SALINA — Students studying unmanned aircraft systems at the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus are receiving a rare flight experience in some of their courses that is positioning them at the forefront of the drone industry. Kansas State Polytechnic's...
UAS Colorado Joins Wohnrade Civil Engineers for Great Sand Dunes National Park Mapping Project
Denver, Colorado – January 24, 2017 – UAS Colorado is pleased to announce the completion of an innovative mapping project using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in south central Colorado. This project was a...
UAS and Aviation Expert Susan Roberts Joins Ondas Networks to Lead Strategy and Business Development Efforts in UAS and Aviation Markets
NANTUCKET, Mass.- Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS), a developer of software-based wireless broadband technology for large established and emerging industrial markets (“Ondas†or the “Companyâ€), announced today that Susan Roberts has joined the Company as a...
UAE Space Agency Commits to Earth Observation
At the Second Eye on Earth Summit, which was held Oct. 6-8, 2015, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UAE Space Agency highlighted the importance of satellite and space technology for environmental-monitoring purposes.
UAE Launches Next-Gen GPS-Less Navigation and Secure Flight Control to Strengthen Aviation Security
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - As dual-use technologies increasingly drive economies of scale worldwide, ADASI, a leader in UAV system manufacturing, has announced their adoption of two advanced autonomous flight technologies by Abu Dhabi’s VentureOne: Perceptra, a...
UAE Drones for Good Award Accepting Entries
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.
U.S.-Argentine Satellite Mission Measures Ocean Salt
The Aquarius mission is painting a picture of ocean salinity”the amount of dissolved salt in the water”which is critical to many ocean aspects, ranging from climate to the global water cycle.
U.S. Water Supply Faces Challenges
Nearly a decade of gravity measurements from NASA's twin GRACE Earth observation satellites show that some parts of the United States could face hard times in coming years.
U.S. Using Satellite Data to Map Alaska, Arctic
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center are collaborating to use high-resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe, processed with NSF-supported advanced computing resources, to produce improved, publicly available Digital Elevation Models of Alaska by mid-2016 and the entire Arctic by the end of 2016.
U.S. State Department Eyes Its Own Drones
The State Department wants to acquire its own fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles to help protect diplomats posted to Iraq and other dangerous countries.
