A leading animal welfare charity, The League Against Cruel Sports, will use cameras mounted on remote-controlled aircraft to monitor land previously off-limits, to catch people illegally hunting. Continue reading
Unmanned Aircraft Design Contest in Taiwan
As many 93 teams from 25 domestic and overseas universities and colleges attended the 2013 Taiwan Innovative Unmanned Aircraft Design Competition held in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan, according to organizers of the event. Continue reading
Indian Aircraft Manufacturer Seeks Partners for Fixed-Wing UAS
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore, India, has posted a Request for Expression of Interest for “Co-development ans Co-Production of Unmanned Aircraft Systems”. Continue reading
Penn University Team Develops Quad-Copter with Grappling Claws
Justin Thomas and his team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia drew inspiration from the hunting mechanics of aerial birds of prey to develop a grappling arm and manipulator that mimic an eagles talons and which can be attached to a quad-copter micro-UAV (MAV). Continue reading
Hiatchi Unveils its Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System
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Hitachi has unveiled its Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System – a single-person autonomous vehicle meant to travel on side-walks – that can pick up and drop off passengers autonomously. Continue reading
Iranian Fighter Fails to Intercept Unmanned US Aircraft
An Iranian military jet tried to intercept an unarmed American MQ-1 remotely piloted aircraft over international waters March 12 but it was discouraged from accomplishing that mission, Pentagon officials said on Thursday of last week. Continue reading
Northern Ireland Police Buy UAS for G8 Summit Security
The Police Service of Northern Ireland is to buy two UAS, for the huge security operation for the G8 summit in County Fermanagh in June. Continue reading
CybAero Gets Additional $2.5M UAS Order from AeroVironment
CybAero U.S. partner AeroVironment has just placed a new order to meet an expected rapid demand. Continue reading