Three Honeywell employees have flown five successful T-Hawk missions and captured hours of video and dozens of photos of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor. The four RQ-16A T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicles in service at Fukushima have been adapted to carry radiation sensors. This video continues to focus on Reactor N° 4 :
Northrop Grumman Firebird Revealed
Northrop Grumman is planning to publicly unveil its secret Firebird aircraft later this month at the Pentagon’s Empire Challenge – an exercise designed to demonstrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies that can be fielded quickly.
UAS Rodeo in the UAE – First Winners
A team from Dubai Men’s College has won the first of the UAE’s Unmanned Air Systems Rodeo. The awards ceremony was held at the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training Dhabi (CERT) in Abu Dhabi.
Yale Grab Labs Develops Stable Gripping Device for Unmanned Helicopters
The clever chaps at Yale University Grab Labs have developed a robot helicopter integrated with a compliant gripper, able to directly grasp and transport objects while hovering in mid-air outdoors, without need for external motion sensors.
Robonic Launchers Catapult into North America
Finnish catapult manufacturer Robonic Ltd Oy, part of the Sagem Group (Safran) says that the selection of its MC2555 launcher by AME Unmanned Air Systems’ (AME UAS) as part of its new Fury 1500 system opens new doors for the company in the North American market.
New Rugged Electronics Chassis from SIE
SIE Computing Solutions Inc. is introducing the SIE 734 VITA 58 rugged electronics chassis for mission-critical embedded computing systems that must operate in extreme conditions, such as unmanned aircraft systems.
New Micro Video Tracker from GE
GE Intelligent Platforms is introducing the ADEPT3000 small automatic miniature video tracker for embedded computing applications such as unmanned aircraft systems and man-portable devices where size, weight, and power consumption (SWaP) are primary design concerns.
Rupert Murdoch’s ‘The Daily’ iPad News Shows Video Reports from Toy UAS
Rupert Murdoch’s ‘The Daily is the first American national daily news publication exclusively for the iPad. As part of the drive towards more creative content, the publication has been experimenting with video footage like this shot from a toy unmanned aircraft.