Dual-use drone technology offers new opportunities for drone service providers, manufacturers, and both military and commercial customers. The following is a guest post by Edmond Hennessy, CEO Performance Marketing Group (PMGResults). DRONELIFE neither accepts nor makes payment for guest posts. The previously clear lines between Defense and Commercial technology … [Read more...] about Dual-Use Drone Technology: Closing the Gap Between Military and Commercial Applications
Global Hawk
‘Gobble Hawk’ Wins NASA UAV Design Competition
from IEEE Spectrum NASA is very proud of the Global Hawk UAVs that it uses for environmental monitoring missions like keeping track of hurricanes, among other things. We should know: we visited them last year. But Global Hawks are super expensive (between $130 and $220 million each, depending on whether or not you factor R&D cost into the mix), and while they have … [Read more...] about ‘Gobble Hawk’ Wins NASA UAV Design Competition
Personal Drones Are Flying High With Consumers
[two_third_last][/two_third_last]from Las Vegas Guardian Express The growth of personal drones is flying high with consumers as more and more people use the unmanned flying machines to record everything from activities in oil refineries to people on the beach. However as more and more hobby drones take to the skies, concerns are also flying from critics who say the airborne … [Read more...] about Personal Drones Are Flying High With Consumers
Hurricane Researchers Eye Low-Level Flights to Gauge Strength
from Wall Street Journal Online MIAMI—As hurricane season enters its second week, scientists are gearing up to unleash a new tool that stands to improve their ability to predict intensity, the component of a storm that most confounds forecasters. Hurricane researchers for years have deployed an array of aircraft to help predict a storm's strength and path, from "Hurricane … [Read more...] about Hurricane Researchers Eye Low-Level Flights to Gauge Strength
Drone Enters Kidnapping Search for Boko Haram
On Tuesday, an unmanned aircraft did its first flight in search of the kidnapped girls in Nigeria. According to NBC News, the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone (manufactured by Northrop Grumman for the US Air Force) can stay airborne for 28 hours, has a range of 8,700 miles and can travel at speeds up to 350 mph. The drone joins several manned aircraft in the search for the Boko Haram … [Read more...] about Drone Enters Kidnapping Search for Boko Haram
