KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CD-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings A whir of engine and flick of controller pushes remote controlled planes high in the sky in Grand Island, NE - “We have probably 100 airplanes and a couple hundred pilots out here,” says Jim Stulken. Stulken is president of the
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Although recently established, SKT Helicopters is a company that has a history that dates back many years. The people who founded SKT have worked for years in the field of helicopter engineering, design and manufacturing and have now come together to use their acquired expertise to form a company providing
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Consumers Energy launched a UAV in Cement City to inspect utility poles and help determine whether the emerging technology can improve customer service.
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International aerospace experts will convene in Abu Dhabi at the third Global Aerospace Summit on March 7 & 8, 2016, to discuss the rapidly changing role of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).With a rapidly growing high-tech aerospace sector, the UAE stands to benefit from the expansion of civilian UAV
Finally, after nearly 200 years, the Richmond Diocese has its first aircraft. The Holy Spirit 1 will be roving the diocese – one of the oldest in the land – scanning its 33,000 square miles and 147 parishes and numerous schools and other properties . . . for leaky roofs. “The biggest problem we
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Corp orations in South Korea froma wide variety of industry sectors are turning their eyes toward drone technology, which is expected to create a great number of new business opportunities down the road. South Korea’s 10th-largest conglomerate, Hanwha, is one of those firms aiming to make headway into
The Bureau of Reclamation has selected New Mexico State University to perform the first Reclamation dam inspection using an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). New Mexico’s team will perform research at Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico, a project estimated at $35,000 that the Bureau will fund. The New
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As unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) become a more familiar presence in American skies, new companies are getting in on the action. Krossblade Aerospace Systems, a startup created in 2014, aims to put a drone that could transform emergency response systems on the market soon. Called SkyProwler, the drone features an
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $121,350,000 modification (P00028) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for 19 Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles and 19 satellite communications air data terminals. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30,
A team at Georgia Institute of Techology figured out that moths can purposefully slow their brain activity so as to see better in low-light conditions, keeping their nectar-sipping position at flowers even when the plants are moving, and potentially opening the door to future machine vision systems that
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Just in time for this year’s hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be upgrading its Coyote drones for storm research and climate data collection. Raytheon will deliver three unmanned aerial systems with improved communications and integrated metorologic sensors for storm research. The Coyote unmanned aircraft, at