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UNOSAT continues to pioneer the use of UAS by testing live video streaming at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. The first UAS mission was deployed in Haiti last February to analyse damages to assess building reconstruction. The UAS used in the test, also known as md4-200, is a product
Commercial
MLB has announced that it has concluded a high-resolution assessment of carbon dynamics in seagrass and coral reef biomes in partnership with the UAV Collaborative to better understand the dynamics of vulnerable near shore environments. Over a 9-day period, MLB Bat 4 successfully flew six flights in Class G airspace
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Officials at the Pickles Butte Landfill in Caldwell, Idaho are using Avian Mitigation Drones, which, in other words, are remote-controlled eagles that are keeping the birds away from the landfill. "You'd be surprised how well this works," said Jack Biddle, landfill director. "The first time
Commercial
A small UAS is being developed for use at some of the oldest radioactive silos at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site because scientists are not sure what is inside them, according to the UK's Guardian newspaper. The hope is that an unmanned aircraft could use laser profiling to
Business
Singular Aircraft has announced that it is developing a low cost unmanned, amphibious, twin-engined aircraft able to land and take off from short unpaved airstrips & water.It is designed for fire-fighting, agricultural, transport and surveillance with MTOW of 3.500Kg and Payload of 2.200Kg. The aircraft is currently
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The SUAVe -- for Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle -- system developed by Vanderbilt and Aurora Flight Services should dramatically reduce the time it takes to map archaeological sites. Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests underway in Peru of a new system
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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.
VTOL
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