Commercial
The recently created Association for Unmanned Vehicles of Colombia has the extended purpose of promoting and enabling RPAS commercial use in the country.In Colombia there are +2,7 million land certificates to be re issued; 4,000 Km of oil and gas pipes projected or under construction; 6,000
Commercial
Dutch event organizer Fjuze is launching 'AIR", the world's first drone entertainment show, which take place at the Amsterdam Arena later this year. The show is being put on with cooperation from the Royal Dutch Airforce. In this high energy and explosive show, drones will take
Events
When a team from MIT’s Senseable City Lab flew to Dubai this weekend to participate in Drones for Good, a contest hosted by the UAE government, they brought a swarm of five amphibious drones in tow. Their project, dubbed “Waterfly,” mimics a swarm of dragonflies. Each Frisbee-like device is
Events
Nick Woodman, the CEO and founder of GoPro discussed drones, innovation and the role of law and regulation before a receptive crowd last night at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Woodman’s remarks took place at the Leaders in Technology dinner, hosted by the sponsor of CES,
Events
An Unmanned Systems Marketplace debuts this year at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), being held this week in Las Vegas. The marketplace highlights the burgeoning technology in drones, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and other unmanned systems controlled by onboard computers or remotely from the ground. The Unmanned Systems
Events
Twenty journalists, policy and legal specialists and aerospace technology experts gathered at the Institute on Oct 22 to discuss challenges posed by the use of unmanned aircraft in news gathering. The event was co-sponsored by the Reuters Institute and the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at University of
Events
TEKEVER publicly presented for the first time in Portugal the latest addition to its family of Unmanned Aerial Systems, the Tactical UAS AR5 Life Ray, at the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) Annual Convention, which took place on October 10th-12th, in Lisbon. TEKEVER sponsors the most important
Commercial
The Outback Rescue Challenge, a competition for developers of unmanned aircraft systems, was held at Kingaroy in Queensland from Monday to Wednesday. An unmanned aircraft was able to find a dummy of a missing bushwalker with no human intervention in what CSIRO believes is a world-first for a non-military UAS.
Events
The UAS Nordic Conference (UNC 12) is the largest Nordic UAS conference and provides in a single day full overview of what is going on in unmanned flight. It will take place on 13th November 2012 in Oslo Congress Centre in Youngstorget, near the central communications and accommodation at Oslo
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The highlight exhibits at China's Zhuhai Airshow, to be held in Zhuhai from November 13 to 18 will include a complete “Wing Loong” UA system by AVIC. Up to now, it has been confirmed that this airshow occupies a net area of 28,200 square meters for indoor
VTOL
A humanitarian group called Ideate recently tested UAS’ viability as a real-world delivery vehicle in one of the harshest, most brutal environments imaginable — Burning Man. When disaster strikes a developing nation, aid workers face a “last kilometre” problem. Medicine and supplies can generally reach cities, but it’s difficult to
Events
The highlight of this year’s Voestalpine Klangwolke Festival in Linz, Austria, was a choreographed air show with 49 quadcopters equipped with LEDs. Ars Electronica Futurelab and Ascending Technologies GmbH set a world record with the largest swarm of these “quadrocopters” outdoors at the same time. With spectacular lighting effects