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The Bayraktar, a tactical UAS indigenously developed by privately owned Turkish joint venture Kale Baykar achieved a new feat last week, breaking the national record for the longest flight by a UAS. It flew for a total of 24 hours and 34 minutes becoming the longest flying nationally produced drone called the ‘Bayraktar Taktik İHA’. Continue reading
Russian creative agency Hungry Boys created a new advertising technique for noodle company Wokker, which incorporated unmanned aerial vehicles. The aim was to draw potential customers’ attention and raise the number of orders from a number of local business centers. Continue reading
An unmanned plane of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Sargodha town of Punjab due to technical reasons, SAMAA reported. Continue reading
Following EuroUSC’s ongoing global UAS/RPAS activities, the latest Civil Aviation Authority to recognise the BNUC-S pilot qualification is the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department as defined in their website guide “8. Pilot Qualification”
In one of the first autonomous demonstrations, the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has successfully commanded three fully autonomous, collaborating UAVs. The machines flew in close formation at the same altitude, separated by approximately 50 meters as they executed figure-eight patterns.
DARPA-funded researchers have developed one of the world’s largest and most complex computer chips ever produced—one whose architecture is inspired by the neuronal structure of the brain and requires only a fraction of the electrical power of conventional chips. Continue reading
Designed by the Dutch company Clear Flight Solutions, Robirds flap their wings and fly just like live avian predators. The “robirds” work like airborne, remote-controlled scarecrows, deterring live birds from venturing close to decidedly hazardous sites. Robirds indicate a definite shift from some of the more common methods of control—like culling wild birds near airports, placing chemicals on crops, or using loud noises to frighten flocks away. Continue reading
It was a routine evening in Afghanistan when Marines and contractors with Lockheed Martin launched an unmanned K-Max helicopter from a major base in Helmand province to carry food rations to a smaller outpost. The aircraft had made hundreds of similar trips for the Marines since first being deployed in 2011, and it looked like this would be like any other. Continue reading