Researchers at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS), Norway are working with 3D printing and low-cost parts to create an inexpensive hyperspectral imager that is lightweight enough to use onboard drones. Hyperspectral imagers produce images […]
SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Utica, New York campus will host an all-day drone competition on April 15, 2018 that will be open to the public. Teams of two to five members will operate their drones within […]
Dr. Vijay Kumar, researcher and dean of the University of Pennsylvania engineering school, and his team have been working on “swarms” of drones which don’t rely on motion capture or GPS – essentially navigating on […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has estimated that by 2021, the fleet of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) will reach 4 million. The primary obstacle to integrating routine RPA operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) […]
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is leading a team of private companies that propose to set up a network of distribution centers that would use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to make medical deliveries […]
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) plans to use a C-130 aircraft to demonstrate the launch and recovery of low-cost, reusable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in mid-air in 2019 – a project named The […]
A research team at the University of Zurich and the National Center of Competence in Research Robotics in Switzerland has developed a system that allows drones to navigate autonomously around obstacles and through streets by […]
Drone technology is increasingly being used by first responders such as firefighters, lifeguards and mountain rescue teams. Drones can often be deployed quicker than helicopters and get closer to the terrain to search for missing […]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) plans to release a request for proposals within the next three to six weeks for small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) services, with a maximum award of no more than $300 […]
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, recently announced the launch of the new State Police Unmanned Aerial System program, deploying the first four aerial drones in various locations in upstate New York […]
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