New Zealand’s tourism authority is now planning to cash in on the trend, buying a $1400 DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ drone to tour the country’s ski slopes, as well as Queenstown and Lake Tekapo, to capture tourist dronies.
UAV Factory Delivers Turnkey Fuel Injected Engines
UAV Factory has started deliveries of its own turnkey Fuel Injected Engines. UAV28-EFI is a turnkey fuel injected engine system developed for small unmanned aircraft vehicles with up to 55 lbs takeoff weight. The engine is supplied with the UAV Factory’s proven 100W onboard generator system, proprietary silent muffler, automatic temperature control duct, UAV Factory’s proprietary ECU and fuel pump assembly.
UAS to Inspect Levees in Louisiana
South Lafourche’s levees will be viewed through an unconventional eye in the coming months. Levee District Director Windell Curole said the district is in the early stages of working on an agreement to have its levees inspected by unmanned aircraft equipped with a camera operated by a local company.
CybAero Announces New Engine Supplier
First North-listed CybAero, which develops and markets unmanned helicopters, announced at a press conference at the Farnborough Airshow in the UK that it is switching to a new engine and engine supplier for its Apid 60 aircraft.
Coolant Leak Caused MQ-1B Predator Mediterranean Crash
Investigators determined that a coolant leak, which led to a digital control system error, caused the loss of the MQ-1B Predator that ditched in the Mediterranean Sea on Jan 17, Air Combat Command officials announced. Continue reading
Acute3D Launches Software Edition for UAS Operators
Acute3D, a supplier of software for the 3D automatic reconstruction from photographs has announced a new edition of Smart3DCapture, Smart3DCapture Advanced.
Iraq to Deploy UAS to Protect Oil Facilities
Iraqi Oil Minister Abdel-Karim Luaibi has said that Baghdad has given priority to protection of oil facilities and operators, thus it has prepared for UAS to start flying over the Basra region. Continue reading
Ohio Buys ‘Blimp in a Box’ for Surveillance
The Ohio Department of Transportation spent $180,000 on a “blimp in a box” that officials say could be used by a number of state agencies and its first mission could be to keep watch over two Warren County prisons. The device is a tethered, unmanned helium balloon that monitors an area via cameras for as long as three days at a time.