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UN forces in Democratic Republic of Congo launched unmanned aircraft on Monday to monitor the volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda, the first time UN peacekeepers have deployed unmanned surveillance aircraft. Continue reading
A security researcher has created a flying contraption that he says can hijack control of other UAS made by one of the industry’s leading manufacturers, Parrot. Samy Kamkar said he was able to achieve the feat because the company’s products do not support a way of encrypting or authenticating the wi-fi data they use.
Google has quietly acquired seven US and Japanese robotics firms in the past six months ahead of the launch of a new project that’s being led by Andy Rubin, the former head of Android who vacated that role in March.
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Moss Point, Miss., Unmanned Systems Center started production of the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block 40 Global Hawk aircraft, enhanced to meet NATO operational requirements. Continue reading
As a result of ongoing conversations with law enforcement personnel, the Unmanned Systems & Security Product (USPD) Division of ARA recently had the opportunity to demonstrate the usefulness of the Nighthawk IV Micro Unmanned Air System (UAS) to the Vermont State Police search-and-rescue and accident reconstruction teams and an Army Civil Support Team (CST). Continue reading
Amazon isn’t the only company researching how to harness the potential of small unmanned aircraft: The Verge has learned that the world’s largest parcel service, UPS, has been experimenting with its own version of flying parcel carriers. Continue reading
Tim Lucas, a young Australian developer of Autonomous Unmanned Systems and payloads, made this video to demonstrate how UAS carrying photogrammetry payloads can be used in the industry. Continue reading
Amazon’s publicity stunt certainly caught the attention of the world’s media, playing up on interest/fear of “drones” invading our lives, and leveraged by the sheer size of Amazon’s potential reach. But wacky projects using QuadCopters for delivery are abundant – we’ve covered several in recent months. Continue reading