Earlier this week an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was being tested for an aerial survey the 6.5 miles of track belonging to the Bodmin and Wenford Railway company.
Northrop Grumman Delivers Global Hawk Early and On Cost
Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered another Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., ahead of schedule, on February 14.
Colorado Start-Up and City Council Apply for CoA
Colorado start-up company Iron Ridge UAS sees UAS technology as a huge opportunity economically. And it intends to position itself to be a leader in the industry by the time the Federal Aviation Administration issues its rules governing commercial UAS use in a few years. Which is why Iron Ridge appeared before the Airport Advisory Board and the Longmont City Council. Continue reading
Bloomberg Report on Commercial UAS Applications
Skycatch CEO Chris Sanz discusses the possible commercial applications for drones. Continue reading
Tethered QuadCopters Shoot Aerial Photos
Three UAS on retractable dog leashes fly overhead, capturing live aerial video of the all the faces gaping from auditorium seats below. Welcome to TED 2014.The leashes are held by Sergei Lupshin, the Zurich-based roboticist who invented these tethered quadcopters. He calls them Fotokites, and the idea is to show that a leash can completely change the nature of a UAS. Continue reading
Parrot AR.Drone Films Solo Trek to South Pole
Antony Jinman, British Explorer, teamed with Parrot for an amazing expedition – a 47-day solo trek the South Pole.
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Iranian UAS are Worthy of Serious Consideration
Observers of formal Iranian reports dealing with the development of various weapon systems have been familiar, for years now, with the ritual where various weapons are presented to senior officials, normally in the presence of the Iranian Defence Minister, who has the honour of unveiling “the world’s best and most advanced” weapon systems, as they are normally introduced.
NASA Dryden Students Achieve Proverse Yaw Through Wing Tip Aerodynamics
A group of college aerospace engineering students in the 2012-2013 Aeronautics Academy at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center have proven German aerodynamicist Ludwig Prandtl’s theory on how to overcome one of the thorny problems of flight — adverse yaw due to induced drag — without relying on rudders or complicated computerized flight controls to accomplish it. Continue reading