A unique, civil unmanned aircraft with remote control developed by Czech company Primoco UAV SE is coming to the international market. The UAV flies independently with the help of pre-programmed flight plans and provides wide range of options to be used together with additional specialised equipment that it can carry and use during the flight. The aircraft can be equipped to … [Read more...] about Primoco UAV Announces Europe’s Largest Commercial Drone
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Behind the Scenes With Facebook’s New Solar-Powered Internet Drone
(Source: entrepreneur.com) Facebook has made no bones about wanting to blanket the planet with Internet connectivity, and it’s developed a huge, solar-powered aircraft to help it do so. The unmanned aircraft, called Aquila, has the wingspan of a Boeing 737, but weighs “about the third of a [Toyota] Prius car,” said Facebook vice president of infrastructure engineering … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes With Facebook’s New Solar-Powered Internet Drone
Facebook Will Test Solar-Powered Internet Drones
Facebook’s future status may be in the sky. The social media giant unveiled plans today to test solar-powered drones that could potentially connect the whole world with Internet service. “Our intention is not to be an operator” Facebook’s VP of engineering Jay Parikh said at a press conference in Menlo Park. “We’re not going to be ‘Facebook ISP.'” The Aquila drones, … [Read more...] about Facebook Will Test Solar-Powered Internet Drones
How Drones Can Improve Medical Care Access
(Source: Washington Post) Drones seem perfect for quick and fast delivery of all sorts of cargo. So why not biomedical specimens? Well, before the medical community goes down that road, researchers with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine wanted to know whether an actual drone flight, including a shaky takeoff and bumpy landing, would affect the … [Read more...] about How Drones Can Improve Medical Care Access
Solar Powered UAV Sets New Endurance Record With 81 Hour Flight
(Source: atlantiksolar.ethz.ch) Two weeks after having demonstrated AtlantikSolar’s first 24-hour flight , the fixed-wing team of ETH Zurich’s Autonomous Systems Lab has reached another milestone: A continuous flight of its 6.8kg AtlantikSolar Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that spanned a total of 2316km and 81.5 hours (4 days and 3 nights) and has broken the flight endurance … [Read more...] about Solar Powered UAV Sets New Endurance Record With 81 Hour Flight
