The North Korean unmanned aircraft systems that recently crashed in Paju, Gyeonggi Province and in Samcheok, Gangwon Province are probably copies of Chinese UAS. An amateur UAV club posted an image of a Chinese UAS which looks very much like the crashed aircraft after performing an Internet search. Continue reading
Engineering Consultants Buy UAS Fleet for Energy Pipeline Inspections
A firm of engineers based at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England, that offer services to global oil and gas operators has invested in a fleet of UAS to allow them to survey hard-to-reach locations. MACAW Engineering, based at Quorum Business Park, has bought the UAS to use on inspections at production plants, pipelines and other energy facilities. Continue reading
Triangular UFO Spotted in Wichita
These pictures of a triangular craft were actually taken in February in Wichita, Kansas, but was just featured on KSN in Kansas this week. Amateur photographer Jeff Templin says he was out taking pictures of wildlife when he spotted a strange contrail. He snapped a few images. Continue reading
Epic Fail of Portuguese Navy UAS Media Launch
Epic fail of Portuguese Navy UAS launch in front of the media. Continue reading
KATSU and The Graffiti Drone
KATSU is an artist and vandal. His work pushes our idea of what can be achieved with the graffiti artist’s limited tool set. Having established himself as one of New York City’s most prolific and imaginative taggers in the 1990s, KATSU garnered admiration from the arts community (and condemnation from the authorities) when he pioneered the fire extinguisher spray can, which has permitted him to expand the scale of his art by orders of magnitude. Continue reading
DARPA Tests Retired UAS as WiFi Hot Spots
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is a step closer to perfecting the repurposing of aging surveillance UAS into high-bandwidth mobile hotspots designed to ensure warfighters have aerial Wi-Fi access in the most remote places on Earth. Continue reading
Thieves Use Heat-Detecting UAS to Target Cannabis Farms
Criminals are using cheap kit bought from supermarkets to build heat seeking UAS they can use to track down cannabis farms to rob. Tech-savvy thieves are buying UAS for as little as £60 from supermarkets such as Tesco and attaching infra-red cameras to them, which they can monitor via an iPad. Continue reading
US Navy Tweaks UCLAS RFP for Release in Summer
It’s clear that the US Navy intends to buy a carrier-based unmanned aircraft able to conduct reconnaissance and, if needed, strike a target. But after years of deliberation among service officials, industry remains confused on the requirements for the system’s stealth and payload capabilities, company executives and experts said. Continue reading