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Work is underway at BAE Systems to give aircraft human-like ‘skin’, enabling the detection of injury or damage and the ability to ‘feel’ the world around them. Engineers at BAE’s Advanced Technology Centre are investigating a ‘smart skin’ concept which could be embedded with tens of thousands of micro-sensors. When applied to an aircraft, this will […]
The Great War grass-strip airfield at Stow Maries in Essex which opened in 1916, recently became the test base for UK Aerovision, a leading operator of UAVs. Working with UAV manufacturers in Switzerland and Holland, Aerovision uses Stow Maries to put the latest technology through its paces.
A Swiss masters student has created a system to help UAS home in on the location of people trapped underneath rubble, land or snow – by detecting signals given off by their mobile phones and so giving rescuers a clue as to where to focus their search efforts.
A luxury hotel is taking Champagne delivery to a whole new level with a soaring bottle service by quadcopter.The Mansion at Casa Madrona in California unleashed their state-of-the-art octo-copter earlier this month to deliver the residents precious bubbly. The service is specifically for guests staying in the hotel’s most luxurious suite – where nights start at $10,000.
Farmers represent a growing share of the market for UAS, and in California, some farmers are looking at the technology as a way to save water during the drought.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, members of the 69th Reconnaissance Group decided to break a record. Three of them, in fact. On March 29, an RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft belonging to the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron landed after being aloft for 34.3 hours, beating the previous Global Hawk endurance flight record of 33.2 hours, and consequently […]
Cadets in the US Air Force Academy’s Systems Engineering 460 course are engineering a remotely piloted aircraft programme and platform to monitor ponderosa pine trees for beetle infestations. They’re set to select a sensor for their RPA that can scan trees in near-infrared and visible light wavelengths to spot ips beetle infestations.
Peru is buying more than 24 UAS—one for each region in the country, and more for areas with a high concentration of ruins—with the idea of creating a national index of every archaeological site in the country. In addition, at least six regions will get more advanced UAS that can be equipped with LIDAR and […]