MONROE, NC (WBTV) - The Monroe City Council unanimously approved funding for drone aircraft. Officials told WBTV Friday funds from asset forfeiture will be used to purchase the drones. Tuesday night, Monroe City Council approved a presentation by the Monroe Police Department for the purchase of an unmanned aircraft for help in critical police situations. wistv.com – Columbia, South...
How would you fly accurately 200 miles off shore near the surface of the ocean when it rises and falls by 50′ Alan Leonardi, Deputy Director, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and Joe Cione speak to Patrick and Gene in our latest podcast episode #41 NOAA Unmanned Systems Applications NOAA are using the air launched BAE Coyote in...
Speaking to sUAS News Rodrigo Valdivieso is confident of the future UAS market. He shared a compelling video of a precision automated landing. I think I would have put it on the grass though! The first image that comes to mind to most of us when speaking of UAS is a military UAS. But truth is there is a silent...
Interesting that they have painted up a Dragon Eye, perhaps to make it easier to spot than its military colours (ed) Allie Grasgreen As Congress debates when and how the executive branch should be allowed to use drones for targeted killing in war zones, more universities here are seeking permission to use unmanned aerial vehicles. UAVs and drones are...
The list of contestants who have qualified for the second round of the Flying Drone Contest organized by CROC has been finalized, with 150 teams and 87 individuals passing the first checkpoint. There will be three more checkpoints: in March, May, and July, with the final to take place in August 2013. The first prize is 1 million Rubles*....
By Erica Meltzer Camera Staff Writer Program director on drones: ‘We hate that term and don’t use it’ Would a drone by any other name sound as threatening? A long-standing program to use unmanned aircraft to collect data on storm systems landed the University of Colorado on a list of agencies and entities that have asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission...
CROC is running a Flying Drone Contest which requires contestants to demonstrate an unmanned autonomous flying drone (copter) which must successfully complete contest tasks. The first prize is 1 million Rubles**. Contest milestones are in January, March, May and June 2013; the finals will be held in August 2013. Applications were closed on November 15, 2012. Registered contestants include...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today solicited proposals from state and local governments, eligible universities and other public entities to develop six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test sites around the country. Through the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Congress directed the FAA to establish this program to conduct critical research into how best...
Krzysztof Bosak an unmanned aircraft systems designer from Poland has taken to expressing his love in an unusual way. Perhaps at the same time drawing the largest valentines heart in the sky ever. Flying at a height of 300m his airframe made three flights to complete the task. The last flight was not without issues, the prop iced up!...
After two years of continuous and successful topographic jobs over the largest mines in the world, the E-300 Viewer has been consolidated as one of the most adequate UAV platforms for industrial topographic applications. Industrial applications imply large productions and they are normally carried out in extreme operational envelopes. Big open sky mines, for example, have the bad habit...
