Archive for August, 2009

Forteviot surveyed by UAS »

sUAS news recently spoke with Dr Patrice Carbonneau a Durham University geographer who has surveyed the mini grand canyon that opened up in a field close to the university during flooding A brief resume of yourself and what drove your interest in sUAS I’m a fluvial geomorphologist focusing on the remote sensing of rivers. My... »

Keep your sUAS and model aircraft in the house should you be within 30nm of Marthas Vinyard later this month. The following Notam was released yesterday. It includes catchy bits like this… Be advised that noncompliance with the published NOTAM may result in the use of force. For one week the following aviation based activities will be banned. THE... »

Anti fascism protestor’s that attended the demonstration against the BNP’s Red White and Blue festival are planning to request en masse, stills and video images taken by the quadrocopter. Alex Snowdon is submitting a Subject Access request under the Data Protection Act . The police are then required to supply any images in which he... »

Ascending Technologies and MIT won 1st place at IARC2009 competition The AscTec/MIT team managed to develop the most advanced and robust indoor MAV between the announcement of the mission in 2008 and the competition in 2009. By doing so the team was able to finish the mission in the first year. This result had no... »

An AirRobot quadrocopter was used to keep an eye on the BNP rally at Codnor in Derbyshire this weekend. The German made sUAS was used to watch anti fascist groups protesting against the BNP rally. Photojournalist Jono Warren witnessed the UAV inaction. »

Not a day seems to go by without a new abbreviation in the UAV world. This one although not strictly connected with small unmanned aerial systems has caught my eye. For a couple of months now it has been known that the Diamond DA42 a four place twin engined businessman’s modern transport of... »

A very clever, and simple idea unveiled this week at AUVSI. The Boomerang flight concept. Or throw and forget. The sUAS leaves the operators hand flies a pre determined route and then lands back at his feet. Makes me consider if enough or the right image will be taken in this somewhat random approach. More information... »