The CM100 and CM160 from UAV Vision have been successfully integrated on to a Yamaha RMAX during recent flights. With participation by Mike Johnson from Yamaha Motor Australia, an RMAX was taken to UAV Vision’s Research and Development Facility based in Port Macquarie, NSW.
Brazil UAS Regulations Ready for 2016 Olympics
As the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro approach, Brazilian authorities are drafting new regulations over the domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Civil Aviation Secretary Rafael Jose Botelho said on Thursday, April 16. Continue reading
Triton Conducts First Flight with Search Radar
The US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS equipped with a new search radar completed its inaugural flight April 18 over Patuxent River air space. Continue reading
Drone Shield Protected Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon on Monday was using technology developed by an MIT graduate that warns Boston Police Department officers when drones are entering the airspace above the 30,000 marathon runners. This year’s 26.2 mile-long course was declared a “no-drone zone” by Boston officials last week.
US Red Cross Studies Drones for Disaster Relief
A new study, commissioned by the American Red Cross, calls drones one of the most promising and powerful new technologies to improve disaster response and relief efforts. Continue reading
Belgian Police Acquire UAS After Testing
Belgian Police Authority, MidLim, announced that they will be using a new Altura Zenith unmanned aerial system (UAS) to complement their operations in the Limburg region. They praise the Altura Zenith for its reliability, stability and versatility after deploying it 70 times to search for missing persons, monitor traffic and use for crowd control. Continue reading
Workhorse Shorlisted for US Postal Service
The US Postal Service has narrowed down the companies bidding to build the next generation of its delivery vehicles – and one of them is offering up an all-electric truck that doubles as a drone launcher.
Scientists Use UAS to Map Ocean Trash
A group of scientists is taking the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans by land, sea and air. While Marco Simeoni, the president of the Race for Water Foundation and his team spend 300 days in a yacht collecting samples of all the plastic pollution found in the ocean, a drone is flying over uninhabited beaches collecting images of converging garbage on its shores.