DENVER, April 30, 2018 -Â UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced the release of its new TASE250 optical payload system for small UAS (unmanned aerial system) applications. The TASE250 is part of the company's existing...
Unmanned Copter Shows Promise for Radiation Monitoring
A large semi-autonomous drone capable of monitoring radiation levels after a release of nuclear material in the environment has been developed by Bristol University researchers.
Unmanned Aircraft Zooms in on Sea Grass, Coral Reefs
Unmanned aircraft maker MLB Company finished a high-resolution assessment of sea grass and coral reef carbon dynamics to better understand the vulnerability of near-shore environments.
Unmanned Aircraft Tested for Oil Spill Response
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles will have a new role in oil spill response capabilities in Alaska.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Experts and Major Firms are set to Present at the 9th Annual UAS Summit
GRAND FORKS, ND, August 27, 2015 — UAS Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 9th annual UAS Summit, the upper Midwest’s premier unmanned aircraft systems event produced by UAS Magazine, in collaboration with the Red River Valley Research...
Unmanned aircraft systems are DoD’s deadly darlings, but how soon will friendly ones penetrate the civil market?
By Jeff Specht, Publisher, Earth Imaging Journal The mere words "Predator armed with Hellfire missiles" are enough to strike fear in the heart of any terrorist seeking refuge in the Afghanistan or Pakistan countryside. Stealthy and surgically precise, the Predator...
Unmanned Aircraft Show Promise for Firefighters
A hose, a ladder, an axe, protective gear, a truck, a personal locator device, an unmanned aircraft system Could this be the next technology breakthrough in urban firefighting?
Unmanned Aircraft Series Sets Record for Mission Hours Flown in One Week
SAN DIEGO, May 28, 2014—Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, set a new record for mission hours flown in one week, logging 665 hours...
Unmanned Aircraft Reach New Heights with Warsaw Polytechnic & Lockheed Martin Partnership
WARSAW, Poland, March 20, 2014—Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw Polytechnic) will jointly conduct an advanced applied research program in the field of integration between manned and unmanned airborne platform systems. The program adds...
Unmanned Aircraft Partnership Reaches Major Milestone
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 29, 2014—A team of research students and staff from Warsaw University of Technology have successfully demonstrated the first phase of flight test and integration of unmanned aircraft platforms with an autonomous mission control system. The...
