For the first time, Cyberhawk Innovations completed an internal steam boiler inspection using an unmanned aerial system. Cyberhawk performed the…
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Drones Joining Arsenal of Disease-Fighting Tools
From mapping infected communities to snatching mosquitoes out of the air, disease-preventing drones are on an upward trajectory.
Drones Transform Archaeology
In the field of archaeology, researchers and the service providers that support them are reaping the benefits of unmanned aircraft technologies that are easy to use, flexible and low-cost.
KVH plans to develop a low-cost inertial sensor for driverless cars
KVH Industries recently announced plans to develop a fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based, low-cost inertial sensor for driverless cars. The company…
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…
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…
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…
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Gliders USV reach 1 million nautical miles
The Wave Gliders from Liquid Robotics recently hit an important milestone. The unmanned surface vehicles reached 1 million nautical miles…
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…
Rolls-Royce Reveals Vision of Shore-based Control Centers for Unmanned Cargo Ships
Rolls-Royce on Tuesday offered another glimpse into the future of unmanned shipping, revealing for the first time its vision for…
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…
