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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
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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
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Project ResQu brings together Australia's top aerospace experts from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Boeing Research & Technology-Australia, Boeing subsidiary Insitu Pacific and CSIRO. "This potentially life-saving technology will not only help provide accurate information during disasters but also enable air rescue crews to better
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The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate is setting up a new small unmanned aircraft programme ahead of the technology’s expected integration into U.S. national airspace. The small unmanned aircraft systems programme will have two main goals, said John Appleby, Border and Maritime Security Division
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ISR Group, Inc. joined Vanguard Defense Industries in Laredo, Tex. to conduct a flight demonstration of the ShadowHawk unmanned aircraft at the Laredo Fire/Public Safety International Training Facility on June 22. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) and City of Laredo Mayor Raul Salinas were in attendance to view the
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A small unmanned surveillance aircraft flies over an Austin stadium, diligently following a series of GPS waypoints that have been programmed into its flight computer. By all appearances, the mission is routine. Suddenly, it veers dramatically off course, careering eastward from its intended flight path. A few moments later, it
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The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil. Hundreds of American intelligence, security and law enforcement officials are flying across the Atlantic for the games that begin July 27.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is conducting a demonstration off Oahu's North Shore this week of a small unmanned aircraft the agency hopes will improve ocean monitoring and aid environmental research in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Puma AE, which has a 10-foot wingspan and weighs
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Speeding over Arctic sea ice, small remote-controlled aircraft snag video footage and high-definition shots of endangered Steller Sea Lions in their natural habitat. Gregory Walker, the manager of the unmanned aircraft applications programme at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has been putting UAS to good use,
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After quietly testing Predators over the Bahamas for more than 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security plans to expand the unmanned surveillance flights into the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to fight drug smuggling, according to U.S. officials. The move would dramatically increase American UAS flights in
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Olaeris, Inc. has unveiled a new VTOL Unmanned Aircraft System named AEVA that has been specifically developed for domestic emergency responders including fire, police and rescue workers. It is designed to be a first response aircraft that arrives at 911 emergencies before ground personnel to enhance safety and multiply manpower.
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On a small ranch amid old farm equipment and rustic silos 10 miles southeast of San Marcos, a crew of researchers from Texas State University has been routinely launching an unmanned aircraft. Its mission is not to track rivers and wildlife. Called Ronnie, short for Ronald McDonald, because of its