A new company, Fat Head Solutions, LLC with bases in Wichita Kansas and two other major operating locations, will provide low cost, high value, and complete subsystem solutions for small unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Miniature Heated Pitot-Static Probe from UAV Factory
UAV Factory has developed a miniature heated Pitot-Static probe, intended to expand the operational envelope of its Penguin B UAS. Continue reading
Visionmap Introduces Advanced EO Payload
MIST, an advanced EO payload designed for mapping and wide area aerial surveillance was displayed for the first time at the AUVSI Israel event in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
Bangalore Students Qualify for SAE Aero Design Challenge
An unmanned aircraft, built by Team Vyoma, a group of engineering students and professionals from RV College of Engineering in Bangalore, will feature in the SAE Aero Design Challenge 2012, an international aero design competition conducted by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in collaboration with NASA and Lockheed Martin. Continue reading
Weight Threshold Determines Who Flies US Navy UAS
The US Navy has set a weight-based threshold for who will operate unmanned aircraft, with UAS weighing more than 55 pounds (25 Kilos) being operated as adjuncts to manned systems, while operators of lighter aircraft will come from other corners of the service. Continue reading
UK Firm Develops COTS Sense-and-Avoid System
Chris Norton spent 22 years as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot before he co-founded 2Excel Aviation in 2005. The UK company operates a fleet of stunt planes known as the Blades and is licensed as an airline, so it can take fare-paying passengers on ride-alongs as the planes do barrel rolls and other aerobatics.
TacoCopter Delivers Fresh Tacos by Quadcopter
Posted April 1. “Flying Robots Deliver Tacos To Your Location – Our unmanned delivery agents are fast and work tirelessly.” Continue reading
Federal Wildlife Researchers Use ex-Army UAS to Count Sandhill Cranes
Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have used unmanned aircraft in three trials to count the number of sandhill cranes that visit the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge and found them to be a safe alternative for both birds and scientists.