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Russia to test drones to monitor wildlife and track poachers

22 May 2013
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Russia to test drones to monitor wildlife and track poachers

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Officials say they’ll test unmanned aerial vehicles at a nature reserve on Russia’s Pacific coast this summer to monitor wildlife and crack down on poachers. “UAVs are silent and can fly at a very low altitude to produce high-resolution imagery and detect poachers, their boats and vehicles,” Alexandra Filatkina, deputy director for development at the Kronotsky nature...

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DreamHammer Announces First Commercially Available Software that can control any Drone or Robot

22 May 2013
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DreamHammer Announces First Commercially Available Software that can control any Drone or Robot

SANTA MONICA, Calif – DreamHammer announced the beta launch of its drone control software.  Called Ballista®, the software is an intelligent control platform that for the first time integrates unrelated unmanned drones and robots from different manufacturers into one system....

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Rocky Mountain AUVSI “Unmanned Aerial Systems – 2013 Annual Symposium”

22 May 2013
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Rocky Mountain AUVSI “Unmanned Aerial Systems – 2013 Annual Symposium”

Date: May 30th, 2013 Proposed Agenda (subject to change) 7:30 – 8:30: Registration 8:30 – 8:45: Opening Remarks 8:45 – 9:30: Keynote Speaker 9:30 – 10:30: Break/Expo 10:30 – 11:15: Presentation 11:15 – 12:00p: Presentation 12:00 – 1:30: Lunch/Expo 1:30 –...

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Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring

22 May 2013
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Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring

By Rodolfo Quevenco, IAEA Division of Public Information It’s a sight you don’t often see at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna. With a whirr of its 6...

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OSU Students Design Storm-Penetrating Drones

21 May 2013
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OSU Students Design Storm-Penetrating Drones

STILLWATER, Oklahoma - Engineering students at Oklahoma State University have designed storm-penetrating unmanned aircraft. School officials say the drones are designed to fly into thunderstorms, including the super cells that spawn tornadoes and...

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Prince William Panel Talks Use of Unmanned Drone Aircraft

21 May 2013
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Prince William Panel Talks Use of Unmanned Drone Aircraft

By CONNIE MOSER For Potomac Local News LAKE RIDGE, Va. – A recent Prince William Committee of 100 meeting on Wednesday addressed the topic of small, unmanned aircraft. You may refer to...

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Ar.Drone 2.0 joins the Royal Air Force

21 May 2013
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Ar.Drone 2.0 joins the Royal Air Force

Parrot is supporting the RAF Rally Championship for 2013 with a Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 Quadcopter. As serving members of the Royal Air Force the team know a thing or...

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QuadH2o

21 May 2013
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QuadH2o

The QuadH2o is a new design in Quadcopter, offering professionals the ability to safely capture aerial and video photography whilst flying over water with peace of mind knowing that...

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Drones & Agriculture: Unmanned Aircraft May Revolutionize Farming, Experts Say

21 May 2013
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Drones & Agriculture: Unmanned Aircraft May Revolutionize Farming, Experts Say

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer SAN MATEO, Calif. — The word “drone” tends to conjure up images of planes that kill terrorists or of creepy surveillance tools. But...

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Drone aircraft help Grand Forks police fight crime

20 May 2013
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Drone aircraft help Grand Forks police fight crime

by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio GRAND FORKS, N.D. — In the locker room at the University of North Dakota football stadium, a handful of people wait for an early morning...

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X47 B Touch and Go

20 May 2013
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X47 B Touch and Go

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), marking...

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The sUAS News Podcast Celebrates – Dies Natalis

20 May 2013
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The sUAS News Podcast Celebrates – Dies Natalis

May 9th 2013 marked the one-year anniversary of the sUAS News Podcast Series. We celebrated the occasion (and 200,000+ downloads) by airing a special “Really Big Show”, or episode...

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Unmanned aerial vehicles spur demand for advanced foams

20 May 2013
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Unmanned aerial vehicles spur demand for advanced foams

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly in the spotlight in trouble spots throughout the world, but they are also finding increased use in civilian applications. In parallel, suppliers of...

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Does Navy drone spell end of the Super Hornet?

20 May 2013
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Does Navy drone spell end of the Super Hornet?

By Tim Logan Something happened on the deck of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia on Tuesday that could eventually ripple all the way back to one...

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Germany Scuttles UAV Program, According To Reports

19 May 2013
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Germany Scuttles UAV Program, According To Reports

Agence France Press is reporting that Germany has cancelled a planned ‘Euro Hawk’ UAV programme because it believes European authorities will not certify them to fly in civilian airspace....

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Israel is world’s largest exporter of drones, study finds

19 May 2013
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Israel is world’s largest exporter of drones, study finds

By Gili Cohen Israel is the world’s largest exporter of unmanned aircraft, in terms of the number of systems sold, a study has found. Over the last eight years Israel...

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Michael Hutt program manager USGS to speak at sUSBexpo

18 May 2013
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Michael Hutt program manager USGS to speak at sUSBexpo

Michael Hutt will share insights from the USGS and their unmanned aircraft operations at the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo July 25th – 26th at the TechShop San Francisco The...

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Texas Senate approves bill to curtail drone photography

18 May 2013
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Texas Senate approves bill to curtail drone photography

Remember the River of Blood story, it went viral. Seems the Texa’s senate would prefer to sweep what Texan businesses get up to under the carpet. If this act...

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Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws

18 May 2013
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Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws

  AP WASHINGTON – The growing use of unmanned surveillance “eyes in the sky” aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what,...

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Minnesota National Guard launches its $3.9 million drone facility

18 May 2013
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Minnesota National Guard launches its $3.9 million drone facility

by: PAT PHEIFER , Star Tribune CAMP RIPLEY, MINN. – The Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle commonly known as a drone, roars to life on the video screen like a powerful snowmobile...

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Sinclair invests in UAV courses

18 May 2013
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Sinclair invests in UAV courses

Jordan Burgess DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs at Sinclair Community College may feel light when you pick them up, but they carry a lot...

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NPPA & Other Groups Oppose Texas Drone Bill

18 May 2013
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NPPA & Other Groups Oppose Texas Drone Bill

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), joined by The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., The American Society of Media Photographers, The Radio Television Digital News Association, and The...

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Sky-Futures reaching parts others cannot reach

17 May 2013
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Sky-Futures reaching parts others cannot reach

The team at Sky-Futures are always exploring the edge of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and where it can be used to enhance offshore inspection techniques. Working with forward...

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The T-C350 system by A-NSE : a permanent aerial surveillance for wide areas

17 May 2013
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The T-C350 system by A-NSE : a permanent aerial surveillance for wide areas

The T-C350 system by A-NSE : a permanent aerial surveillance for wide areas (borders, infrastructures, urban areas, FOB etc…) A-NSE has successfully completed the T-C350 airborne surveillance system program....

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Geologists in Norway are using drones with cameras to hunt for oil

17 May 2013
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Geologists in Norway are using drones with cameras to hunt for oil

BY KIM ANDREASSEN Geologists have long used seismology on the bottom of the ocean or have been throwing dynamite from snowmobiles when they look for oil. But now researchers at Centre...

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Inyokern ‘best’ place in America to do UAS development and test work

17 May 2013
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Inyokern ‘best’ place in America to do UAS development and test work

By Dan Clark,  Ridgecrest Mayor Let’s talk economic development. What if we were to receive one of the FAA’s six test site designations? What can the Indian Wells Valley...

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Australia considers UAS acquisition

17 May 2013
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Australia considers UAS acquisition

CANBERRA, Australia is eyeing possible acquisition of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. A Letter of Request as to cost, capabilities and availability will be sent by...

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