Aero Surveillance has announced a new partnership with Aero Composites Innovations (ACInnov) to focus on advanced Small and Medium Tactical fixed wing surveillance solutions. Continue reading
Arcturus UAV JUMP Fixed Wing VTOL UAS
Arcturus UAV has unveiled JUMP, a vertical takeoff and landing system for their T-20 and T-16 fixed wing UAVs. Booms fitted with vertical lift motors and rotors are mounted to each wing to provide vertical lift for takeoff and landing. Vertical lift motors are shut off for winged flight and propellers are feathered longitudinally for minimum drag. Continue reading
Are North Korean UAS Copies of Chinese Products ?
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