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One of the many high-tech gadgets being marketed this week at the International Association of Police Chiefs Convention in San Diego are small unmanned aircraft, that can fit in a police cruiser’s trunk. Operated from the ground by a trained deputy sheriff or police officer, the $50,000 UAS
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Electronic “Ravens” join hungry raptors, their eyes fixed on the flowing water below, as they swoop over the Elwha River this week. The 4½-foot-wide aircraft, resembling radio-controlled airplanes, are steered by researchers on the ground. The hands behind the controls and the eyes watching the video streaming from cameras
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The Aerobot Ring is a co-axial hexacopter (dodecacopter) and due to its design, it is incredibly efficient as well as agile. Surf Life Saving Australia will be deploying the Aerobot Ring in a trial of its effectiveness. The aircraft are roughly three feet wide and have a payload capacity of
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Luxcopter SA ,recently established in Luxembourg, has started its business with the launch of the MITRON, a vertical take-off and landing RPAS for professional use. Luxcopter SA specializes in custom-made solutions. To meet customer needs, Luxcopter integrates specific payloads for turnkey solutions, including but not limited to inspections, mapping and
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Air and Marine, or OAM, operates the highly capable and proven Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in support of law enforcement and homeland security missions at the nation’s borders. OAM selected the Predator B, manufactured by General Atomics
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Nepal’s antipoaching efforts received a major boost this week as park rangers and army personnel learn how to operate unmanned aircraft in two national parks in a training programme organized by WWF. Nepal is home to rhinos, tigers and elephants, among the world’s most vulnerable species. Poaching of
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A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aircraft air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the "marvellous city". The VANTS (Portuguese for UAS) manufactured by the Brazilian Military Engineering Institute with Israeli technology are
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District Collector Anshul Mishra announced that a six-member team deployed a UAS to inspect the granite quarry at Idayapatti, in Madurai district. The pictures downloaded from the UAS were not only exhaustive but also precise. It helped in unravelling the huge volume of granite stones stocked in open yards. There
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NASA has begun its latest hurricane science field campaign by flying an unmanned Global Hawk aircraft over Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic Ocean during a day-long flight from California to Virginia.With the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission, NASA for the first time will be flying Global Hawks
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A year and a half ago, Miami-Dade Police Department received two Honeywell T-Hawks as part of a Department of Justice grant. It was the first large metro force in the nation to get these metallic eyes in the sky, and hoped to use them as support during hostage situations and
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At the crack of dawn the O.R.C.A Force successfully launched their unmanned aircraft to capture footage of the sealers at Cape Cross, Namibia. The images captured from the video stream shows the area of the seal reserve, the sealers stepping out of their vehicles and the full
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From September 1-13, a team of scientists and engineers are collecting magnetic data using ground surveys and a UAS, to map the geophysics below the surface of Surprise Valley, a quiet rural community of about 1,000, set amidst a vast high desert landscape dotted with hot springs and dry