They belong to the most skilled and equipped top elite units within the “Middle Kingdom”, the Chinese Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The General himself personally made the long journey to Germany to hand over the Golden Emblem of the CAPF to the engineer Udo Juerss, the CTO of Microdrones. Continue reading
US Airborne Law Enforcement Association 41st Annual Convention to Feature UAS
Over one thousand law enforcement pilots, tactical flight officers and service providers from across the country will take part in the Airborne Law Enforcement Association’s (ALEA) 41st Annual Conference and Exposition hosted by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office RAVEN Aviation Unit from July 11 through 13 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Continue reading
DARPA Successfully Tests Gigapixel-Class Camera
This is an image of a gigapixel camera currently being developed by DARPA’s Advanced Wide FOV Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation (AWARE) programme.
Raven Makes Maiden Flight in PACOM during Exercise Hamel 2012 in Queensland Australia
During American Independence Day, three Marines of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, made Marine Corps history as they launched the first Raven UAS in the Pacific Command area during Exercise Hamel 2012.
New Iranian UAS Revealed
Some interesting screen shots, taken from a documentary about the Great Prophet 7 exercise held in Iran last week expose several new types of unmanned aircraft currently being developed by Tehran.
A Flying Quadrotor Light Show Spectacular
Now in its 22nd year, the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase hit the Cannes Lions Festival – the festival of creativity – again, unveiling another presentation of the new directorial talent.
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Voices Concerns Over New UAS Airspace Rules
Swaths of restricted airspace will take effect in the area of Devils Lake, N.D., July 26—but pilots won’t see a hint of them on current sectional charts. Continue reading
Laser Technology Now Allows for High-Bandwidth, Long-Range Communication and Detailed Imagery
Laser technology has yet to mature, and many enhancements are left to be made. Everything lasers can do currently is still improving at a rapid rate and new techniques to improve lasers are still in the works. One such new technique is beam combining, which blends several laser streams into one high-power beam.