Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) researchers have successfully invented an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a drone made of natural fibres, pineapple leaves, that has electrical resistance. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
FAA Announces $7.5M in 19 UAS Research Grants to Universities
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $7.5 million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). Continue reading
US Army Research Lab Develops Power Line Sensor
At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, researchers developed a novel sensor and software application to detect and avoid energized power lines in the vicinity of unmanned aerial system, or UAS. Continue reading
K-State Polytechnic Granted Nationwide BVLOS Waiver
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus Applied Aviation Research Center has received a new waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration that permits K-State Polytechnic to fly unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS, in all Class G airspace nationwide.
NUAIR to Conduct Vertiport Automation Analysis
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. announced today that the county has been awarded an $897,000 task order for Advanced Air Mobility development through a NASA contract with its UAS Test Site at Griffiss International Airport. Continue reading
Predicting Helicopter Damage Caused by Drone Collision
Researchers at the Delft University of Technology, TU Delft, have produced a 98-Page research thesis on ‘Predicting helicopter damage caused by a collision with an Unmanned Aerial System using explicit Finite Element Analysis‘. Continue reading
AR Interaction Interface for Autonomous Drone Navigation
Researchers Chuhao Liu and Shaojie Shen from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology revealed an intriguing new way to control drones that uses holographic augmented reality hardware to create live 3D terrain maps, enabling drone pilots to simply point at targets visualized above any flat surface. Continue reading
FAA Awards $3.3M in Seven Drone Grants to Universities
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $3.3 million in research, education and training grants to universities that comprise FAA’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE).