The Team at Skypower are used to moving quickly, just as well as we got a call on Friday afternoon from Cowboy Films for a film job the following Wednesday and Thursday. Normally not a problem however the filming was to take place on the edge of Class A airspace very close to Ascot. So permission to fly was...
(Bring on a new to us acronym CUA’s Civil Unmanned Aircraft ed) JOHN VON RADOWITZ Pilotless civilian aircraft could start to become a common sight in British skies within the next 10 years, it was claimed today. Scientists say aviation is at a “crossroads” with the development of civilian drones that can safely fly themselves. Civilian Unmanned Aircraft (CUAs)...
Not the first time there has been rumbles ed Yuval Azulai and Ron Steinblatt Sources inform ”Globes” that unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) makerAeronautics Ltd. has not paid October salaries. In a notice to employees, Aeronautics founder and CEO Avi Leumi and chairman Eitan Bar-Eliahu said that the salaries would be paid soon. The company has also fired another 30 employees,...
More interesting work from the flying machine arena at ETH, they are leading the pack with cutting edge multicopter research. This time one for Red Bull air racing fans. In the future this work will keep platforms out of harms way whilst they survey buildings and structures. Some poles are arbitrarily placed in the space and a time-optimized trajectory...
JARUS is pleased to announce the launch of their public website: http://www.jarus-rpas.org/ The website will be the focal point of the JARUS interaction and communication with the worldwide UAS community. Besides sharing information about JARUS, the website will have a significant role in the information and consultation process on the JARUS deliverables. Draft and final deliverables will be published...
British and French military procurement agencies have begun an evaluation of the Watchkeeper tactical unmanned aerial vehicle by Thales UK. The evaluation, which began late last month, is being conducted for France by the French agency DGA and the British Ministry of Defense’s Defense Equipment and Support organization under a defense cooperation treaty. “The assessment of the British Watchkeeper...
On the 30th of October AERMATICA, for its UAV ANTEOS, obtained from the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ENAC, the first Permit to Fly issued in Italy that allows flight activity in non-segregated airspace of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft, commonly known as “drone”. This first Italian case – which comes meanwhile the CAA is working on legislation designed to...
According to the Minister of Defence, besides the military field the so-called drones may provide assistance in the civil field as well, for example in recovering missing persons or in mapping various pipelines, networks and settlements. Speaking in the Veszprém-Újmajor military training area of the Hungarian Defence Forces Bakony Combat Training Center, Minister Hende said that the Hungarian Defence...
Gogglebox Entertainment a production company based in London contacted Skypower about an exciting new pilot show they were putting together. A gameshow which contestants had to complete a number of tasks and then had to escape the grounds of a rather large country house in Hertfordshire. The ending shot required the contestants to run down a line of trees...
After a long period of development we are now proud to announce that our brand new NATO STANAG 4586 compliant autopilot, EasyPilot 3.0, is available for sale. Together with our field proven Ground Control Station software, SkyView GCS, it makes a perfect platform to get your unmanned vehicles flying, or improving performance of your current ones. “This is a...
