Flight Paths Help Pinpoint Malicious Drone Operators

Academics from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have demonstrated a potential means of being able to pinpoint the location of operators. In a research paper , “Can the operator of a drone be located by following the drone’s path?,” published this month, the research team explored how analysis of flight paths may be useful in tracking malicious operators down. Continue reading →

NUAIR Validates AVSS Drone Parachute Recovery System

AVSS Parachute deployed during validation testing

Following vigorous testing, completed in collaboration with NUAIR, the drone parachute recovery system by Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS) for the DJI M200 series has been validated as compliant with industry standards. Continue reading →

Safer Unmanned Aircraft with the SAMA – SHM Project

The set-up of the demonstrator at Politecnico lab: a CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer) full-scale component representative of an unmanned aircraft stabilizer, that has been tested both for load monitoring and impact monitoring

Politecnico di Milano, the leading institution of the European project SAMAS – SHM (Application to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems– Structural Health Monitoring), has designed, implemented and tested a real-time structural monitoring system that allows to estimate aerodynamic loads and real-time identification of impact on the aircraft in order to instantly estimate any damages. Continue reading →

US Army Tests French Danielson Aircraft Engine for UAS

Danielson engine at ARL’s Small Engine Altitude Research Facility

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering – Global Capability Programs Office, Foreign Comparative Testing Program – recently partnered with the U.S. Army Futures Command to test and evaluate a foreign technology for use in UAS. Continue reading →

XAG Drones Increase Sugar Yield in South Africa

XAG P Series drone on the work of sugarcane ripening in SA

Drones, with specialty spraying technology, was deployed for a recent sugarcane ripening trail in South Africa, showing an evident increase in the amount of sugar extracted from these canes. This might signal a potential improvement in profit margin for the cane growers, who have been incurring loss from the country’s ailing sugar industry. Continue reading →