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Loss of telemetry downlink signal and an unprogrammed pitch over caused the crash of an MQ-1B Predator 7.5 nautical miles North of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 30, 2013, according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released on Thursday. Continue reading
As the federal government decides how to regulate drones in the U.S., states are moving on their own. Check out the status of drone legislation in individual states here.
Source: Market Watch
The key challenge in developing a “sense-and-avoid” system has been developing technology that can reliably detect the presence – and the course – of other aircraft and to engineer it into a package small enough and light enough for UAS. Researchers at the University of Denver’s Unmanned Systems Research Institute may have the answer.
Melbourne-based company, I-Drone, has developed the ‘Projector Drone’ which is capable of beaming news, games and advertising over the walls of buildings. The proof of concept aircraft is able to fly for 12 minutes at a time, features its own on-board data storage and a 500 lumens projector. Continue reading
There’s nothing quite like the whistling sound of a Supermarine Spitfire as it dives down toward you on the ground. Crank the volume up on this one which shows a few clips from a Spitfire display at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand. Continue reading