Aurora Awarded Funding to Continue Development of DARPA VTOL X-Plane Program
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company Phase 1B funding…
‘Where’s Waldo’ … but for science
By John D. Sutter, CNN (CNN) — Remember those “Where’s Waldo” books? You know, the ones featuring a bespectacled, beanstalky character dressed…
St. Louis Army Corps of Engineers Accepts Delivery of their First Unmanned Aircraft System for Precision Mapping and Surveillance
The St. Louis District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently accepted delivery of its Altavian Nova™…
New fund would provide drone development a $2.2B shot in the arm
For all the hype, drone development is pretty slow going. But a D.C.-based investment banking firm hopes to give it…
Gang-gang: Canberra’s champion drone
Ian Warden A Canberra Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) team has just used its clever drone to save the life of…
Zephyr flies to new heights in Dubai
phyr The solar-powered Zephyr unmanned aerial vehicle flew higher than 61,000 feet above the United Arab Emirates in a day/night…
Race is on to perfect solar-powered drones
Hiawatha Bray The model airplane hanging from the ceiling of Chris Bailey’s industrial-size garage in Waltham seems almost too fragile…
Yellowstone drone crash pilot fined $3000
A US judge has fined a Dutch tourist for crashing a drone into a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.…
senseFly brings UAV insight to AgGateway
Cheseaux-Lausanne, Switzerland, September 29, 2014 –Swissmini drone producer, senseFly, has become the first UAV manufacturer to join AgGateway. Swissmini drone…
Governor vetoes bill that would have limited police use of drones
By PHIL WILLON, MELANIE MASON Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have required law enforcement agencies to…