Another positive use story and in essence something being undertaken by commercial operations in Europe and Australia. USU students are flying under COA’s hopefully before some of them finish their courses rules will be in place to make this a commercially viable operation in the USA. Those students will be leaving with valuable skills. Well done to the team...
CAE and Aeronautics today announced that the first series of flights of the Miskam unmanned aerial system (UAS) have been conducted successfully over the past several weeks at the UAS Centre of Excellence (Centre d’excellence des drones) located at Alma airport in Quebec, Canada. The demonstration flights represent the first phase of a research and development (R&D) project aimed...
This article is interesting if for no other reason than it comes from an end user point of view. People from the GIS trade have no idea about how things fly or the regulations they must comply with. But they see a use for UAS. Gatewing did very well, they sold an EPP wing to a multinational that did not understand...
Greg McNeal Forbes The domestic use of drones is a popular topic following Congress’ recently passed FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. The act provides funding for the FAA over the next four years, but the portions of the bill (§§ 331-336) that herald the possibility of expanded access to U.S. airspace for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS’s) are drawing the...
HawaiiNewsNow The state Department of Transportation’s Harbors Division has been unable to use an unmanned drone aircraft purchased with $75,000 in federal grant money to provide security at Honolulu Harbor because it falls within restricted airspace near Honolulu International Airport. “I’m not trying to make any excuses for the Department of Transportation. We’re not making any excuses. We made...
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by Anita Cooper – 09 April 2012 Real estate investors have smartphones, iPads, workflow software… And now they can even have drones. Well, at least they could if they really want one. Drones have left the domain of the military and have been approved thanks to President Obama in February this year, to be used by both law enforcement and civilians....
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 6, 2012—Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that it has acquired privately-held Gatewing of Gent, Belgium, a provider of lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for photogrammetry and rapid terrain mapping applications. The acquisition broadens Trimble’s industry-leading platforms for surveying solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. UAVs in combination with photogrammetry are an emerging technology providing an innovative platform...
System Payloads Being Designed for Law Enforcement and Homeland Defense Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ADCF) and Halberd Corporation announced today the delivery of the first of several drones. The ADTI engineers are working collaboratively with Halberd to complete the critical design parameters for the payload systems that will provide the technical specifications needed for law enforcement and homeland defense...
Russia’s Interior Ministry has said it plans to spend up to 120 million rubles ($4 million) to buy eight unmanned aerial vehicles. The ministry would also require vans and radios to operate the drones, according to a tender document posted on the government purchasing agency website zakupki.gov.ru on Tuesday. The vehicles are to be deployed in the southern Stavropol, Astrakhan and...
