The Navy has two new offices to help it integrate unmanned systems and soon both will be looking to industry for new technology.
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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.
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.
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…
Enabling Small Drones
The Federal Aviation Administration has tasked its new Center of Excellence with determining what is needed to enable small, unmanned aircraft to do limited long range flights.
The Power of UAS
Utility companies and drone manufacturers are actively experimenting with unmanned aircraft for power grid inspections, repair support and other tasks.
Snapshot: Europe’s UAV Industry
Europe is in the midst of a UAS revolution, with business on the upswing and the European Union moving to rationalize its rules and regulations for drone operations continent-wide.
Drones Take Wing
Though small multi-rotor copters and fixed-winged drones are the most popular forms of unmanned aircraft systems, there are new highly maneuverable, energy efficient platforms emerging that take their design inspiration from the most experienced flyers in history—birds.
The Tide Rises for Open Ocean Farming
With population growth driving global demand for fish and an increasingly limited number of new coastal aquaculture sites available, the emerging industry of open ocean aquaculture, or mariculture, is poised for rapid growth.
WEBINAR – High-Precision Applications of UAVs
On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, Inside GNSS, Inside Unmanned Systems, and u-Blox AG will present a free 90-minute web seminar continuing our exploration of GNSS positioning, navigation, and guidance for UAVs.
UAS Learn to Navigate Forest Trails in Switzerland
Researchers from the University of Zurich, Università della Svizzera italiana and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland want to use drones to find lost hikers in forest and mountain areas.
UAS Used to Study Gray Seal Pup Populations
NOAA Fisheries worked with Duke University to compare the benefits of flying UAS to survey the gray seal pup populations vs. the manned aircraft that traditionally collects this imagery.
Robotic Falcon Could Keep Birds Away from Airplanes
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are working to develop a robotic falcon that would herd dangerous flocks of birds away from flying aircraft.
Obama’s $4B Plan for Autonomous Cars is Just the Beginning
Though the White House made a splash when it announced plans to seek nearly $4B dollars for testing autonomous vehicles the policy changes it put into place at the same time are likely to have a more immediate impact.
Making UAS More Mobile
FlyMotion Unmanned Systems recently launched TRIDENT, a mobile UAS command and control vehicle. Here’s a look at this first-of-its-kind product and how it can benefit the industry.
