The need to understand environmental change within the Arctic Circle is not only driving scientific studies but the development of new, often autonomous technologies for safer, more effective research missions.
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US Universities Add Degrees in Unmanned Aerial Systems
SEATTLE — Drones could be a key technology of the future, and job prospects for those who know how to…
Perth marine biologist proposes drone plan to spot sharks
SHARK spotting planes and helicopters could be missing almost nine out of 10 of sharks. An aerial surveillance study by…
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…
Startups deploy eyes in the sky to aid search and rescue
The floods in Chennai have brought to the fore the importance of effective disaster management. In the past few years,…
AC-130 To Get Laser Guns & Air-Launched Drones: Heithold
WASHINGTON: Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold , the head of Air Force Special Operations Command, wants to make the AC-130 a…
Unmanned inspectors have cost and efficiency benefits
FEATURE: Offshore Wind Journal A recent Navigant Research report concludes there is significant potential for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)…
How Aeryon Labs intends to keep its industrial drone business aloft
Aeryon Labs CEO Dave Kroetsch is betting the SkyRanger’s rugged design will help it standout in a crowded market for…
Military Witnesses: Addressing Trust, Ethical Issues Key to UAS Integration
While technological challenges are slowing the integration of autonomous systems by the Pentagon the number one hurdle remains acceptance by war fighters, defense officials said last week.
Aurora Flight Sciences launches world’s first 3D-printed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
A 3D printed drone designed and developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and Stratasys Ten years ago it might have been…
Taming untethered drones
The University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) is working with Rockwell Collins to do just that: make it possible…
Amazon.com seeks patent on sense and avoid for automated vehicles
Amazon has also jumped into the world of autonomous vehicle R&D with the filing of U.S. Patent Application No. 20150277440,…
MEDC Grants Alpena 250 K to Promote Drone Test Site
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Northern Michigan Unmanned Aerial Systems Consortium (NMUASC) in…
Bridging The ‘Valley Of Death’ For Navy Drones
The Navy’s UCAS demonstrator made history as the first drone to take off and land from an aircraft carrier. Its…
Fox Glacier drone survey completed
A drone has shot footage less than 10 metres above the crashed helicopter on the Fox Glacier, providing mapping vital…
Drone add-on scans disaster zones for heartbeats and breathing to locate survivors
A US firm has invented a robot module that clips on to consumer drones and enables it to search for…
Chinese Drone Developer FLYPRO Raises $13 Million in Series A Round Fundraising
SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Over the last few years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry has received a…
