Officials at the Pickles Butte Landfill in Caldwell, Idaho are using Avian Mitigation Drones, which, in other words, are remote-controlled eagles that are keeping the birds away from the landfill. Continue reading
UAV Vision Releases New Stabilised Gimbal
UAV Vision has announced that it is releasing its CM100, light weight, 100 mm diameter multi-sensor gyro stabilised gimbal. Continue reading
Protonex Announces Commercial Fuel Cell Power System for Unmanned Applications
Protonex Technology Corporation, a provider of advanced lightweight military power systems, announces the commercial availability of the UAV-H500 fuel cell power system for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. Continue reading
UAS Probes UK’s Disused Nuclear Reactors
A small UAS is being developed for use at some of the oldest radioactive silos at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site because scientists are not sure what is inside them, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman X-47B – New Photos
Not many people have seen the X-47B up close: its Northrop Grumman manufacturers and its remote Navy test pilots, mostly. Until Tuesday, when the Navy Programme Executive Office in charge of developing what will be known as the UCLASS — for Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System — let reporters see the X-47B in the metallic flesh. Continue reading
Elbit Systems of America Unveils Skylark I-LE Block II – New Engine and Upgraded Payload
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will showcase the Skylark I-LE Block II’s capabilities at next week’s trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 6-9, 2012. Continue reading
Singular Aircraft Unveils Low Cost Unmanned Amphibious Twin-Engined Aircraft
Singular Aircraft has announced that it is developing a low cost unmanned, amphibious, twin-engined aircraft able to land and take off from short unpaved airstrips & water. Continue reading
UAS Test Flight Over Peru Ruins Could Revolutionize Archaeological Mapping
The SUAVe — for Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle — system developed by Vanderbilt and Aurora Flight Services should dramatically reduce the time it takes to map archaeological sites. Continue reading