A drone with a 150-foot wingspan just completed a 72-hour endurance trial near the English town of Farnborough. A solar-electric, fixed-wing drone, the PHASA-35 completed trials earlier this month in a simulated environment designed to model harsh stratospheric conditions. A collaborative effort by BAE Systems, Prismatic and the UK’s Defence Science and Technology … [Read more...] about British Team Completes 72 Hour Drone Flight Test
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Swift HALE Drone Reaches New Heights with NASA
Swift Engineering is banking on the success of the high altitude long endurance (HALE) drone system. In partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center, Swift recently completed a maiden flight at New Mexico's Spaceport America. The project also performed a full-system UAS check, as well as validating the drone’s configuration for high-altitude continuous surveillance … [Read more...] about Swift HALE Drone Reaches New Heights with NASA
Woolpert Deploys Survey Drones for Colorado DOT
An architectural/engineering firm is using survey drones to make Colorado highways safer. Engineering firm Felsburg Holt & Ullevig brought in Woolpert to complete drone surveys for a right-of-way project in Castle Rock, Colo. Using a process known as InRoads Terrain Modeling Survey System, the Colorado Department of Transportation project will use the imagery and mapping … [Read more...] about Woolpert Deploys Survey Drones for Colorado DOT
Commercial UAV Expo Wants You To Speak at Their Events in The US and Europe!
Have a story to tell about your use of drones or the technologies that make the applications better? Commercial UAV Expo Americas and Commercial UAV Expo Europe just announce a call for speakers for their 2020 events. Topics of interest include both vertical market segments (Agriculture, Inspection, Mining, etc.) and/or usage of technology (Big Data, machine learning, etc. … [Read more...] about Commercial UAV Expo Wants You To Speak at Their Events in The US and Europe!
Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer Surveillance Drone Takes Off
Italian aerospace and defense giant Leonardo has confirmed the maiden flight of its new Falco Xplorer drone. The Falco Xplorer drone is a Remotely-Piloted Air System (RPAS) that offers persistent, multi-sensor strategic surveillance. It's also the largest surveillance aircraft the company has ever built, with a maximum take-off weight of 1.3 tons and an operating ceiling … [Read more...] about Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer Surveillance Drone Takes Off
