There is a giant unmanned aerial vehicle under development in the US that is designed to compete with satellites, flying at the edge of space.
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Mind over UAV
Researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have developed a new non-invasive system that allows people to control a flying robot using only their mind. The study goes far beyond fun and games and has the potential to help people who are paralysed or have neuro-degenerative diseases. The study has been […]
Trimble launches next-gen UAV
Trimble recently introduced its next-generation Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
Land Surveys certified for UAV mapping system
Land Surveys is now fully operational with the latest innovation in surveying technology, claiming to become one of the first Australian surveying companies to offer an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mapping service. Recently granted operational approval from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Land Surveys’ new UAV mapping systems will complement the company’s traditional […]
Position Partners lands Sirius UAV in Australasia
Position Partners is bringing in a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Australasian civil construction, survey, mining and agricultural industries – the Sirius UAV by MAVinci. Designed for a wide range of survey applications, the Sirius UAV is a fixed-wing structure ideal for corridor-mapping roads, pipelines and power lines, calculating stockpile volumes, […]
NASA’s micro aerial vehicles are the new UAVs
The 20cm, 15 gram Prox Dynamics PD-100 Black Hornet may be the world’s smallest operational drone. Researchers led by Roland Brockers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have developed a micro aerial vehicle (MAV) that uses a camera pointed at the ground to navigate and pick landing spots. It can even identify […]
Coptercam issued with UAV Operator Certificate
Western Australian UAV company, Coptercam, was recently issued with an UAV Operator Certificate from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). Previously the exclusive domain of the military, unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs” or “Drones”) have gained in popularity and are being applied in a growing number of civilian and commercial uses around the world […]
AEROmetrex and Hawkeye-UAV sign distributor agreement
Australian-owned AEROmetrex, digital aerial data acquisition and processing provider, and New Zealand company Hawkeye-UAV, have signed a distributor agreement for AEROmetrex to market Hawkeye-UAV technology and imagery throughout Australia. The range of activities to be undertaken by AEROmetrex includes sales of the RQ-84Z AreoHawk UAV system as well as technical support, assistance with […]
Position Partners introduces new UAV
Position Partners has signed an agreement to become the Australian distributors of Gatewing products, including the recently launched Gatewing X100 unmanned aerial vehicle. Gatewing, headquartered in Belgium, recently launched its X100 UAV system to provide automated aerial photography and digital terrain mapping for a wide range of spatial and mapping applications, including mining, […]
UAVs checking health of Tassie crops
The University of Tasmania's Terraluma team is using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to check the health of farmers' crops, in the hope of being able to provide a commercial crop mapping service. Using a UAV known as the ‘oktocopter’, the researchers are hoping to gather useful data on how the crops look at […]
