VTOL
Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, have developed a quadcopter that can be controlled by thought alone. The idea is to give people with impaired motor abilities a new avenue for interaction.Their system relies on the commercially available Emotiv electroencephalography (EEG) headset to interpret brain activity as commands
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Business
Northrop Grumman Corp. is being awarded a $40,137,349 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operations and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator Unmanned Aircraft System, also known as the Global Hawk Maritime – Demonstrator. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent)
Apple keeps blocking the Drones+ programme from its App Store — and therefore, from iPhones everywhere. The Cupertino company says the content is “objectionable and crude,” according to Apple’s latest rejection letter. It seemed like a simple enough idea for an iPhone app: Send users a pop-up notice whenever
Military
This video shows the RQ-4 Global Hawk launching, landing and taxiing. The video was shot by by Airman 1st Class Andrew Buchanan/9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs. Source: YouTube
Commercial
Scientists propose using UAS to cloud seed in an effort to reduce the intensity of a hurricane. In a paper published in Atmospheric Science Letters, researchers believe cloud seeding marine stratocumulus clouds — which cover an estimated quarter of the world’s oceans – with “copious quantities of seawater cloud condensation nuclei”
The Voice of Russia just published this transcript of a radio interview with a retired Lieutenant General of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. The discussion covers the ongoing debate about names, as well as the potential non-military used of UAS. "Recently Russia has celebrated 100th anniversary of establishing
Business
India is close to purchasing a record number of micro and mini unmanned air systems for its air force and army, with several further major deals to follow.New Delhi's immediate requirements are aimed at acquiring 100 micro systems for the air force and 20 mini systems for
VTOL
Aeryon Labs Inc. has announced the launch of an integrated GIS solution for its cAeryon Scout small UAS . Partnering with the image processing experts at Pix4D, geo-tagged imagery from the Scout can be easily loaded into the Pix4UAV cloud service or desktop software to automatically produce a range of
Commercial
China plans to launch unmanned aircraft in 11 maritime provinces to survey weather patterns and environmental conditions around its coastal waters, according to the State Oceanic Administration, Legal Daily reported. The programme will include the construction of launching stations in China’s 11 coastal provinces, deploying at least one aircraft
Business
Spy Owl 200 UAS Europe, Sweden, has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights, manufacturing capabilities and airframe stock for two different unmanned aircraft from UAV Services and Systems, Germany. The larger aircraft is called X-SIGHT, has a 4-stroke engine, a wingspan of 3.15 meters,
Events
The 14th annual UAS Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) conference will beheld on December 4-6, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa at Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. The organisers have announced that Major General Michael C. Kostelnik (Ret.) [Assistant Commissioner, Office CBP of Air &