Researchers in Belgium have devised a prototype delivery drone which they say could rival the likes of Amazon Prime Air and Google’s Project Wing. The University of Leuven team behind VertiKUL 2 (KUL is the acronym for Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) say the drone combines the ability of quad-copters to take-off and land vertically with both the speed of conventional aircraft and their capacity to fly long distances.
Safer Drone Is The Future Of Tech Design
A new drone called Fleye uses a new safer drone design, using protective grids to prevent any injury from the drones spinning blades— the creators made sure that the Fleye was safe to use. Continue reading
US Air Force wants Sense-and-Avoid Technology
The US Air Force has released a request for information notice requesting sense-and-avoid technologies for large RPAs – Predators and Global Hawks – though the notice said that respondents are encouraged to include sense and avoid technologies for smaller RPA such as the hand-launched Wasp and Raven. Continue reading
Anti-Drone Net System
Theiss UAV Solutions has unveiled EXCIPIO, a non-destructive unmanned aircraft that launches a net to capture drones and other targets. Continue reading
SimActive and Delair-Tech Partner to Provide SNCF with a UAV Solution
SimActive Inc., a developer of photogrammetry software, has announced the purchase of multiple Correlator3 licenses by SNCF. The software is used in conjunction with UAVs from Delair-Tech, SimActive’s partner. Continue reading
One-Eyed Bug Vision Helps Drones Land
In an effort to build—and control—ever smaller drones, researchers have been looking at how insects navigate. Insects use a technique called optical flow, based on the apparent speed of objects passing by in their field of vision. In fact, humans use optical flow to give us a sense of how fast we’re going when we’re driving. Continue reading
Future UAS Should be VTOL – US Army Aviation Chief
The US Army aviation chief, Maj. Gen. Michael Lundy, wants to spend the service’s shrunken aircraft acquisition budget — down about 40 percent over the past three years — on manned rather than unmanned aircraft. After all, this is the Army. Continue reading
Saab to Deliver UAS to Swedish Police
Saab will deliver three UAV systems to the Swedish Police. Each system comprises air vehicles equipped with day/night sensors and a ground station, plus spare parts, consumables, documentation, training and technical support. The contract will be in effect from 2016 to 2018. Continue reading