GeoPost, the express delivery arm of French mail service La Poste, has now released a video of drone delivery testing at the Centre d’Etudes et d’Essais pour Modèles Autonomes (CEEMA) in September. Continue reading
US Air Force Considers Bonus Pay for RPAS Pilots
The US Air Force is considering bonus pay to address a major shortage of RPAS pilots, according to officials at Air Combat Command.
US Target Drone Washes Up in Philippines
Another US target drone was found off the coast of the Philippines on Sunday, January 4. The US embassy in Manila has confirmed it is a drone of the US Navy but said it is a target drone used during a military exercise conducted in September 2014 in waters off Guam and within international airspace.
UAV Vision Opens Extra Production Capacity in Sydney
UAV Vision has announced the opening of an additional production facility located in Sydney, Australia. To manage the increase in production rate for the rapidly growing interest in UAV Vision products, an additional facility was required to satisfy current and future customer demand.
Global Hawks Set New Flight Record
The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series continued to prove their value to U.S. government agencies by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week than ever before.
Ethan Hawke Pilots Drones in ‘Good Kill’ Trailer
The drone pilot drama Good Kill just released an international trailer. Hit or miss sci-fi director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, In Time) is at the helm of this film that follows Hawke as a fighter pilot who has adapted with technology and become a drone pilot. However, the task of piloting a drone for 12 hours a day and carrying out targeted kills from thousands of miles away just doesn’t feel right for the Air Force veteran. It looks like we might get some provocative political commentary on drones, not unlike what Niccol delivered with Lord of War before. Continue reading
Skysense Automatic Charging Pad
Skysense has launched a portable charging pad which enables drones to land on it before charging up the exhausted drone’s batteries automatically. Continue reading
UAS Border Patrol Flights not Effective
U.S. unmanned jets fielded to catch border trespassers have not proved their worth — with an annual cost of $62.5 million and few apprehensions to show for it, according to a federal watchdog report.