Aerial Delivery
The U.S. Army’s Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) has developed a new capability with a navigation alternative to GPS. In recent tests, JPADS were dropped from planes, and immediately determined their location using optical sensors to compare local terrain with commercial satellite imagery. The new system demonstrated navigation to its intended point, using nothing but imagery to guide it. Continue reading
Key Milestone Reached in Airlander’s Return-to-Flight Programme
2016 will be a momentous year for the future of aviation with the innovative Airlander 10 taking to the British skies for the first time – the construction team continues to make ground-breaking progress on a daily basis – most recently attaching the Mission Module to the iconic hull.
NASA New Aviation Horizons
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center conducts research to advance science, technology and aeronautics through flight. Continue reading
Antimatter Space Propulsion Possible within a Decade
Dreams of antimatter space propulsion are closer to reality than most rocket scientists could ever imagine, says former Fermilab physicist Gerald Jackson. In fact, if money were no object, he says an antimatter-driven spacecraft prototype could be tested within a decade. To that end, next month, Jackson and his Chicago-based Hbar Technologies firm are launching a $200,000 Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the next phase of its antimatter propulsion research.
NOAA UAS Capture Video of Rare Whale Behaviour
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary has released rare video showing a humpback whale with its tail out of the water, seemingly catching the wind like a sail. The video was filmed during recent field operations conducted by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries’ Collaborative Center for Unmanned Technologies. Continue reading
Student Expelled over Gun-Firing Drone Sues University
Austin Haughwout, the Central Connecticut State University engineering student who was expelled last October for building a gun-firing drone, has filed a lawsuit against the university. The lawsuit, filed in New Britain Superior Court, alleges that Haughwout, of 7 Egypt Lane in Clinton, was expelled unlawfully by university officials. Continue reading