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As part of a €330 million (£261 million) proposal to improve border security, the European Commission is considering a deployment of UAS above the Mediterranean Sea to keep an eye on illegal immigrants. Alongside increased satellite activity, "sensors mounted on any platforms, including manned and unmanned aerial vehicles"
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A new method of mapping geothermal energy is taking flight in Montana - Dewhurst Group LLC, a geothermal exploration company with offices in Montana City, is developing sensors fixed aboard small unmanned helicopters to survey geothermal sources from the air. Project engineers led a demonstration Tuesday behind Montana State Hospital
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Nearly 100 university students in 15 teams from around the world will be competing next week at UND to see who has the best unmanned aircraft.The challenge: design an unmanned aircraft that can fly undetected into a simulated enemy compound, and find and retrieve a small flash drive within
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Researchers at Texas State University's River Systems Institute have developed a UAS to survey wetlands, wildlife management areas and monitor the health of rivers, plants and animals. Painted yellow and red and nicknamed "Ronnie" after a fast food restaurant character, it's battery-powered and equipped
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High winds, rocky terrain, salt water and seabirds can make flying on the Oregon Coast challenging, even dangerous under the best of circumstances. For a team of researchers from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University these conditions represent the ideal laboratory for testing unmanned aircraft.
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One of Russia's manufacturers of unmanned aircarft, Zala Aero, has provided the Russian government with more than 70 unmanned systems, each containing several aircraft. According to an article published Monday on Open Democracy Russia. The Kremlin's romance with drones started in 2006, when the Interior Ministry
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Kansas State University at Salina had just acquired two Penguin B unmanned aircraft, which are made by UAV Factory of Latvia, according to Josh Brungardt, Director of KSU-Salina's Unmanned Aircraft Systems programme. Brungardt discussed the Penguin B and others of the 12 unmanned aircraft maintained on the Salina
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The US Air National Guard just announced that on May 7, 2012 the 163d Reconnaissance Wing took part in the Ardent Sentry Exercise which focused on Defense support of civil entities during a crisis situation. The object of the exercise was to launch an MQ-1 Predator from Fort Polk by
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The River Systems Institute at Texas State is conducting unmanned aviation research under a $260,000 two-year grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Thom Hardy, research professor at the River Systems Institute, said the university is using the grant to evaluate the use of unmanned aircraft as a
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They belong to the most skilled and equipped top elite units within the "Middle Kingdom", the Chinese Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The General himself personally made the long journey to Germany to hand over the Golden Emblem of the CAPF to the engineer Udo Juerss, the CTO of
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Manhattan Beach from Hover Effect on Vimeo. Two Marin County men were cited by federal authorities over an unmanned helicopter buzzing around Alcatraz Island, the National Park Service reported. The operator of the remote-controlled helicopter, which is equipped with high-definition cameras, was Devin Hedrick, an aerial photographer who lives in
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Anti-drug squads are now using Brazilian unmanned aircraft to sniff out drug labs that dot Bolivia in increasing numbers. Felipe Caceras, Bolivia’s top anti-drug official, claims that some 240 drug labs have been busted in Santa Cruz, an eastern lowlands state bordering Brazil, this month alone, all thanks to