BY CLAIRE CHIARA The technology of unmanned aerial vehicles may soon be used to deliver snacks to your front door. The Drone Lab, a group-directed study composed of nine students in the UC Berkeley School of Information, is currently working with consumer-grade drones to extend the possibilities for their application in everyday life. The students meet regularly to test the...
Training is where a large chunk of the money will be made with small UAS in the next five years. Countries with established regulations of course have an advantage over the USA. Providers know what to pitch. One wonders if the FAA will make it possible to validate pilot certificates from across the border once commercial civil use is...
Don’t be surprised if you hear a buzzing sound in the hallways of South Hall this semester; it’s the sound of the future, in the form of small student-piloted unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. This semester, a small team of School of Information students is experimenting with drones: becoming familiar with drones’ capabilities and imagining their future applications. The...
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - The future of unmanned aircraft systems is the focus of a new agreement between UAH and the Army. A signing ceremony took place on the campus of UAH Tuesday afternoon. The university and the Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Management Office signed a memorandum of understanding. The agreement is to explore opportunities for collaboration to promote...
ING Robotic Aviation, Canada’s leader in unmanned aircraft system solutions, is pleased to announce it will be partnering with Canadore College this June to offer the first UAV program in Ontario. This demonstrates leadership not only in Canada but also internationally. UAVs, or unmanned aerial vehicles, are aircraft without a human pilot on board. Flight is controlled either autonomously by...
This June, Canadore will be the only college in Ontario to deliver a specialized program for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which was developed in response to industry demand. In 2007, the global UAV market was estimated at $40 billion, $787 million of which was reportedly earned in Canada. Analysts predict that the worldwide market will grow to a cumulative total of...
The Tempest unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is designed for in-situ sensing in severe convective storms including supercell thunderstorms. The unmanned aircraft (UA) is launched under manual radio control, then is switched into a autonomous mode where it is monitored and commanded by a primary operator located at the ground control station (GCS), and by a secondary operator in the...
Felix Gillette at Bloomberg Businessweek has come up with a list of seven reasons why journalists, and not just “cubs reporters,” should be learning to use unmanned aircraft systems — usually called “drones” in the media. Here’s seven more reasons why journalists should consider UAS. 1) They give all news outlets and journalists the freedom to cover important events from the...
David Leiva In response to the expected crush of demand for mechanics of unmanned aircraft systems, an Alabama college will begin a maintenance training program next year, the first of its kind in the south eastern United States, officials say. The state has already earmarked $360,000 toward the new program expected to begin in 2014, and the curriculum should be completed by August, says...
By Emily C. Kelley New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory partnered with AeroVironment to study the safety of small, unmanned aircraft system operations at night in the National Airspace System. Study results strongly indicate nighttime operations of unmanned aircraft systems are safe, maybe even more so than daytime operations. “We initially proposed to conduct live-fly demonstrations at night and...
