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The ASTM International Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems has recently approved seven new standards that cover all major facets of small unmanned aircraft systems operations, including design, construction, operation and maintenance requirements. Continue reading
Drone Adventures was founded a year ago, and they’ve been busy conducting post-disaster autonomous UAS mapping missions in places like Haiti, where updated maps can be critical to aid distribution (in the short term) and infrastructure management and repair (in the long term). Continue reading
Robert Blackburn was born on the 26th March 1885 and became one of Britain’s first aircraft designers and builders. His first aeroplane to fly did so at Filey in 1910 and he then produced several designs over the next two years. The basic 1912 machine was called the Mercury or the Type D monoplane. Continue reading
Spain’s State Agency for Aerial Security, the AESA, which is part of the Ministry of Industry, has issued a blanket ban on commercial UAS use everywhere in the country. Continue reading
Further to the incident in which a competitor in the Endure Batavia Triathlon in Geraldton, Western Australia, was injured by a UAS, the organisers have released the following statement: Continue reading
A team from the U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., is at Fort Indiantown Gap investigating last week’s RQ-7 Shadow crash in Union Township. Teams from the center conduct investigations any time there is an crash involving Army aircraft, said Pennsylvania National Guard spokesman Staff Sgt. Matt Jones. Continue reading
Autonomy options for the Marines have taken a major step forward, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today two successful helicopter flight demonstrations with unmanned flight capability at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., part of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) programme. Continue reading
Dubai Customs is using UAS for surveillance of suspicious activity and to support inspection of trade vessels in Dubai Creek. A senior official told Gulf News the unmanned quad-copters were launched last month and may be deployed in similar operations in Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, the world’s biggest manmade harbour. Continue reading