The SEED is an autonomous, mobile camera balloon created to take photos and video of you while you’re on vacation. This design project was created by Moonhwan Lee, Nakamura Shohei & YoungWook Jung.
China’s Silver Eagle in Naval Exercise
China may have used an unmanned aircraft called the Silver Eagle in a recent naval exercise over the South China Sea. According to a website sponsored by the People’s Liberation Army, tp.chinmil.com.cn, the twin-tailed design performed a simulated combat mission following its launch from the bed of a truck.
US Geological Survey Office uses UAS to Survey Pygmy Rabbits
The U.S. Geological Survey has announced details of one of the first projects using UAS to survey wildlife. It is partnering with the University of Idaho to use UAS technology to gather data on the landscape habitat of pygmy rabbits.
UAV-g 2011 – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Geomatics Conference
The Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute for Technology, Zurich) is organizing a conference with the focus on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geomatics (UAV-g) on September 14-16, 2011 at ETH Zurich, Campus Science City (Hoenggerberg), Switzerland. There will be two days of conference and one day of flight demonstrations.
Kansas State University Unmanned Aircraft Systems Programme
Kansas State University has just released this informational video about K-State’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Programme at its Salina Campus.
Robert H. Widmer, Stealth Technology Pioneer, Dies at 95
The day the legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager shattered the sound barrier in 1947, Robert H. Widmer marched into his boss’s office at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth to say he wanted to design the world’s first supersonic bomber. He was told to stick to the contracts the company was already fulfilling.
IAI Joint Venture in Brazil
Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a joint venture with Brazil’s Synergy Group to provide the conglomerate with UAS under the condition that the aircraft should not be sold to Venezuela.
Oklahoma Wants UAS Air Corridor
Oklahoma’s Secretary of Science and Technology says groundwork is being done to set up an air corridor to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to fly between airports in Lawton and Clinton. Continue reading