by Dan White Imagine if a ScanEagle had been available during Katrina. It could permit the clever separation of Search from Rescue. It could be in the air early and look for stranded rooftop victims. Then larger passenger helicopters would not be risking lives and wasting fuel looking for people. You could first fly the UAV to search for...
At the Kooy Symposium 2013, Delft Dynamics, specialised in building unmanned helicopters, presented their Universal Simulation Platform for Unmanned Systems (USPvOS). Using this platform, groundstations from unmanned systems can be linked directly to RescueSim using High Level Architecture (HLA), thereby allowing virtual training of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators. RescueSim is a virtual incident management simulator created by simulator...
With the technology to safely fly robotic aircraft in Australian skies expected to be developed by the end of 2014, competition in the next Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Challenge will be hotter than ever. CSIRO and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are leading research into the development of robotic aircraft systems and Professor Duncan Campbell, Director of the Australian...
Caisey Claiborne Its sUAS News podcast co-host Gene Robinson shining light in this dark time for North American UA folks. Caisey Claiborne Gene Robinson with the non-profit RP Search Services in Wimberley prefers not to use the “D-Word” — Drone. He prefers “Unmanned Aircraft” and even though the technology is getting a bad rap, he’s hoping that will change....
Love the look of this one, lots of concept pictures and what looks to be a 3D printed version on the way . People are dreaming hard when it comes to multi rotor platforms and that can only be a good thing. As technology advances, the threat of calamity also grows, Hatchet provides a revolutionary automatic solution in squad-based...
THE trial of surf lifesaving’s “eye in the sky” has stalled pending a safety assessment by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. The new remote-control surveillance aircraft, a collaboration between Surf Life Saving Queensland and hi-tech firm V-TOL Aerospace, was set to take to the air at North Stradbroke Island today. A trial over Flinders Beach, between Adder Rock and...
Steven Morris Police searching for April Jones are using drones to look for any trace of the missing five-year-old and say the hunt could continue beyond Christmas. Officers are keen to emphasise that they are not scaling down the operation, which has been ongoing since April went missing while playing on the street near her home in Machynlleth, mid-Wales,...
Great new video from the Nitrofirex people, I am still a bit lost about the night time bit. NITROFIREX stands for an innovative and globally unique solution that enables active aerial fire-fighting also at night time by combining already existing military infrastructure and state-of-the-art UAS technology. Current manned aerial firefighting systems suffer from operational restrictions especially at night. Here...
Lou Morrissey Sure, the trampoline was a shock, and the pogo-stick was hours (well, seconds) of bouncing fun, but the gift you always wanted was a remote-controlled plane, wasn’t it? You’d see other kids with them and wonder what was wrong with your own family, and resolve to drop better hints next year (that day with your dad at...
A glimmer of hope for UA start ups in the USA. The DHS wants companies to start talking to them about RAPS. It also signals the birth of a new acronym. Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety. We are not sure the FAA received this memo though. Check the Miss-O-Matic for just how much. This is a RFI notice issued for...
