Integrated Informatics Inc. now offers a complete aerial data solution, from data capture to analysis and data management, using senseFly‘s eBee unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This solution offers a significant cost-reduction related to mobilisation and demobilisation of fixed-wing and helicopter surveys. Continue reading
Precision Hawk Gets Angel Investment to Develop Civil Market
Unmanned aircraft systems and remote sensing company PrecisionHawk announced the closing of an Angel investment round carried by Bob Young, co-founder of open-source software company Red Hat and Innovate Indiana, the investment fund of Indiana University. Continue reading
Real Estate Agents Like UAS Video Footage for Top End Property
Real Estate Agents in Los Angeles are using UAS video footage to sell homes, even though the FAA says it’s not legal. Continue reading
World’s Smallest UAS Autopilot System is Open Source
The Lisa/S chip is 4 square-centimeters — about the same size as a Euro coin. But this 1.9-gram sliver of silicon includes everything you need to autopilot an unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Japan to Purchase 3 Global Hawk Systems
The Japanese government has decided to deploy the Global Hawk, an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, in fiscal 2015 to strengthen patrol and surveillance activities around Japan, government sources said. Continue reading
Turkish UAS Market Set to Boom
When Turkey’s military planners grasped more than a decade ago the virtues of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) mostly in their asymmetric warfare against Kurdish separatists, the country was solely dependent on imported aircraft. Later, the dependency on UAS grew exponentially and the Turks decided to build their own. They are still thriving. Continue reading
Australian UAS Counts Sheep
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The Australian Wool Innovation Association presents a unique new angle on wool, using a Coptercam (a camera-fitted remote controlled aircraft). Continue reading
Florida Tests UAS to Control Swamp Mosquitos
Seeking a high-tech edge in the daily battle to beat back the black salt marsh mosquito, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has begun testing a next-generation UAS developed by Prioria, a Gainesville robotics company. Continue reading