Previously the exclusive domain of the military, unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs” or “Drones”) have gained in popularity and are being applied in a growing number of civilian and commercial uses around the world as well as here in Australia. With the increased proliferation of UAVs the Australia Federal Government took the pro-active step of introducing regulations requiring that all...
Some of it filmed by a multicopter so its ok right? Flick Durham from http://www.aerobot.com.au writes The video was shot over 1 week on Fraser Island for Hive Swimwear. We used the DroidWorx XL Hexa with AV200 camera mount and the Canon 550D. We also used a prototype protected quadrocopter for GoPro footage, which we also shot in 3D We...
I will post more videos as the teams start putting them on Youtube. Once the UAV Challenge organisers have released the results of the Deliverable 2 Go/No-Go round, the links to these videos will become that team’s pages, so watch this space. Team LOAF and DGX Team ANU-CVR If your video isn’t on...
The deadline for teams to present their Deliverable 2 (D2) videos was 18 April, 2012. The UAV Challenge organisers are now analysing the teams’ video and technical report submissions to determine which teams go through to the next round of the competition. The next round of the Outback Challenge will see teams having to fly a minimum of...
Outback Challenge contestants Melbourne UAV have just 47 hours to build, test fly and then film their 2012 competition entry before the D2 decision cut off date. In February the airframe that they had been working on for two years was lost due to a communications failure. There was not enough time to build a new one. Ridding to...
Australian-based Millswood Engineering (www.millswoodeng.com.au) has developed a new onboard generator for small to medium-sized UAVs. Onboard electrical power generation is useful for extending the range and endurance of unmanned aircraft. Coupled with a suitable brushless DC motor, the new Power Management Unit (PMU) performs all of the functions necessary to assemble a high-performance and full-featured power generation system. The...
CANBERRA, Australia, March 29 Australia’s Defense Ministry is speeding up delivery of a U.S.-made unmanned aerial vehicle system for use by troops in Afghanistan. Australian Minister for Defense Stephen Smith and Minister for Defense Materiel Jason Clare, in an announcement Thursday, said AAI Corp.’s Shadow 200 will be in the hands of Australian troops nearly one year earlier than...
There will be a queue forming for this posting in the American RPA world. From the Age Craig Whitlock, Washington A CONTROVERSIAL proposal for a joint Australian-US military air base in the Indian Ocean could lead to the launch of drone spy flights across the region, according to officials quoted in Washington. The proposed base on the Australian-controlled Cocos...
Sentient today announced the release of Kestrel Land MTI 3.0, a major software upgrade to Sentient’s automated target detection solution, deployed in theatre by a number of militaries. Kestrel Land MTI is a software solution that automatically detects and tracks small moving objects in electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) full motion video from manned and unmanned aircraft. Enhancing airborne intelligence, surveillance and...
Interesting draft standards for simple RPAS flight in Australia outside of built up areas, within VLOS and below 400′. Much the sort of thing that might come into place in the USA eventually. This qualification reflects the role of a Remote Pilot working in the Aviation Industry. Successful completion will require competency in units that relate to work defined...
