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Seattle police have a new tool in the fight on crime—a small, remote controlled Draganflyer helicopter that gives them a unique viewpoint. The three pound aircraft can carry an array of cameras and send still shots, video and even thermal images to officers on the ground in real-time. "
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Idaho Power Co. fish biologist Phil Groves doesn’t want to see any more of his colleagues injured or killed in helicopter crashes while doing research. So he has embraced technology typically used by the military and hobbyists: unmanned aircraft. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game frequently surveys salmon
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Conservationists have converted a remote-controlled aircraft into a potent tool for conservation. Using seed funding from the National Geographic Society, The Orangutan Conservancy, and the Denver Zoo, Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zürich and PanEco, have developed
Data Links & Communications
The “eyes in the sky” scenario outlined by the U.S. Pentagon is now beginning to make its way towards civil government use - a trend that will add significantly to commercial satellite bandwidth requirements over the long term, with UAS dominating the comms-on-the-move (COTM) segment until 2020. As a
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Armed with a remote-controlled helicopter nicknamed the "scientific predator", Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists are circumnavigating Australia, documenting the tons of litter left or washed up on the nation's beaches and calculating the impact on marine life. Ecologist Dr Denise Hardesty said South
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Gearing up to tackle possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, premier Indian research organisation DRDO is developing an array of ground-based and unmanned aircraft systems to detect and map contamination zones in all geographical conditions. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing such systems and equipments
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It was in December 2010 when Netra, the Unmanned Aircraft System, was demonstrated for the first time by its makers before various paramilitary forces such as NSG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Delhi Police, Maharashtra Police and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. The UAS, which
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Australian surf life-savers may soon add a small unmanned aircraft to their rescue equipment if a pilot project off the Queensland coast can demonstrate the new technology is efficient and effective. Surf Life Saving Australia has signed an agreement with Brisbane firm, V-TOL Aerospace, to collaboratively test this new technology.
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A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation on Sunday, February 12. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on
Training
Innocon has received an order for its MiniFalcon II tactical unmanned air system from Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota, with the equipment to be used as part of a new UAS training and maintenance programme. Innocon's contract includes one ground station and two air vehicles, with
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When the Gaston County Police Department purchased a “CyberBug” in 2006 for $30,000 from Cyber Defense Systems, Inc., with the help of a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, it had hoped to use the 14-pound unmanned aircraft to assist with police work in the small North Carolina
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The Korea Aerospace Research Institute and Korean Air have signed an agreement to develop the world’s first small-scale unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft by 2013. The envisioned aircraft, called “TR-6X,” will be about 60 percent the size of the first unmanned aircraft unveiled in November by the state-run aerospace think tank.