Engineering and construction giant Balfour Beatty has revealed that it is interested in using UAS to inspect motorways and possibly even build walls. Continue reading
Two Million Flying Hours
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It took sixteen years for the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community to reach one million flight hours. A short two and a half years later, the RPA is celebrating again with its two millionth hour on the job. Continue reading
Korea Aerospace Industries Develops Tactical UAS
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is developing a tactical UAS that can carry a payload of 500kg (1,100lb). Continue reading
MTSI Expands UAS Services into the Commercial UAS Marketplace
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), a systems engineering provider in the Government Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) domain, has announced the expansion of its UAS services into the Commercial UAS marketplace. Continue reading
14 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean Now Deploy UAS
Santiago Canton, an Argentine lawyer said at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean now deploy UAS or have already purchased them. Others have hosted American UAS. Continue reading
US Venture Capitalists Invested $40M in UAS Start-Ups in 9 Months
Venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets on the commercial applications of UAS. Draper, an early investor in Hotmail, Skype and Baidu, is now backing DroneDeploy, a start-up that is building software to direct unmanned aircraft on land mapping and the surveillance of agricultural fields.
“UAS hold the promise of companies anticipating our every need and delivering without human involvement,” Draper, 55, wrote in an e-mail. “Everything from pizza delivery to personal shopping can be handled by UAS.” Continue reading
Brican Flight Systems Partners with National Research Council of Canada on Civilian UAS Programme
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announced that it will partner with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) maker, Brican Flight Systems. Continue reading
Northern Ireland Police UAS Helps Defuse Terrorist Explosive Device
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has confirmed that the UAS technology was used to help keep the community, police and Army officers safe as a “small, viable device” was defused in Jamaica Street in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast. Continue reading