The Small UAV Coalition, which is pressing for relaxed regulations for the use of commercial UAVs, hired its first outside lobbyist this week. Continue reading
Unmanned Dominator XP Makes Mexican debut
Aeronautics Defense Systems‘ Dominator XP unmanned air vehicle has completed a successful first series of flights in Mexico.
FAA Safety Campaign at Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are partnering to raise awareness about safe unmanned aircraft operations. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $15M Scan Eagle Contract for Pakistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $15,180,214 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for hardware and technical data for the Scan Eagle for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales programme. Continue reading
University of Minnesota to Develop World’s Smallest Solar-Powered UAV
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,525,000 to a University of Minnesota team led by Prof. Nikos Papanikolopoulos to develop the world’s smallest solar-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV) capable of multi-day flight.
Cayman Islands Prisons use Drones to Stop Smuggling
Small unmanned drones are now part of the tools used by the prison service to battle the practice of throwing drugs and contraband over the perimeter fence of HMP Northward, and it appears likely that they will also be used in the near future by the RCIPS, especially to help the Joint Marine Unit with search and rescue operations.
Supplied by local company AirVu, the small unmanned aircraft (SUAs), which are outfitted with cameras, can be very quickly deployed at the prison and used to identify the perpetrators hurling things over the fence before they run into the bush, according to Prison Director Neil Lavis. Continue reading
RED RAVEN Lightweight 4K Camera
RED has unveiled its new RAVEN camera, offering 4K recording at up to 120fps, 2K at up to 240fps, and 2K ProRes up to 60fps. Continue reading
Colorado Springs RQ-11 Crash Broke Army, FAA Rules
Fort Carson soldiers who crash-landed a drone in a Colorado Springs neighbourhood in May will get remedial training after an investigation found they didn’t have proper clearance to fly the small RQ-11 Raven aircraft and failed to tell key leaders at the post that the drone had been lost. Continue reading