Military
The CIA has urged the White House to boost the agency's armed UAS fleet to fight new North Africa al-Qaida threats, U.S. officials told The Washington Post. The request by CIA Director David H. Petraeus for up to 10 remotely piloted aircraft would strengthen Washington'
As the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan winds down, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency should focus less on responding to immediate conflicts and more on tackling obstacles the United States could face years or decades in the future, the agency's director said on Friday. "We'
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The Lucas Oil Air Show demonstrates aerobatics during San Fransisco Fleet Week's air show in San Francisco, October 6th.
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Rhino poaching is big business in Nepal, with hundreds killed every year for their valuable horns. The international demand for these animals is what is keeping the trade and the poachers going. To fight the problem, the country's national parks have started using drone technology to stop the
Iran will unveil new military achievements, including a UAS with 2,000 kilometer range, the Fars News Agency quoted managing director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization, Manouchehr Manteqi, as saying. "UAS are categorized into three classes, namely short-range with 200 kilometer range, mid-range with 1500 kilometers
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Graham Bethell superbly displays his P51 Mustang at the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 75th Birthday celebration airshow at RNZAF Ohakea. This aircraft is finished in the colours of one of the New Zealand Territorial Air Force's P51s during the 1950s.Source: YouTube
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Police searching for April Jones are using UAS to look for any trace of the missing five-year-old and say the hunt could continue beyond Christmas. Officers are keen to emphasise that they are not scaling down the operation, which has been ongoing since April went missing while playing
Testing
This video shows three quadrocopters cooperatively tossing and catching a ball with the aid of an elastic net. To toss the ball, the quadrocopters accelerate rapidly outward to stretch the net tight between them and launch the ball up. Notice in the video that the quadrocopters are then pulled forcefully
Accidents
A Sky Rider UAS belonging to the IDF made an emergency landing near Nablus on Wednesday after experiencing a technical malfunction. The army has launched an investigation into the incident. The unmanned aircraft was collected by army forces after being lightly damaged. An initial probe found that the UAS made
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While many cities and counties struggle to balance budgets, new UAS manufacturer Olaeris is offering $15 Million to prove that their new AEVA unmanned aircraft system will reduce the cost of providing emergency services by at least one million dollars per year, per city. Olaeris hopes to identify five areas
Control Stations
Innocon integrates Imint’s unique low latency Vidhance video processing engine into its ground control station software. Vidhance gives access to very efficient real-time video processing allowing for automatic local contrast optimization, pan, zoom, rotation, mosaicing, stabilization increasing the likelihood of detecting time critical events. A built-in software
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has been taking steps to deal with unmanned air craft systems (UAS) used by hostile forces, since Hezbollah in Lebanon launched two of them into Israel in 2004 and 2006. However, the incursion of an Iranian-made UAS launched from Lebanon on October 6 tipped