A passenger plane had a near miss with a drone as it landed at Heathrow, in the first such incident recorded at Britain’s biggest airport. The incident involved an Airbus A320, which can carry up to 180 passengers, and was rated by investigators as among the most serious near-collisions.
RPAS in Fiji
FIJI’S first ever licenced heavy duty remotely piloted aircraft operator, Skyward Industries Ltd, has been recognised by the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) for its efforts to provide revolutionary technology in Fiji and the South Pacific. Continue reading
Peruvian, Panamanian Indians to use UAS to Protect Rainforests
Indigenous peoples of Peru and Panama plan to deploy drones to document rainforest pollution and destruction and help preserve their ancestral lands’ natural resources. Continue reading
Ikhana to Capture Orion Splashdown for NASA TV
Ikhana, NASA’s remotely piloted, unmanned aircraft system (UAS), will be used December 4 to capture video of the Orion crew module Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1) as the module descends through the atmosphere into the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading
Two Lancaster Bombers plus Spitfire & Hurricane
TEN Rolls Royce Merlin Engines in harmony! Continue reading
Parasitic’ Drones to Suck Pollution from the Air
A group of designers aim to develop ‘parasitic’ drones that perch on neon billboards in Hong Kong and suck up pollution to produce fuel and grow plants. Continue reading
South Africa and Algeria Conclude Aeronautics Research Agreement
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa and the University of Blida in Algeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Joint Centre of Excellence (JCoE) in aeronautics research. Continue reading
Drones are being Tested in Fight Against a Tuberculosis Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
Drones have been trialled by Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to combat a centuries-old disease that has crippled communities inone of the most untamed wildernesses on earth.