Unmanned aerial vehicles can collect detailed information in real time at relatively low cost for ecological research. In a new Opinion piece published in the Cell Press journal Trends in Parasitology, experts demonstrate that UAS can be used to understand how environmental factors influence the spread of infectious diseases. Continue reading
UAS with Brooms Keep Solar Panels Clean
Some of the best places for solar power–like the Mojave Desert, where the world’s largest solar thermal farm sprawls over 3,500 acres–also happen to be dry and dusty. Fine layers of sand or grime often stop equipment from stop working well. Now there’s a new way to keep panels clean: quadcopters that fly back and forth carrying little brushes.
UMS Demonstrates Tactical UAS in Uruguay
The Swiss/Swedish based Unmanned System developer and manufacturer, UMS Group AG, recently demonstrated their tactical fixed wing UAS, the F-330 to a delegation of over 60 VIPs including the Minister of Defence, in Uruguay, making them the first ever European UAS provider to fly an Unmanned System in the country. Continue reading
Abu Dhabi Police UAS Equipped with Full HD
The Security Media Department at the General Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, have upgraded the technical specifications of its remote-controlled flying quadcopters. They are now they are able to capture full HD footage. Continue reading
UAS R&D Project Wins Environmental Approval in Spain
Spanish regulators gave initial approval to build a research and development center for unmanned aircraft in state-owned forest land. The project, sponsored by the Defense Ministry’s National Institute for Aerospace Technology, won environmental clearance and will advance toward final approvals, according to a decision published last week by the Spanish government. Continue reading
Quadcopter ‘Deliberately Flown at Passenger Airliner’
An airliner came within just 80ft of colliding with a quadcopter after it was ‘deliberately flown’ at the passenger plane as it flew over Essex, an official report reveals. Continue reading
Blue Bear and e-Go Announce MOU
Blue Bear Systems Research. and e-Go aeroplanes have just announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the two companies to work together as partners in the research, testing, support and training for the e-Go platform as an optionally piloted system (OPA), which would be based on the e-Go Single Seat Deregulated (SSDR) aircraft, and would have Blue Bear’s equipment embedded to facilitate unmanned operations. Continue reading
Photographers Charged Over UAS Photos in Beijing
Chinese Authorities charged three photographers in Beijing for endangering public security after using an illegal drone in an attempt to take aerial photos of an airport in Hebei Province in December last year. Continue reading