Military
Boeing is currently working through the final clearances ahead of a planned demonstration of its H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) helicopter for the South Korean armed forces, a senior company official disclosed. Speaking to reporters ahead of the Paris Air Show, Dave Koopersmith, Vice-President and General Manager of Boeing Military
Business
A German company airstier is building a quadcopter powered by a combustion engine, rather than batteries. The firm has launched a Kickstarter bid for yeair, a quadcopter driven by combustion engines that has a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), which can stay airborne for up to 60
Commercial
The Chinese Antarctic Expedition Team tested whether 3D printed drones can withstand extreme conditions by taking them to the South Pole to expose it to high altitude and low temperatures at the same time. Six drones, produced by Hunan Mengjing Three Dimensional Technology, Ltd., were taken on the trip and
VTOL
Georgia has presented a new unmanned attack and reconnaissance helicopter produced by the state research and development centre Delta. The new helicopter is on a display now for the first time on Roses Square in Tbilisi, in connection with the Independence Day celebration on May 26. Delta, which was established
VTOL
A new crowdfunding campaign has been launched for the Wallet Drone The tiny quadrocopter fits inside a controller box and that controller is the one that is the size of a wallet. What is interesting about Wallet Drone, however, is not the drone itself but its controller. The controller that
Testing
Dangerous frontline operations call for a safe and efficient method to locate and evacuate wounded personnel. To address this critical need and help save lives, Lockheed Martin, Kaman Aerospace, and Neya Systems demonstrated the first ever collaborative unmanned air and ground casualty evacuation using the unmanned aerial system (UAS) Control
VTOL
Search Systems Ltd., a UAV manufacturer in the United Kingdom has developed a UAV-ROV crossover. The Mariner 600 is an unmanned multi-copter with aquatic landing capability and interchangeable aerial and marine camera views. Providing a live video feed with military grade encryption, the Mariner 600 is ideally suited to difficult
VTOL
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a drone that can float on water and communicate with other drones via the cloud. The team behind the project hope that the drones can be used to test the cleanliness of water. Source: BBC Click
Regulations
Aeryon Labs Inc. is the first Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) sUAS provider to be named in statewide approvals by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for research and public safety applications. Kansas State University Salina (KSU) and the Michigan State Police (MSP) have been granted authority to use Aeryon sUAS
VTOL
Northrop Grumman Corporation's subsidiary Remotec Inc. and AirRobot US have entered into a distribution agreement for AirRobot's line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the agreement, Remotec is the sole reseller of these products to the first responder and law enforcement market in the United
Testing
An unhackable Boeing Little Bird unmanned aircraft should be in flight around the end of 2017. Defence industry programmers are rewriting software on the helicopter drone to encapsulate its communications computer. That way, no outsiders can steer the unmanned aerial vehicle to strike, say, civilians, or tamper with surveillance video
First Responders
Christopher Catrambone is an immigrant himself, having moved his family to Malta from his native New Orleans to flee the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Last year, he and his wife Regina say they invested “nearly 50 per cent of our savings” — $US7.5 million — to purchase a 130-foot search and