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The Sheriff's Office in Montgomery County, Texas, is scheduled to take delivery today, Friday, of a ShadowHawk from Vanguard Defense Industries. The ShadowHawk is a fully autonomous helicopter equipped with a digital daytime camera as well as an infrared camera for nighttime operations. The aircraft was purchased through
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Brazilian Authorities are now deploying locally developed unmanned aircraft to monitor the country's vast forest for illegal logging, drug trafficking and other crimes. The São Paulo Environmental Police will be the country's first agency to regularly employ UAS to monitor remote areas for deforestation, illegal fishing,
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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi announced that the first airborne science missions using unmanned aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico were successfully completed during the week of October 10-17. Scientists with the Unmanned Aerial Systems Initiative at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and representatives from American Aerospace Airborne
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Insitu Pacific is currently undertaking a marketing offensive to develop use of the ScanEagle for commercial purpose in the Asia Pacific region. At a recent media briefing in Brisbane, Insitu Pacific Managing Director Andrew Duggan explaned: "The biggest challenge we face in all the countries (in Asia Pacific) is
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute is asking local and federal agencies for permission to use small research unmanned aircraft to map and monitor seagrass beds. Paul Carlson, the research scientist leading the project, has several reasons for wanting to conduct the research along Levy County’s coastline. Among
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A new method of monitoring for changes in rangeland conditions is being developed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists that will allow better management of those areas. In its early stages the Very Large Scale Aerial (VLSA) imagery programme has been very helpful in finding changing conditions, such as
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Microdrone md4-200 - Photo: Marijn Hendrickx A miniature unmanned aircraft has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia. Archaeological sites are often in remote and rugged areas. As such, it can be hard to reach and map them with the limited
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BlueBear Systems in the UK has launched the iSTART - a small, lightweight UAS that can be operated by a single user and is designed for use in military, law enforcement and civilian applications. With an endurance of 40 minutes the iSTART feeds real-time electro-optical or infrared video footage to
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Japan's Defence Ministry plans to acquire unmanned aircraft and robots in a bid to step up the Self- Defense Forces' capabilities to cope with nuclear disasters.Unmanned aircraft and robots played a key role in responding to the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant,
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Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced yesterday that it has concluded the second phase of a landmark trial conducted in partnership with Murdoch University that aims to determine if unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are a cost-effective, capable alternative to manned assets for surveying marine mammals. During the
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, has developed GALE, its own unmanned aircraft. Measuring 3 feet long and weighing 8 pounds, the $30,000 unmanned aircraft is made of hard composites and powered by an electronic motor. It cruises at about 55 mph and
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Australia's V-TOL Aerospace (V-TOL), a relative new comer to the aviation industry, and the Royal Queensland Aero Club (RQAC), with roots stemming back to 1910, are developing and preparing to teach the first certified Australian unmanned aircraft (UA) training courses through their specialist training organisations. The courses will