A really well balanced, correct and insightful article on ABC News Australia, very much in contrast with what is coming out of the mainstream press in the USA. Mark Corcoran http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-21/drone-journalism-takes-off/3840616 Drones play an increasing and controversial role in modern warfare. From Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iran and Yemen, they have become a ubiquitous symbol of Washington’s war on terrorism....
Australian-owned AEROmetrex, leader in digital aerial data acquisition and processing, and New-Zealand company Hawkeye UAV, pioneer in commercial Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations have signed a distributor agreement for AEROmetrex to market Hawkeye-UAV technology and imagery throughout Australia. The range of activities to be undertaken by AEROmetrex includes sales of the RQ-84Z AreoHawk UAV system as well as technical...
Kieran Campbell, Sunshine Coast Daily UNMANNED “drones” will be the new frontline weapon helping lifesavers eradicate black spots on Sunshine Coast beaches. Surf lifesaving officials yesterday unveiled their new weapon against beach drownings and revealed they hoped to have them flying over Coast beaches by next summer. The planes have a wingspan of about a metre and resemble a...
• AeroVironment becomes exclusive global distributor of Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI Tier I automated target detection software for use with small unmanned aircraft systems • Integration of Kestrel solution enhances AeroVironment small UAS capabilities MONROVIA, Calif., and MELBOURNE, Australia, AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) and Australia-based Sentient today announced the signing of an exclusive global license agreement that allows AeroVironment to distribute Sentient’s automatic target...
The rules for the UAV Challenge Airborne Delivery Challenge 2012 for high schools have been released. New to this year’s high school version of the main Outback Challenge is the so called “search phase”, an optional flying component. Teams will search an area that contains various symbols left by Outback Joe and the team that can read the most...
This is an important leap forward for drone systems operating in the NAS, the ability to divert if their home airfield becomes unavailable. Pretty impressive stuff, fly to a defined point and then map the area from images derived from on board cameras and decide where the runway is! BAE Systems has for the first time successfully demonstrated the ability for...
In this year’s Search & Rescue Outback Challenge, teams will be judged on a variety of factors. The judging begins months before the actual event itself. By the time the teams show up at Kingaroy Airport in October 2012 they will have to have passed two “go/no-go” qualifying/disqualifying decisions by the competition organisers and will have already been awarded...
Andrew Tridgell talks about Team Canberra UAVs attempt to rescue Outback Joe this year at this years Linux.conf.au After a years gap things will start to hot up now for the OBC. The Ballarat Linux conference also sported a high altitude balloon launch. CanberraUAV will be using the Ardupilot autopilot from DIYdrones and have already added some handy features...
From the Sea Shepherd blog Australia Approves the Use of Drones by Sea Shepherd Antarctica is No Longer a Drone-free Zone From: Policy Coordination Branch. Australian Antarctic Division. Territories, Environment and Treaties Section Australian Antarctic Division. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 (“the Act”) Notice of Variation to determination under paragraph 12N(2)...
Andrew Darby, Hobart SEA Shepherd activists have received what they say is a reprimand from the Australian government over their use of aerial drones to track the Japanese whaling fleet. The Australian Antarctic Division has told the group the drones must have an urgent environmental impact assessment if they are to be used in Antarctic Treaty waters. The drones,...
