Extreme Endurance Solar-Electric UAV Development in The Works
A solar-electric UAV will support commercial and security requirements. Bye Aerospace announced an important engineering, development and production collaboration with SolAero Technologies Corp. to...
Great Potential to Drone Payloads
While the drone industry is booming, it’s important to remember that the drone is merely a vehicle, a way to transport what provides the...
New Communications Technologies will Help Search and Rescue Crews
Airborne search and rescue missions undertaken by military and civilian helicopter aircrews are dangerous and demanding operations, usually conducted at night or in bad...
Disposable Drone Will Vanish After Accomplishing Mission
A new research project funded by DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is developing an autonomous drone made out of cardboard that...
UAVs – Life Saving Tool for Fire-Fighting and Rescue Missions
Emergency Response departments are adopting UAVs to help save lives. The Canadian Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) has recently recruited two thermal imaging...
Small Unmanned Aerial Systems will Help Custom and Border Teams
Innovative technologies for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) will be implemented by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
Locating First Responders Has Just Become Easy
Keeping firefighters safe and communicating with them have been major technical challenges for decades. While outdoors, they can use GPS to track one another,...
New Rescue and Patrol Unmanned Helicopter in the Works
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has begun the test campaign of its remotely piloted helicopter SW-4 ‘Solo’.
Leonardo is an Italian multinational aerospace, defence and security company, headquartered...
New Incident Management System will Support First Responders
The US Department of Homeland Security has found a new geospatial solution to enhance first responders’ incident management capabilities.
The Department’s Science and Technology...
Drones to Help Police Investigate Car Crashes
A new Massachusetts police department drone will soon provide investigators reconstructing car accidents with a much-needed eye in the sky — and is expected...
“Bugs” to Assist First Responders
An original technology allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large and unsafe zones, like cities...
Drones Would Fly 24/7 Thanks to Autonomous Solution
A recent patent application by Boeing reveals an autonomous solution that would allow dual-use drones to operate for months, overcoming the battery life problem.
The...
State-of-The-Art HLS Technology Displayed at UAE
The Sharjah Police has been displaying some of the most pioneering homeland security technology it has adopted at the UAE Innovation Week recently.
According to...
Fire Awareness and Early Intelligence – Camera Network More Efficient?
Cameras are replacing aircraft in fire awareness. A network of high definition cameras placed on peaks throughout the Lake Tahoe region in the US...
The Modern Day A-Team
Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its models of optionally-piloted helicopters and small UAS can work together to successfully locate and extinguish...
UAV Showcases Impressive Maritime Search Capabilities
Boeing’s UAV manufacturer Insitu recently showcased its newest wide-area maritime surface search and identification technology for representatives from the UK Royal Navy as well...
NASA’s UAS Program Moving In Fifth Gear
During the following weeks NASA partners will fly five unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), beyond visual line-of-sight of their human operators, to test planning, tracking...
New Tele-Robotics System to Be Tested In Japan
Japanese tele-robotics company V-Cube Robotics (VRJ) has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore’s H3 Dynamics to roll out the company’s DRONEBOX drone deployment base...
UAVs for Indonesian Rescue Missions
The use of UAVs for mapping disaster areas, evaluating the damage, monitoring wide range fires or earthquakes, especially in areas that cannot be accessed...
Drones to Enhance Shark Spotting in Australia’s Beaches
Several shark-spotting surveillance drones will be used to improve beach patrols’ precision in Western Australia's South West.
Fisheries minister, Joe Francis, claimed the $88,000...
NASA Monitoring Hurricane Matthew – Using a Drone
NASA announced recently that it’s been using a drone to track Hurricane Matthew. The space agency said that the tool being used is a...
A Thriving Industry: Another New UAV
The South African company Ultimate Unmanned has launched its new Viper 1000C unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is based on a Stemme motor glider.
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