According to a report in the Military Times, a Gannett Company, a K-MAX unmanned helicopter crashed June 5th in Afghanistan while resupplying Marines. The crash occurred at a landing zone just northeast of Camp Leatherneck while the UAV was in the final stages of delivering cargo. The aircraft was in autonomous mode without the input [...]
In April of this year, the state of Alaska tabled its bill in favor of a joint Concurrent Resolution (HCR006C) that creates a legislative task force charged with reviewing regulations and operational guidance and making recommendations for a comprehensive state policy for unmanned aircraft that protects privacy and allows the use of (UAS) for public [...]
Join the AMA in support of EAA’s efforts to oppose the FAA’s decision to charge EAA for air traffic services during AirVenture. This policy will impact similar events around the country as well. By threatening to deny air traffic services to the busiest airport in the world without a hefty bill, FAA is signaling that general [...]
As the legislative season for most states winds to a close, Texas, Tennessee and Illinois passed new state legislation aimed at restricting the use of unmanned aircraft (‘drones’) within their respective states. On May 28th, the Texas State Legislature passed and sent to the Governor House Bill 912 which makes it an offense to use [...]
Young modeler Dakota Peak has recently developed a video about the recent controversy with drones. His entertaining video, featuring fictional character Dr. Nowitall is part of series created by Dakota. His video, entitled “Dr. Nowitall 4: Constitutionality of Toys,” describes how military drones could negatively affect the use of recreational remotely controlled aircraft. Report This [...]
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Scientists in the US have created a robot the size of a fly that is able to perform the agile maneuvers of the ubiquitous insects Dr Kevin Ma from Harvard University and his team, led by Dr Robert Wood, say they have made the world’s smallest flying robot. It also has the fly-like agility that [...]
As reported by National Public Radio… “Americans are suspicious of drones. Reports of the unmanned aerial vehicles’ use in war zones have raised concerns about what they might do here at home. For instance, in Seattle earlier this year, a public outcry forced the police department to abandon plans for eye-in-the-sky UAV helicopters.” The backlash [...]
UAH Students’ Octocopter An Aerial Option For Storm Surveys “The perspective gained with aerial surveillance has become an integral part of weather service analysis after the storm. ‘Especially when we’re dealing with larger tornadoes, more violent tornadoes with longer tracks because it gives us a bigger, a better perspective of the damage in more of the [...]
Navy Funded, ADS-B based Autonomous, Sense and Avoid-With Pilot Overide Successfully Demonstrated… Two Navy Tiger Shark UAS, with Piccolo autopilots, and AWSAS R3′s All Weather Sense and Avoid System, successfully conducted autonomous avoidance maneuvers over five days. The tests also demonstrate AWSAS as “middle ware” using different airframes, autopilots and different Sense and Avoid Software [...]
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