Delair-Tech, based in Toulouse, France, has won a tender to provide UAVs to the EU Commission’s “COPERNICUS” Earth surveillance programme. During the agreement, which runs until 2019, Delair-Tech will provide its technology to the programme in order to offer reactive and reliable surveillance to monitor climatic, ecological, environmental or natural events, for the whole of Europe.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Preflight
Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing from Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico work hand-in-hand with Airmen in the ground control center ensuring the MQ-9 can operate on Hurlburt Field, Florida without any loss of satellite signal. Continue reading
AeroKinetics Partners with Freeflight Systems on ADS-B
Aero Kinetics recently announced a critical teaming partnership to further enhance their effort to certify their latest generation multi-rotor vertical takeoff and land (VTOL) UAS with the FAA.
Fujitsu UAV Uses Wheels to Roll Along Bridges
Drones don’t normally need wheels, but they can come in handy on upside-down roads. That’s just what the underside of a bridge is, and Fujitsu wants to use drones with large wheels to scoot along them while checking for cracks and other wear and tear. Continue reading
Quadcopters Perform Sticky Landings
Researchers from the mechanical engineering lab at Stanford University working with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, they have figured out how to enable a quad-copter drone to stick a landing — at any angle — much like a flying gecko or a bat. Without any kind of suction or sticky, the flying robot can now perch on a slippery surface. Continue reading
Oddities from the AUVSI Show
Here’s a look at some of the most interesting, innovative and outlandish drones at the recent Unmanned Systems 2015 show in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
Successful First Flight for Orbital’s Next Gen UAV Engine
Orbital Corporation Limited has announced the first flight of a ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV”) with the latest Orbital UAV engine and propulsion system. The flight test, conducted on April 15, was supported by Orbital and carried out by Insitu Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, at their flight testing facilities in Oregon. Continue reading
European MALE UAV Study Signed
A plan by companies in France, Germany and Italy to launch a European medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV programme will get a boost today when defence ministers sign a Declaration of Intent for a two-year definition study. Continue reading