Physical Sciences Inc (PSI) based in Andover, Massachusetts, in association with the US military, filmed hawk moths to see how they manage to stay aloft. Continue reading
UAS Date Back to ’60s Over China, N.Korea, Vietnam
One of the experts in early UAS technology, Col. John Dale, USAF retired, explained last Wednesday night at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Davis Auditorium how and why UAS were used by the Strategic Air Command (SAC) in the 1960s. Continue reading
UAS Footage Sells Property Developments
Neoscape, a Boston-based creative studio, stumbled upon the idea of using UAS to capture footage for a property developer after Sean Tierney, interactive director, bought a Raspberry Pi and decided to build his own UAS—or “flying blender” as he puts it— using the Pi as his quad-copter’s brain. Continue reading
Oklahoma State University UAS Programme in the Eye of the Storm
Oklahoma State University is flying away from the competition when it comes to unmanned aircraft systems. After the Federal Aviation Administration recently chose six test sites across the United States to begin research into UAS, some questioned why Oklahoma was not on the test site list. Dr. Jamey Jacob, a professor of aerospace engineering at OSU, said he was not surprised by the decision. Continue reading
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 – 1:15 Scale Model
Swiss model builder RCHelijet demonstrates this 1:15 scale model Airbus A380-800 Singapore Airlines at a local enthusiasts’ air show. Continue reading
Morocco Now Has French Harfangs
International media sources have reported recently that Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) has acquired the three ‘Harfang’ unmanned aircraft systems retired by the French Air Force after several years of service in Afghanistan. The Harfang, which is based on the Israeli IAI/Malat Heron-I system and deployed with the ‘Armee de’Lair’ in 2008, was delivered by EADS (Now Airbus Defense & Space), under the Eagle I cooperative development with Israel Aerospace Industries. Continue reading
RPAS & Insurance
The civil RPAS market [commercial; non-commercial (corporate, research); governmental non-military] is growing throughout the world, which means that the quantity of approved & authorised commercial RPAS operators is steadily increasing. Continue reading
UAS a Popular Topic at Precision Ag Summit
Topics at this year’s Precision Ag Action Summit in Jamestown, N.D., ranged from Google Glass, a technology for putting a smartphone into eyeglass frames, to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), to the quality and ability to use data, which is becoming so voluminous that it has its own name — big data. Continue reading