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TiaLinx Inc. has announced the launch of the Phoenix40-A – a mini-UAS capable of performing dual functions as a motion detector as well as probing for breathing of a hiding person in a compound. The mini-UAS can be remotely controlled at long standoff distances from ground or an
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[vimeo 13714038" nolink] Bird-X, Inc., a leader in producing humane pest and bird repellent products since 1964, introduces the BirdXPeller Predator Drone. This new technology keeps pest bird intruders away from golf courses, agricultural property and vineyards—even challenging environments such as airports. It is in fact a
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Several Japanese TV stations (NTV above) have been showing footage of a Global Hawk taking off and flying over the N°1 Reactor at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. We know that the Guam-based aircarft has been helping with surveillance missions - what would be really interesting is to see what
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been flying Predator UAS over Mexico for two years, helping Mexican authorities track suspected drug traffickers. These flights, approved by Mexico but never announced by either country, predate occasional flights into Mexico by the U.S. Air Force's Global Hawk that
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A Global Hawk based in Guam, is currently flying above Japan gathering imagery to help the Japanese Government direct its aid programme. The UAS has been deployed exclusively in relief efforts at the request of the Japanese government, according to a U.S. Forces spokesman. A similar mission was flown
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Aeryon Labs in Canada has announced it has been awarded a contract to supply its Aeryon Scout UAS to Halton Regional Police. The Aeryon Scout is a small, lightweight mini-helicopter that is remotely-controlled from the ground using a patent-pending map-based touch-screen computer interface. It will
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Carinthian Tech Research (Austria), Schiebel GmbH (Austria), and Quest Innovations B.V. (The Netherlands) have developed an aerial multispectral imaging system to monitor the soil composition of agricultural land. The system is both faster and provides full sampling of the area to be examined, than the current practice of taking
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Roger Powers and his team at Flint Hills Solutions shows us round their workshop where they are building affordable unmanned aircraft. The small Kansas company hit the news recently with a deal with the City of Eldorado. The Flint Hills unmanned aircraft can fit on top of a desk; it&
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Mesa County Sheriff (Colorado, USA) is the first US Public Safety Agency to receive an FAA Certificate of Authorization to operate the Draganflyer X6 helicopter for law enforcement use over a 3,300 square mile area. In the past, the Sheriff’s office was required to contact the FAA and
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The US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, Acquisitions Operations Group is performing a market survey to determine if there are any interested and qualified companies or distributors supplying Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for under $30,000, including delivery, set-up, etc. . The UAS should include a small autonomous unmanned aerial
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The Maharashtra State Government has included 24 UAS on a list of equipment being procured for the Mumbai Police Force, according to the Mumbai Mirror newspaper. Funding for the 1.1-billion-rupee ($24 million) programme, which includes other anti-terrorist kit, would be met by the state and central
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists are using NASA’s Global Hawk to study atmospheric rivers in the sky during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers, or WISPAR, field campaign slated that began on February 11th. The focus of the research is to improve our understanding of how