The UK’s £4billion fleet of 657 unmanned aircraft is one of the largest in the world. Continue reading
Airware Demonstrates UAS to Protect African Rhinos
While many people were holiday shopping, a team of Airware engineers traveled to Kenya to conduct field tests of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to protect rhinos from the threat of poachers. The successful tests demonstrated that UAS can be a viable tool for wildlife conservation. Continue reading
UAS to Help Firefighters in Dubai
UAS will be used in Dubai for the first time to send live videos of fire incidents to emergency services, officials revealed during the Intersec safety and security show in Dubai on Sunday.The “quad-copters” will be sent ahead of first-responders to fire incidents to cover all angles of the blaze to help Dubai Civil Defence (DCD) teams in dousing operations. Continue reading
Global Hawk v U2 – Debate Returns for Fiscal 2015
Less than two years after proposing termination and premature mothballing of the new Block 30 version—once eyed as a replacement for the venerable, high-flying U-2 reconnaissance aircraft—the Pentagon leadership is toying with a complete reversal on its position as it works through options for the fiscal 2015 budget proposal. Continue reading
UK Royal Navy To Deploy ScanEagle UAS
The ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capability, commissioned by UK Royal Navy in June 2013,was set to go operational last week. Continue reading
Predator Series Aircraft in Search & Rescue Missions
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that Predator-series aircraft have been involved in several high-profile search & rescue missions in recent months. Continue reading
Indestructible Quadcopter Airframe on Kickstarter
This quadcopter airframe from Game of Drones was createed by Eli Delia and Marque Cornblatt and features a virtually indestructible airframe. The Action Sports Airframe was rigorously tested for over a year. It was subjected to repeated 300 foot drops, exposed to fire, crashed through windows, and shot out of the sky with a shotgun. Continue reading
The Flying Donkey Challenge
The Flying Donkey Challenge is an escalating series of sub-challenges held annually in Africa. World-leading roboticists, engineers, regulators, entrepreneurs, logisticians, and designers will win substantial grants by advancing the safety, durability, legality, profitability and friendliness of cargo robots. Continue reading