Making the editorial slot in the Seattle Times this weekend, lets hope city councils hold Police departments accountable for the platforms they choose. Its gold rush time, the X6 is an established known platform that has enjoyed success around the world. Some of the others being looked at can’t claim the same heritage. The Seattle Police Department needs to...
By MICHAEL STRAND Salina Journal Imagine majoring in a field that is set for untold growth in the next 10 years — and being one of the first five people in the country with that degree. That’s the enviable position Zach Powell finds himself in this spring. Powell, from Colorado Springs, was among about 90 people graduating Saturday from Kansas...
MEMPHIS — A committee of the Shelby County Commission has voted to approve the sheriff’s department buying two tiny remote-controlled drone helicopters that it hopes to use for finding missing persons, investigating traffic accidents and spotting marijuana crops. The drones were included in the Sheriff’s Office request for other gear that also included scuba equipment. The Commercial Appeal reported some...
One of the keynote speakers at this year’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Summit in Grand Forks is the top Federal Aviation Administration official overseeing unmanned aircraft regulations, according to Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and John Hoeven, R-N.D. James Williams was named executive manager of the UAS Integration Office, a new agency, in March. The other keynote speaker is Jamie Morin,...
On 4 May, AUVSI President & CEO Michael Toscano sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood asking him to expedite the publication of the small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) notice of proposed rulemaking. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been examining the issue of allowing small UAS to fly in the airspace since 2008, when it formed an...
By Ryan Gallagher Slate It was a strange and historic moment when North Dakota police decided to call in an unmanned Predator surveillance drone over a farmers’ dispute about animals. Now a court case in the small town of Lakota has become the primary testing ground for the use of unmanned aircraft by law enforcement across America. The odd episode began...
Uppsala, Sweden, May 4th, 2012: Imint™ announced today the appointment of Aydin Visual Solutions (AVS) a division of Video Display Corporation (Nasdaq: VIDE)) as their North American distribution partner. The addition of AVS adds to the other new previously international Imint™ resellers announced in 2011. Imint™ – Image Intelligence AB, is proud to announce the signing of a new North...
By John Hollenhorst KSL SALT LAKE CITY — These days, almost anyone can put an eye in the sky with a new generation of drones — tiny, unmanned aircraft. While a recent Congressional order directing the FAA to loosen restrictions on drones will certainly mean spectacular imagery, it’s also raising concerns over privacy. In addition to military drones that...
According to a recent article in Lookout Navy News Online, the use of Hood Tech’s imagers on board an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) evened the big odds against a small group of four frigates in a simulated, late-March battle with the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. The mission of the simulation was for the four ships to find and...
Lynn Thompson of the Seattle Times reports the first of perhaps many retorts to local Police units in America wishing to start flying UAS. An assistant Seattle police chief apologized to City Council members Wednesday for not keeping them informed about the department’s plans to use aerial drones. City leaders and the public were caught by surprise last week when...
