Auburn University's unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight school is getting up and running following approval by the Federal Aviation Authority in April 2015. Auburn's Aviation Center has been teaching flight training for more than 75 years, and the school has embraced this next generation of commercial interest.
The 2016 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Drones for Good Award is accepting online video and proposal submissions until Nov. 1, 2015. Initially developed in 2014, the award features a $1 million cash prize and is dedicated to transforming these exciting technologies into practical solutions for improving people's lives.
Human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there’s little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them, according to two new studies led by UC Irvine that use data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment...
Sharp-eyed mini robots that will protect the International Space Station and repair defunct satellites have been flight-tested aboard the space station.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is developing a map of the world, comprising geographic-based intelligence and information from many intelligence sources.
Topcon Positioning Group released two unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) for aerial mapping applications: the Sirius Pro and Sirius Basic fixed-wing aircraft systems.
Airbus Defence and Space announced the Zephyr 7 High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite, a type of unmanned aircraft, recently completed its most demanding mission to date.
Radar images from the European Space Agency's newly launched Sentinel-1A satellite have been used to map the rupture caused by the largest earthquake to shake northern California in 25 years.
Being a U.S. spy satellite in the 1960s wasn't easy”it meant dropping its photos in a special film bucket capsule from space, which the U.S. Air Force then had to catch in mid-air.
Yellowstone National Park no longer takes a slap-on-the-wrist approach to people who violate its ban on camera drones. It could result in a $5,000 fine and/or six months in jail.
