With the war in Afghanistan winding down and the pressure against federal spending increasing, the Pentagon is reconfiguring itself for leaner peacetime operations and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are among the programmes being affected. Continue reading
Iran Displays Combat UAS with Domestic Missile
Iran displayed its home-made combat UAS, Karrar, in camouflage and armed with anti-aircraft missiles in an Exhibition in Tehran on Saturday. The Karrar was displayed during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to the Defence Industries Exhibition . Continue reading
Gold Hill Resources Files For A Patent Improving UAS Based Metal Detection
Gold Hill Resources, Inc., a mining and subsurface detection technology company, announced that it has filed seven new patents over the course of last year including a patent application regarding Advanced Geophysical Receiving (AGR) technology embedded in a UAS based detection system. The AGR technology will allow the UAS to send back the location of precious metals to the operator. Continue reading
Quadcopter Surveys Earthquake Damage in New Zealand
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) in New Zealand is using UAS to film earthquake-damaged properties as demolition work progresses on Christchurch’s Port Hills, as one of several means for assessing properties that are too dangerous or difficult for workers to enter. Continue reading
UAS Monitor Pollution in China
In China’s Hebei province, environmental authorities have dispatched unmanned aircraft to look for the sources of air pollution, and monitor the daily emission of factories. They flew to industrial zones in the cities of Tangshan and Xingtai. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Skunkworks ARES Explained
The Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded Systems (ARES) is a vertical takeoff and lift (VTOL) flight module that could adapt to multiple missions with interchangeable payloads, offering new capabilities and enabling new operational concepts. Continue reading
Hungarian Team Creates Flock of QuadCopters
A Hungarian team has created UAS that can fly as a coordinated flock. The researchers watched as the ten autonomous robots took to the air in a field outside Budapest, zipping through the open sky, flying in formation or even following a leader, all without any central control.
Meteorologist Develops Cloud Seeding UAS in Nevada
Meteorologist Jeff Tilley is developing a UAS that could help produce billions of gallons of additional water each month through a process called cloud seeding. Tilley’s current cloud seed generator shoots tiny silver iodide particles into storm clouds to help transform water vapor into snow or rain. The conversion takes about an hour. Continue reading