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by If in a civilian/commercial UAS application the aircraft is the most visible part, it is not always well understood how critical its design can be for the intended missions of the system. The R^2 based on the rhomboid wing concept started as the answer for a very specific requirement. After the first prototypes…

by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), radars, and electro-optic and related mission solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a full-rate production contract by the U.S. Army for 19 Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to be delivered by September 2018. “We are…

by By Jason Blevins The Denver Post A California start-up with $10 million in venture capital funding has partnered with Copper Mountain and Winter Park ski areas to offer drone video services this season. Cape Productions on Tuesday announced nine resorts — including Copper and Winter Park — as partners in the company’s plan to…

by SALINA — Kansas State University Salina and industry partner Westar Energy are advancing unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, education, training and research with the creation of a new flight facility. The UAS Pavilion, constructed on K-State Salina’s campus, is one of the largest enclosed unmanned flight facilities in the nation. Measuring 300-feet-long by 200-feet-wide…

by UAS Drone Corp., a developer of unmanned aerial systems for the law enforcement and first responder market (the “Company”), announced that Grant A. Begley, a drone technology development and policy leader, has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. During Mr. Begley’s long career in the industry, he served as Corporate Senior Vice…

by Chris Biggers Predator clones. China’s not the only one that’s built copies of one of the most widely known UAVs. Of course, not many stack up well against the Abe Karemoriginal. That’s certainly the case with the Anka, Turkey’s version. While Turkey’s been pushing ahead in its indigenous drone program, the elusive strike…

by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced the successful flight of a company-owned Predator® B integrated with a certified Rohde & Schwarz R&S MR6000A air traffic control radio. The flight lasted 48 minutes, launching from the company’s…

by AV8 have created a cost effective course with small UAS commercial operators in mind. “We have all written the requirements in our operations manuals and created the checklists required. We’ve even heard about it on courses during our qualification periods” This course aims to deliver you into a final ‘real world’ scenario based on…

by Frode Engelsen stood with nervous anticipation as the countdown to the launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drew closer to zero. Watching a UAV launch wasn’t new to him. Yet this launch, on a sparkling day in a field in British Columbia, marked the first of two steps towards flying the first joined…

by Look out for Patrick, he will on the show. Premiering on the Smithsonian Channel on Sunday, November 1st at 8pm and will repeat at 11pm. Here is Smithsonian’s home page for the series: http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/series/1003487/air-warriors Drones: they watch, analyze, even kill without ever risking a pilot’s life. These unmanned aerial vehicles can be flown from anywhere on…

by TASS/. Scientists of the Omsk State Technical University have created an unmanned aircraft for the work in the extreme conditions of the Arctic region, head of the university’s Experimental Design Bureau Small Unmanned Vehicles Pavel Pogarsky told TASS on Tuesday. “This is the third generation of UAVs, which can operate in temperatures ranging from…

by by Connie Loizos Robot maker iRobot has long had two major lines of businesses: its famous disc-shaped vacuum cleaning robot called the Roomba; and another robot that, well, disposes of bombs. Co-founder Helen Greiner says iRobot — now a publicly traded company currently valued at $940 million — “wouldn’t have been able to have…

by Montreal, Canada, October 13th, 2015 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce the purchase of Correlator3D™ licenses by Ordnance Survey, the UK government agency responsible for mapping. Ordnance Survey had a requirement for software featuring DSM and DTM solutions. “We needed a fast, precise and reliable photogrammetry…

by by Brad Dicken ELYRIA — Matt Mishak now has a license to drone for fun and profit. The Elyria city prosecutor and businessman has received an exemption from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that allows him to send his drones soaring into the sky for commercial purposes. The exemption for Mishak’s company, Drone Guys…

by Vancouver airport officials are warning the public about using drones in restricted airspace after one was spotted flying near YVR’s north runway late Sunday afternoon. Officers searched for the person flying it, but were unable to identify who was responsible. “We work with our partners at Transportation Canada and at YVR constantly and take…

by By Keely Lockhart Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have put their Air Unit to the test to help tackle a large blaze in the city centre on Monday night. The Air Unit is a drone fitted with an infrared camera which the firefighters deployed to help them tackle the huge blaze. The blaze…

by Ocean Optics has sponsored a team of volcanologists on a mission to study volcanoes in the South American Andes, providing Flame miniature spectrometers and accessories. The‘Trail by Fire’ project, funded by a grant fromLand Rover and the Royal Geographical Society, will attempt to quantify the total amount of volatile chemical elements released by volcanoes…

by BY: BETH STEVENSON The Japanese government is to begin enforcing new regulations surrounding the use of unmanned air vehicles in national airspace in December, with its action having been prompted by a threat to its prime minister last April. A DJI Phantom UAV carrying radiation landed on the rooftop of Shinzo Abe’s residence, triggering…

by Tad Sooter Fred Ford’s latest surveying tool looks a bit like a miniature stealth bomber. Standing once recent morning on a soccer field in Silverdale, Ford held the slender black drone by its wings and gave the machine three sharp jerks. The drone’s propeller whirred to life, emitting a high-pitched whine. Ford took a…

by By ANDY PASZTOR A Virginia contractor is waging a difficult campaign to provide the Pentagon a different type of surveillance drone, featuring propellers on the wings and unmatched endurance. Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., of Manassas, Va., has spent five years working on the lumbering Orion—with two engines producing a normal cruising speed below 90 miles…

by By Jason Blevins The Denver Post If camera-toting drones follow the ubiquitous trend of skiers strapped with point-of-view cameras, could we see a deluge of aerial quadcopters at resorts across the high country? Not if ski resorts can stop it. Resorts across the U.S. are hedging against snowy vistas clogged by drones by adopting…

by BY JENNIFER HILLER San Antonio Express-News At a South Texas ranch, a drone mounted with cameras flew above and around a flare stack that burned natural gas. Live, high-definition images were transmitted back to the ground, where company officials watched video of the flare stack as it was operating, asking that the drone move this…

by Gavin McLoughlin and Paul O’Donoghue The proposal to the local authority calls for R&D, technology development, and flight testing to take place at the site. The news emerges ahead of the Drones Data X conference which will be held in Mayo next month. The event is organised by Philip McNamara, USA managing director of…

by “The Geospatial Industry today continues to struggle with managing what we call the data deluge phenomenon.” – Bruce Chaplin, Hexagon Geospatial. As acquisition technology grows, massive amounts of data are produced, faster, at higher resolution and more often. The demands on high-end hardware and software increase, let alone the problem of moving this data…

by Seville, Spain, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC. A team led by the Doñana Biological Station, Spanish National Research Council (DBS, CSIC) has used Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS aka drones) to model the spatial distribution of free-ranging cattle in Doñana National…Read more →

by By Neal Augenstein WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police have confiscated a drone that crash-landed on the Ellipse, near the White House. At 1:20 a.m. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service responded to a report that a small drone…Read more →

by Students will fly small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) as part of their instruction during a UAS workshop offered by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide in Las Vegas Nov. 12 to 13. Designed for a broad audience – ranging…Read more →

by BY: BETH STEVENSON The UK’s Department for Transport has claimed the country is pioneering ahead of European and international airspace regulators to rapidly look at integrating unmanned air vehicles into national airspace. EASA and ICAO are both looking…Read more →

by AVON PARK — Some see them as a threat to privacy and public safety; others see them as useful but remain wary. For John Byrd, professor of electronics at South Florida State College, and his student, Leo Mourao, they…Read more →

by Aaron Karp Recreational users operating unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) near airports should be subject to criminal penalties, NAV Canada president and CEO John Crichton said. Both FAA and Transport Canada prohibit recreational UAV users from operating within 5 miles of…Read more →

by By David K. Li A drone crashed and exploded into flames this week on a quiet Hamptons street. The flying object slammed into the top of the Sag Harbor Variety Store in Sag Harbor shortly after 6 p.m.…Read more →

by By Mary-Ann Russon Singapore has successfully performed the world’s first delivery of mail by drone, conducting a test flight carrying a letter and a parcel with a T-shirt, which crossing from one island to another. While there have been…Read more →

by DEIDRE MUSSEN AND DAVID CLARKSON The Civil Aviation Authority has launched its first prosecution against a drone operator, in what could prove a test case. Simon Roy Reeve appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday, where he denied…Read more →

by Police in Albania have arrested a man who claimed to have flown a drone carrying a nationalist banner over a stadium in Serbia last year during a European qualifier, in an incident that prompted fan violence and a diplomatic…Read more →

by Richard Verrier A dazed and bloodied student who had just been mugged stumbled down a darkened alleyway in a slum. He lifted his shirt, revealing a gaping wound, before collapsing on the ground as curious onlookers gathered around. Buzzing…Read more →

by BY GREG HACK Drones have flown out of the sci-fi movies and war zones into American business, and the area’s largest engineering firms are putting them to use in risky and forbidding settings. On Wednesday, Burns & McDonnell showed…Read more →

by Grand Sky, America’s first unmanned aerial systems (UAS) business and aviation park, announced it has partnered with UAS operator SkySkopes to produce a wide range of high-resolution imagery of construction activities at the park, which is being developed on…Read more →

by By Dennis Yusko and Casey Seiler A Troy man who has for months been testing the limits of his constitutional rights and the patience of police in several jurisdictions appeared in Albany City Court to face allegations he crashed…Read more →

by By Keith Laing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has filed legislation to make “reckless” drone flights near restricted airspace a crime. The measure, known as the SAFE DRONE Act, would make operating a drone within two miles of a restricted…Read more →

by Akin Oyedele Morgan Stanley analysts think GoPro’s new tiny camera was a flop, and now the stock is tanking. Shares fell more than 8% to an all-time low of around $27.52. GoPro launched the Hero4 Session in July, touting…Read more →

by Chris Megerian After rejecting other limits on drone use, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday to expand privacy protections to prevent paparazzi from flying drones over private property. The bill, AB 856, changes the definition of a “physical invasion…Read more →

by The first browser-based simulation platform in the world can now be easily learned The growing community of private DIY Drone designers and manufacturers has inspired the creators of the first browser-based simulation platform in the world, SimScale, to support…Read more →

by One of the larger multirotors on the market and perhaps the coolest looking! The eight rotors mean it will keep flying if one fails and be home in time for tea and medals. I predict many copy cat smaller…Read more →

by ETH keep on impressing this time a flying robot looks at the big picture whilst a walker fills in the details. Flying and walking robots can use their complementary features in terms of viewpoint and payload capability to the…Read more →

by Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in aerial inspection and surveying using Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (ROAV), also known as UAVs or drones, has marked its busiest ever year in the renewables sector with the launch of a commercial scale…Read more →

by BY: BETH STEVENSON A research effort is looking to develop an unmanned air vehicle-based capability that will allow scientists and meteorologists to track the movement of weather as it develops. The Cloud-Map team, which consists of divisions from the…Read more →

by By Tom Simonite Facebook and Google compete intensely for your time online and for the ad dollars of corporations. But now the two companies are collaborating on efforts to use balloons and drone aircraft to expand Internet access to…Read more →

by A palm-sized, reconfigurable Linux computer that connects to the real world with ARM, FPGA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 154 I/O for the price of a wireless-enabled Raspberry Pi snickerdoodle is a tiny computer built to be connected to the real…Read more →

by By Macy Egeland LA JUNTA, Colo.– Drones and unmanned aircraft systems are becoming more and more popular, and they are also causing problems for pilots in low-flying planes. Now, the Colorado Agricultural Aviation Association is conducting experiments to come…Read more →

by The Draganflyer Commander Opens Numerous New Commercial Use Cases with Enhanced Specification Including 45-Minute Single-Charge Flight, 100 Acre Coverage, and HD Aerial Data Capture. SASKATOON, SK & VENICE, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 6th, 2015 – Commercial UAV specialists Draganfly…Read more →