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Scientists wanting to know what sea otters eat while floating far from shore have turned to the sky. During an April mission in Kachemak Bay, researchers tested unmanned drones to see if they could be used for future sea otter surveys. The project also used drones to study the prevalence
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Aviation enthusiasts across Australia are gathering in derelict warehouses to race custom-built drones in a new sport that is flying under the strict laws that regulate the aircraft. At an abandoned warehouse in Melbourne's west, about 30 drone racers have gathered for a high-speed showdown. They
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“With this technology you can create a 3D terrain analysis model of the real world, give it to any engineer and they can put that into a CAD-like program and build whatever it is they’re going to build from their desktop, without ever going into the field,”
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"Jumpin Jacques" is a P-51D-20-NA model, built at North American’s Inglewood facility in California. Accepted by the USAAF on December 21 1944 as 44-72035 she was originally earmarked for service with the Eighth Air Force in England but this was quickly changed to
The Communications and Multimedia Ministry is collaborating with the Malaysian Emergency Response System (Mers 999) to do aerial surveys and mapping of the areas affected by last Friday’s 5.9-magnitude earthquake, by using UAVs. Its minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the drones used in the exercise
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A right wing control module failure led to an MQ-1B Predator crash on the Nevada Test and Training Range near Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 27, 2014, according to an Air Combat Command abbreviated accident investigation board report released on June 9. The aircraft was assigned to the
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Every year, illegal logging and mining in the Peruvian Amazon destroy tens of thousands of acres of rain forest. The deforestation in remote parts of the jungle is difficult to detect while it's going on. But now there's a new way to keep an eye out:
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Aviation industry leaders are looking anxiously but optimistically at lawmakers successfully meeting a Sept. 30 deadline for legislation for reauthorising the Federal Aviation Administration. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., expects to be one of the key figures in the effort to win congressional approval. Titus gathered experts to address aviation
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the AXTER Aerospace firm have developed an electric propulsion system to install in small gasoline-powered planes for extra power and range in emergency situations. This new hybrid system could prevent 600 accidents a year. The basic goal of this project is
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Following a global recruiting effort that yielded hundreds of applications, San Diego-based Qualcomm today named the 10 startups selected for the new robotics accelerator program it is operating with Techstars. The inaugural class includes two San Diego robotics startups, Inova Drone and CleverPet, San Francisco-based Carbon Robotics, and
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A group of 3D printing, high-tech flying machine enthusiasts, and sci-fi fans combined their know-how to design and construct a spherical drone-style aircraft for a local flying machine design competition.One of the major requirements of the competition was to create and construct a flying machine
Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd has successfully conducted trials to validate the performance of Chemring Technology Solutions' GPS anti-jamming module, GINCAN. Increased use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and the proliferation of readily available jamming devices is driving demand for greater resilience of aerial platforms. A GINCAN module