Mike Strasser, West Point Public Affairs WEST POINT, N.Y., May 11, 2011 — Soldiers sometimes operate in remote locations where maps are either outdated, or lack adequate resolution. Mission success could weigh heavily on whether a unit relies on low-quality resources or waits indefinitely for higher-quality imagery. A team of West Point cadets worked on this problem and developed...
A tethered persistent ground surveillance system monitoring the Mexican border at Fort Huachuca has broken free. The balloon came down in a Sierra Vista suburb city residents who find pieces of the aerostat should leave them alone and call the fort’s operation center at 520-533-2291 or the Sierra Vista police at 520-458-3311, officials said. To report damage or make a claim,...
Not unmanned, but no doubt there will be technology transfer, especially from the teams innovative construction techniques. Students from the University Of Maryland attempting yesterday to fly into the history books with a human powered helicopter suffered a small setback but will try again today. The rotors of the craft spin at a very leisurely 18 RPM. The helicopter...
On May 7th, the V750 chopper took off and maneuvered for 10 minutes around the Weifang Tianxiang Aerospace Industry’s test flight center, before performing a clean landing. The prototype has a maximum load capacity of 80 kg, can travel a distance of 500 kilometers and stay airborne for more than four hours. It has a maximum speed of 161...
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. and German Cassidian signed a cooperation protocol for the development, production and marketing of the unmanned aerial vehicle “Talarion” in Istanbul on Wednesday. Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TUSAS) and German Cassidian signed a cooperation protocol for the development, production and marketing of the unmanned aerial vehicle “Talarion” in Istanbul on Wednesday. The protocol was signed...
IBNLive.com reports on India’s indigenous UAV makers New Delhi: Shobhit Niranjan had an offer to join Mentor Graphics for seven lakhs per annum. US based Symantec wanted to recruit Mohit Mundra for nine lakhs per year. Raman Puri had a comfortable job at Hero Honda and a seat at IIM Lucknow. But the 26-year-olds decided to grind their...
A report from the Indian Express In a turnaround that is expected to raise eyebrows, the Mumbai Police has officially informed the Maharashtra Police headquarters that it does not want the proposed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as part of its equipment upgrade to keep an eye on the city. The decision has been communicated after the government sanctioned the...
WASHINGTON: University of Maryland students are all set to make history this Wednesday by test-flying their human-powered helicopter for the first time. With hopes of propelling them towards winning the Sikorsky Prize, a team of more than 50 graduate and undergraduate students from the A. James Clark School of Engineering will be taking their helicopter, Gamera, for its maiden...
NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 – Last week, CD-adapco was proud to inform the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s, David Cooper, that he was the winner of its 2011 Academic Paper Contest. CD-adapco has long been dedicated to providing the academic engineering community with industrial strength engineering simulation software. Its simulation tools are used by thousands of users at...
Dynamics Research Corporation, a leading provider of innovative management consulting, engineering, and technology solutions, today announced that it has been awarded two delivery orders with a combined value of $24.5 million for a base year with an additional option year period of performance. These contracts allow DRC to continue its efforts supporting mission-critical services in conjunction with the Unmanned...
The Former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam will give away National Awards on Technology on the occasion of Celebration of Technology Day here tomorrow. The Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal will preside over the function. Technology Day is celebrated as a symbol of quest for scientific inquiry and technological creativity and the...
More video from the GRASP lab. This time of coordinated follow my leader flight. Its time to set them free chaps. Working well indoors now lets see them out in the wild. From IEEE Spectrum Being able to do this is all about communication, as Professor Nathan Michael discussed today at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in...
Singapore May, 2011AeroSeeker is a highly portable, four-rotor, unmanned aerial vehicle with high quality video surveillance and aerial video streaming capabilities. This means that, both in military and civilian situations, humans can be kept at a safe distance from harms way. Engineered according to the needs of both military and civil users, the flagship model, AERO-405 can be easily...
Israeli Company Urban Aeronautics have started flying their ducted fan load lifter after a major refit. The AirMule prototype has recently resumed its flight testing after a systems and structural upgrade that lasted 4 months. The vehicle is now flying with an expanded sensors suite and the new, energy absorbing wheeled landing gear. This landing gear has been tested...
The DA42 still has the prize for us as a proven OPV platform but this week Northrup Grumman unveiled their latest project the Firebird. Firebird offers a large internal payload bay and an ability to operate multiple intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and communications payloads simultaneously through a universal interface. The system is designed to be flown as a manned...
Following on the heals of the Murdoch iPad based newspapers flight over Tuscaloosa tabloid news channel CNN have jumped in. The FAA really does need to be issuing advice to media outlets. Could it be that some bigger supplier is pulling strings behind the scenes to force the NAS issue ahead of the NRPM release? We suppose they will argue...
The TAI system, which is designed for night and day missions including adverse weather conditions, performs real time image intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, moving/stationery target detection, recognition, identification and tracking missions. TAI plans to equip the aircraft by August 2011 with Aselsan’s AselFLIR 300T electro optics complex for infrared surveillance and mobile target designation capability and a miniature SAR radar...
An unmanned drone may soon help Arlington, Texas police provide a watchful eye over the city. Grant money from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security brought the city’s first unmanned drone for the Super Bowl, but Arlington hopes to put it to use full time. “The idea is provide an extra level of public safety for the city of...
Boeing’s Phantom Ray unmanned aircraft completed its first flight April 27 at NASA’s Dryden Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Boeing announced Tuesday. “Autonomous, fighter-sized unmanned aircraft are real, and the (unmanned aerial systems) bar has been raised,” Craig Brown, Boeing’s Phantom Ray program manager said in a news release. “Now I’m eager to see how high...
First-ever Event in the United Arab Emirates Tests Students in UAV Design ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 5, 2011 Showcasing unmanned technology while raising student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) sponsored the first Unmanned Systems Rodeo competition in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) over a two day period at the Higher Colleges of...
Maybe it was not an ARdrone used in the footage recently released by The Daily. This YouTube clip carries a mention for Perspective Aerials. In their own words:- A visual solutions company utilizing innovative tools designed for use within the film & photo industry. How many times will the press to test button be pressed in the USA before...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) avoid interacting with their environments. Aircraft “look, but don’t touch”, with UAVs avoiding contacting objects and obstacles around them. However, the ability for small robotic aerial vehicles to grasp and manipulate objects around them has numerous applications across a variety of disciplines, including sample retrieval, highspeed courier services, intelligence gathering, and explosives disposal. This task...
VisionMap, a leading provider of digital mapping systems, has announced today a family of new ground breaking products, extending the advantages of the well known A3 camera and automatic processing system to a new level. VisionMap now offers a family of large format digital mapping cameras designed to address specific needs within the geospatial mapping industry. The industry standard...
UVS International is again hosting a very distinguished list of speakers, givingconference attendees a first hand insight into the current direction of the veryfluid airspace integration efforts from around the world. Attendees will also bemade aware of the results and progress from studies and empirical knowledgegleaned from fielding systems for a host of applications. Just as an example,during UAS...
Has The Daily sorted out its COA, will this use of the simple ARdrone open the floodgates for citizen journalism using multirotor platforms?? I doubt very much if the FAA will step in and rule on this one but it is commercial use of an sUAS over there. The footage is compelling though and certainly shows how useful a...
The fourth rotation (ROT 4) of Australia’s Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has set a unit record for monthly flying hours. Commanding Officer Heron RPA Detachment – ROT 4 Wing Commander Greg Wells said his personnel had achieved 475 hours during April. “This exceeds the efforts of previous Heron rotations and means we have reached...
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Army plans to increase the range of its home-made Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and also equip its reconnaissance drones with missile-launching systems, an Iranian commander said on Sunday. Speaking to FNA, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army’s Self-Sufficiency Jihad Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri referred to Iran’s capability in designing and building different types of drones,...
