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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PrecisionHawk Forms Partnership with Indiana State University
The collaboration will focus on safety, education, training and algorithm development for PrecisionHawk’s DataMapper aerial data software.
Hunter Becomes the Hunted
Rangers in Africa’s wildlife parks are getting access to predictive algorithms and surveillance drones with help from researchers and nonprofits formed to help counter poachers.
UAS Fighting Wildfires
Unmanned aerial systems could prove to be an important tool in the fight against wildfires. Recent demonstrations show just how useful UAS can be as firefighters battle these complex, dangerous fires.
Developing Operating Systems for Driverless Cars
As driver-assist and driverless technologies emerge experts predict that car companies will incorporate multiple operating systems to keep sofware up-to-date and their customers safe.
Arctic Council Moves to Unleash UAS
Perilous, shifting, mysterious and melting. All eyes in the Arctic are focused on the ice. The accelerating disintegration of the…
Drone Registration Recommendation Rules Stir Controversy
A key task force is recommending that all but the very smallest of toy drones flown in the U.S. to be registered by their owners for safety reasons.
UAS Making its Mark in Oil and Gas
More oil and gas companies are exploring the ways unmanned aircraft can support safe development and operation at onshore and offshore facilities.
Consortium to ASSURE Faster UAS Integration
The Federal Aviation Administration and its new coalition of unmanned experts are racing to meet an unusual deadline. They need to spend $5 million on unmanned aircraft research by the end of September.
