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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…
SeeByte and ASV Form Partnership
SeeByte and ASV recently formed a partnership to bring advanced capabilities and solutions to marine autonomy. The two companies will…
3D ROBOTICS & Autodesk FORGE New Frontier
Leading drone maker 3D Robotics is using the Autodesk’s Forge Platform to develop a new UAV-to-cloud solution for enterprise field…
Military mulls letting robots take the point
The Army and Marines have tested autonomous ground vehicles against simulated IEDs. Unmanned Systems Throughout history, warfighting has been affected…
Why was a humpback whale caught in a headstand?
A recently released video taken by a scientific research drone off the coast of Maui, Hawaii caught a humpback whale…
Heller pursues more drone testing in Nevada, transportation options at McCarran
WASHINGTON — Nevada’s drone testing sites would have more autonomy to partner with private industry on emerging technology, and McCarran…
The Coast Guard Wants to Use Drones to Navigate Ice in the Great Lakes
Every year, huge portions of North America’s Great Lakes freeze over, often in gigantic, treacherous ice packs . The ice,…
Video: Looking to Birds for UAS Inspiration
Birds could teach unmanned systems a thing or two about flying—which is why UAS researchers and manufacturers are starting to…
VectorNav Technologies Introduces VN-360 GPS-Compass
DALLAS, March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — VectorNav Technologies introduced today the VN-360 GPS-Compass heading and position sensor. The VN-360 is an OEM…
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.