KVH Industries recently announced plans to develop a fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based, low-cost inertial sensor for driverless cars. The company…
April, 2016
Fly Like the Wind
Inspecting wind turbines can be a costly, time-consuming task—which is why many wind farm owners are turning to unmanned aerial systems instead of traditional methods to get the information they need.
Access Spectrum to provide expanded communications capability for Northern Plains UAS test site
Ground flight crews at the Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site will now use Access Spectrum’s Upper 700 MHz…
Navy Unmanned ‘Start Ups’
The Navy has two new offices to help it integrate unmanned systems and soon both will be looking to industry for new technology.
Bugged: Insects Provide Design Inspiration
Manufacturers and researchers are looking to insects to improve how unmanned systems operate. Here’s a look at some of those systems and the potential benefits insect-inspired drones could bring.
Press Release: Surface Navigator and True North Finding System by iMAR has selected STIM300 as its core inertial engine.
The STIM300 provides high accuracy inertial data for the iMAR iNAT-M200 Inertial Navigation System and for the iATTHEMO-C High Precision…
Drone reportedly collides with British Airways passenger jet as it lands at Heathrow airport
A police investigation is underway in the UK after the pilot of an Airbus A320 claimed his plane was struck…
PrecisionHawk raises $18 million to bring drones safely into U.S. airspace
Mandatory drone registration and a massive national database of drone owners is already under way in the U.S. But simply…
Panel Recommends Allowing UAS Flights Over People Within Limits
A committee of unmanned aircraft users and experts has recommended that some commercial drones be permitted to fly directly over people as long as they prose very limited risks.
