Testing
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
Testing
AERIE just posted its first video showing prototypes of its IAV in development, as well as some flying and hovering footage released for the first time.The video begins with a hawk taking off, echoing the hawk in AERIE’s logo, striving to get as close to nature as it
Business
Swiss UAV announced that it has delivered three new VTOL UA systems based on the all new „Mjolnir“ to end customers in Germany - DLR (ARTIS), ESG (UMAT) and the German ‚Bundeswehr’ (MUSECO). The new VTOL UAS distinguishes itself by its modularity.The ARTIS has been fitted out with a
Military
The US Navy will usher in a new era next month in Coronado by launching its first unmanned-helicopter squadron, which will train current pilots and enlisted nonpilots to fly the up to 6,000-pound unmanned aircraft that may eventually claim a spot on every Navy ship. The Navy is using
VTOL
A year and a half ago, Miami-Dade Police Department received two Honeywell T-Hawks as part of a Department of Justice grant. It was the first large metro force in the nation to get these metallic eyes in the sky, and hoped to use them as support during hostage situations and
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
VTOL
Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH has announced details of the completely new, bi-hybrid tactical Unmanned Aircraft System that we revealed last week. The airborne system, currently operating under the project name TU-150 *, unifies fixed-wing with VTOL characteristics and is being developed in close cooperation with the Swiss UAV AG. The versatile
VTOL
Researchers at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, have developed a quadcopter that can be controlled by thought alone. The idea is to give people with impaired motor abilities a new avenue for interaction.Their system relies on the commercially available Emotiv electroencephalography (EEG) headset to interpret brain activity as commands
VTOL
Aeryon Labs Inc. has announced the launch of an integrated GIS solution for its cAeryon Scout small UAS . Partnering with the image processing experts at Pix4D, geo-tagged imagery from the Scout can be easily loaded into the Pix4UAV cloud service or desktop software to automatically produce a range of outputs
VTOL
The K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter successfully demonstrated its ability to make a delivery and a landing within three meters of a beacon during tests at Ft. Pickett, Va., for the Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate in April, 2012. Developed by Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace, K-MAX is currently
Commercial
The Bellevue Fire Department's latest tool is a Draganflyer VTOL UAS, equipped with cameras that transmit photos and video to firefighters and rescue personnel, and it's expected to be useful managing incidents involving hazardous materials. The device was purchased from Draganfly Innovations Inc. with a $25,
VTOL
New Mexico State University (NMSU), coordinating with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Aviation Association (FAA), will use the Aeryon Scout system in a series of operational trials to determine the best concept of operations for small UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) to quickly assess storm damage to