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.
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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.
FAA raises altitude limit for commercial drones
Certain small commercial drones will be permitted to fly up to 400 feet under a new policy announced by the…
Russia introduces new rules of drone registration
MOSCOW, March 30. /TASS/. Russia’s federal law of December 30, 2015 “On introducing amendments to the Air Code of the…
Clearpath Robotics launches the OTTO 100
Clearpath Robotics recently released the OTTO 100, a self-driving vehicle designed for autonomous light-load material transport in factories and warehouses….
UAV Factory launches new division
UAV Factory recently launched the Octopus ISR Systems division and released the Epsilon 140, a dual-sensor gyro-stabilized gimbal. The new…
Lloyd’s Register launches its guidance notes for drones and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)UAS
Lloyd’s Register’s first phase of its guidance notes for drones and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is launched today, giving operators…
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Drones Break the Ice on Antarctic Deep-Freeze Mission [Video]
At the southernmost place on Earth, researchers look forward to summer even more than most people do. That is when…
Researchers Testing Cloud Seeding With Drones
A month after researchers conducted a cloud-seeding test using unmanned aircraft, a Reno-based drone company is building the next generation….
Darpa Advances Indoor Capabilities of Quadcopter Drones
In addition to its interest in large and exotic unmanned aircraft, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is…
Age of Dronomy: Military Tech Helps Israeli Commercial Drones Fly High
Although its non-military drones sector rakes in a puny one percent of the money (US$1.1 billion) invested in drone producers…
Stanford’s Flying, Perching SCAMP Robot Can Climb Straight Up Walls
Automaton Robotics Drones SCAMP climbing the Stanford University clock tower. Morgan Pope is a Ph.D student investigating robots that live…
Malawi using drones for health research and saving lives
When drones first came into the aviation industry, they were and have been mainly used for surveillance and assessments of…
Straight Up Imaging launches the Endurance UAS
Straight Up Imaging recently released the Endurance unmanned aerial system, a powerful, cost-effective UAS that’s easy to use. The professional…
