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Nicholls State University in Thibodaux is testing a new kind of eye in the sky to track coastal erosion and the health of Louisiana’s barrier islands more closely. The islands are an important habitant for migratory birds and a frontline protection against hurricanes, but the islands have undergone heavy
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US Navy engineers demonstrated the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of a ship-based UAS for senior Coast Guard, Navy and Congressional stakeholders in an exercise on the Potomac River. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) personnel launched the ScanEagle UAS on simulated search and seizure missions, successfully detecting
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A local company says it has signed an agreement with Bowen Basin mining companies in central Queensland to use unmanned aircraft to service local coal mines. UAV Australia says it has ordered two planes to be based in Gladstone and Mackay. Managing director Aonghus Stevens says the planes will be
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This 7-minute video of US Customs and Border Protection Agency Predator B aircraft was just posted on YouTube. It features take-off, in-flight and landing sequences as well as screen shots of fugitives being pursued by a helicopter patrol. Soirce: YouTube
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The Seattle Police Department recently demonstrated how it's newly acquired unmanned aircraft hovers and flies in a warehouse where police vehicles are stored.Officer Reuben Omelanchuk,one of department's two officers trained to fly the aircraft said: "It's very fun, but doing it
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Lyle Belew, Command Duty Officer in Predator Ops at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, communicates with a Predator Pilot The drug runners call it "el mosco," the mosquito, and one recent evening on the southern tip of Texas, a Predator B armed with cameras buzzed
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This scary video shows just what can be done with an amateur COTS system in the hands of a skilled pilot. The pilot is known as ‘Kichahobo’, an FPV* fan from Iceland and the aircraft was flown with a Dragon Link long-range system - a UHF** FHSS*** radio system for
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Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced that as ADTI's Seek and Avoid technology moves forward with integration into its UAS system, it sees some of the first commercial applications for border security. Current FAA rules restrict flights of UAS to no higher than 400 feet, and away from
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Seattle police say they won't deploy unmanned aircraft until appropriate policies are approved. Police said Monday they are still in the evaluation and training stage of using unmanned aircraft. They say they have discussed the new technology with the American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU spokesman Doug Honig told
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Canyon County, Idaho, is one of the first places in the USA to get FAA approval to use an unmanned surveillance aircraft for emergency operations. Canyon County emergency officials say it can help in the biggest emergency situations - whether to track a wildfire or help locate a missing person
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students and professors have designed an unmanned aircraft that will help keep poachers from killing sharks and whales near Ecuador. The unmanned aircraft will be used to prevent poaching in the Pacific Ocean around the Galapagos Islands, an area rich in marine life. The goal is eventually
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Brain Farm Digital Cinema, Snaproll Media, and Schiebel have announced that the CAMCOPTER S-100 achieved the first ever UAS first flight with the CINEFLEX camera. The days of shooting were successfully carried out in Austria, bringing new levels of innovation to the film and broadcast industry professionals around the world.