The Environmental Protection Bureau of Taichung in central Taiwan has decided to deploy cameras attached to drones in its efforts to catch those damaging air quality and jeopardizing road traffic safety by burning dry straw on open ground.
Tiny Drone Packs Real Gimbal and Live Streaming
Extreme Flyers Micro Drone 2.0 already made a mark by being one of the tiniest drones — it basically fits in one hand — to carry a camera. Admittedly, the camera was pretty low-rent, only capable of 640p video. Micro Drone 3.0, introduced via a new Indiegogo campaign, upgrades the hardware and capabilities on multiple fronts. It has an early bird price of $125, but may cost $150 or more when it finally goes on sale. Continue reading
HYSight Technologies Expands Out of Public Safety and Service Sectors
With a newly granted Federal Aviation Administration exemption, HYSight Technologies is expanding its offerings well beyond the scope of public safety and service sector agencies. Continue reading
Singaporean F-16 Fighter Jets Over Australia
Two F-16 fighter jets from the Republic of Singapore Air Force display team, The Black Knights, show off their aircraft at the Australian International Air Show in Avalon, Victoria. Continue reading
Stress Drives Off Drone Operators – Air Force Cuts Flights
Trevor Tasin with three of his sons: John, 11; Ben, 13; and Dominic, 2. Mr. Tasin, a pilot who retired as a major in 2014 after flying Predator drones and training new pilots. Credit Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
After a decade of waging long-distance war through their video screens, America’s drone operators are burning out, and the US Air Force is being forced to cut back on the flights even as military and intelligence officials are demanding more of them over intensifying combat zones in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Continue reading
3D Metal Printing for Commercial Unmanned Aircraft
Aero Kinetics is an Aerospace and Defense firm, and one of their key business units is focused on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The company was founded by W. Hulsey Smith in 2003, and they’re now the first firm to file for FAA Type Certification for multi-rotor, unmanned aircraft.
RC Pilots Welcome UAV and Drone Flyers
KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings
A whir of engine and flick of controller pushes remote controlled planes high in the sky in Grand Island, NE – “We have probably 100 airplanes and a couple hundred pilots out here,” says Jim Stulken. Continue reading
SKT Optionally-Piloted Helicopters
Although recently established, SKT Helicopters is a company that has a history that dates back many years. The people who founded SKT have worked for years in the field of helicopter engineering, design and manufacturing and have now come together to use their acquired expertise to form a company providing a ‘dowry’ of experience in the Helicopter industry.