The floods in Chennai have brought to the fore the importance of effective disaster management. In the past few years,…
Inside Unmanned Systems
AC-130 To Get Laser Guns & Air-Launched Drones: Heithold
WASHINGTON: Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold , the head of Air Force Special Operations Command, wants to make the AC-130 a…
Unmanned inspectors have cost and efficiency benefits
FEATURE: Offshore Wind Journal A recent Navigant Research report concludes there is significant potential for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)…
How Aeryon Labs intends to keep its industrial drone business aloft
Aeryon Labs CEO Dave Kroetsch is betting the SkyRanger’s rugged design will help it standout in a crowded market for…
Aurora Flight Sciences launches world’s first 3D-printed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
A 3D printed drone designed and developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and Stratasys Ten years ago it might have been…
Taming untethered drones
The University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) is working with Rockwell Collins to do just that: make it possible…
Amazon.com seeks patent on sense and avoid for automated vehicles
Amazon has also jumped into the world of autonomous vehicle R&D with the filing of U.S. Patent Application No. 20150277440,…
MEDC Grants Alpena 250 K to Promote Drone Test Site
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Northern Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium (NMUASC) in…
Bridging The ‘Valley Of Death’ For Navy Drones
The Navy’s UCAS demonstrator made history as the first drone to take off and land from an aircraft carrier. Its…
Fox Glacier drone survey completed
A drone has shot footage less than 10 metres above the crashed helicopter on the Fox Glacier, providing mapping vital…
Drone add-on scans disaster zones for heartbeats and breathing to locate survivors
A US firm has invented a robot module that clips on to consumer drones and enables it to search for…
Chinese Drone Developer FLYPRO Raises $13 Million in Series A Round Fundraising
SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Over the last few years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry has received a…
UAVs in the Mining Industry
Capturing the Andalusian Mina de Aguas Teñidas A growing number of mining companies are employing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also…
How do you spot a crack in a vast bridge? That’s where IoT and drones come in
Next year, the plan is to deploy the IoT system on the highest bridge in Italy, the Italia Viaduct. Bridges,…
Drones Monitoring Methane Emissions from UK Landfill
A BBC Science & Environment report has highlighted work being carried out to monitor and analyse methane emissions from Britain’s…
Israel Outlines Unmanned Systems Plans
(Photo: Jack Guez /AFP via Getty Images) TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s Ministry of Defense is eyeing new autonomous operating…
Developing New Standards of Drone Operations
A test pilot operates a virtual large unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, with simulated air traffic at a NASA research…
