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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that one of the instruments the organization developed, a special type of 3D aerial laser, has recently taken off aboard a NASA aircraft, and is currently heading to Alaska and Japan, for a study of active volcanoes.
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3 October 2012
08:52 GMT |
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Investigators from the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in Moffett Field, California, this year participated in an expedition to study the Surprise Valley Fault, a fault line located in northeastern California, alongside the Warner Mountain Range.
Usually, experts use 4WD, all-terrain vehicles, and plain old hiking,... |
26 September 2012
04:45 GMT |
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Rhinos, tigers and elephants living in Nepal can breathe a sigh of relief! Authorities in the small Asian nation are currently learning how to operate a fleet of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), which will be used to monitor wildlife inside two national parks.
The aforementioned species are among the most vuln... |
12 September 2012
10:23 GMT |
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The two Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in NASA's fleet have already begun the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) mission a couple of days ago. One of the aircraft flew from California and to Florida, collecting data on Hurricane Leslie in the process.
The UAV are based at the American space a... |
8 September 2012
04:38 GMT |
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Australian ethicists and law experts say that the wide-scale use of remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) may pose a threat to citizens' privacy. Therefore, they argue, new legislation is required in order to protect this basic right.
There is no argument to be made that UAV and RP... |
5 September 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Both Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) at NASA will be used in early September during the agency's Hurricane Severe Storm Sentinel Mission (HS3). They will conduct a couple of high-altitude, long-duration, unmanned flights over the most severe tropical storms of the season.
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16 August 2012
04:29 GMT |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), such as the Stalker drones used by the US Special Forces, could remain airborne indefinitely, at least in theory. During a recent series of tests, scientists found that lasers could be used to refuel the aircraft mid-flight. Usually, Stalkers are powered by a battery that enables two... |
17 July 2012
11:38 GMT |
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The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at the Edwards Air Force Base, in California, was on June 1st host to the first autonomous flight carried out by the Boeing Company's new unmanned aerial system (UAS), the Phantom Ray. The vehicle managed to fly by itself for 28 minutes, before landing (with some difficul... |
4 June 2012
11:16 GMT |
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The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) airborne mission to monitor the development of tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean will begin in late August and will conclude in early October, covering most of the 2012 hurricane season. The endeavor is being led by NASA. The American space agency and the US National... |
2 June 2012
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are taking important steps towards becoming truly autonomous flying machines. Recently, investigators at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks have announced the development of a visual tracking system small and light enough to fit on such a vehicle.
Researchers led by Ashraf Q... |
29 May 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Investigators from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS, in Duisburg, Germany, may have just made law enforcement agencies' dreams come true. They have recently developed a 3D sensor camera that enables small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to fly without hitting each other.
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4 May 2012
10:24 GMT |
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A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is developing an imaging system that will enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) aboard aircraft carriers to interpret and follow the commands of flight controllers directly, by recognizing their hand motions and gestures. PhD student Yale Song,... |
14 March 2012
10:24 GMT |
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A hydrogen-powered aircraft designed to conduct unmanned, long-range flights has successfully concluded its first, medium-speed taxi test at the Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), in California. The vehicle is being developed by the Boeing Company.
The achievement brings the corporation one step closer to the first test... |
14 March 2012
05:07 GMT |
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One cannot simply look at this video and not think about a future where Terminator-style flying robots soar through the sky, enslaving humans for some obscure purpose. Experts at the University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab were obviously oblivious to this when they create their new quadrotors. These machines are excell... |
3 February 2012
08:31 GMT |
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The X-47B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by Northrop Grumman is about to attempt to conduct a mid-air refueling, a process through which fuel is transferred from a tanker aircraft to the robotic aircraft. If this is successful, then the UAV may gain global coverage.
Northrop developed this aircraft especia... |
27 January 2012
10:55 GMT |
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Even the northern goshawk must observe a theoretical speed limit, experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) argue in a new paper. They say that the bird is one of the most adapt creatures on the planet at low-altitude flying through massive numbers of obstacles. As you'll see in the video em... |
23 January 2012
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Very low-altitude airborne measurements of greenhouse gases were recently made possible by a new unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the American space agency. The aircraft flew over several sites in California and Nevada, collecting relevant pollution data.
The new asset was developed in Moffett Field, California,... |
6 December 2011
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About a week ago, the second X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle took off from the Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), in California, at around 12:43 pm PST (2043 GMT). This was the second prototype of the new drone that flew successfully from California. As a result, the US Navy and Northrop Grumman – the company behind ... |
28 November 2011
11:03 GMT |
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The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System, which was developed by the Northrop Grumman Corporation and the United States Navy, has just been awarded the 2011 Best of What's New (BOWN) award in the Aviation & Space category of Popular Science magazine.
Officials at Northrop are very pleased about getting this nod, si... |
16 November 2011
10:48 GMT |
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This summer saw investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developing an amazing new technology, which allowed experts to control a small rotorcraft over great distances.
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was being handled through an iPhone application, which enabled the user to control the ai... |
8 November 2011
08:55 GMT |
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Officials with Northrop Grumman announce that the American space agency will be using the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) next year, as part of the multi-year Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) survey.The purpose of the program is to study how hurricanes and other types of tropical storms form over t... |
24 October 2011
10:39 GMT |
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Officials at the Northrop Grumman Corporation announce that their X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft took its first flight in a cruise configuration on September 30.
The achievement marks an important milestone for the program, which is developed for the US Navy. Now that the aircraft is prove... |
10 October 2011
09:54 GMT |
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An advanced unmanned aerial vehicle from The Boeing Company took to the skies for the first time on April 27, after having successfully completed a series of taxis flights. The robot has extreme capabilities, and is heralded as the next innovation in unmanned surveillance and combat.
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4 May 2011
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From the lowest layers of the atmosphere to the upper stratosphere, the Atmospheric Science Through Robotic Aircraft (ASTRA) initiative is promising to bring scientists closer to their areas of interest. The collaboration is seeking to improve upon existing technologies, and also to create new ones. The main areas of... |
31 March 2011
08:14 GMT |
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Since in-flight refueling was shown possible, in 1923, the range of aircraft has extended considerably, and their time in the air has been also augmented by a large margin. Now, experts want to extend the same capability to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).These drones are currently incapable of performing mid-flight r... |
30 March 2011
08:47 GMT |
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If you though that only military guys get the chance of playing with cool UAVs then you are pretty much mistaken as the outrageously James Bondish, easy-to-use flying camera, GPS controlled, swinglet CAM seems to prove.
I have to admit that after laying eyes on the demo video provided by senseFly for its winglet C... |
8 November 2010
04:20 GMT |
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Given the large number of signs pointing to the existence of life on the Red Planet, it stands to reason that exploring it even further is the way to go. Experts believe that future studies will be carried out from airplanes.Thus far, Mars has been investigated using landers, rovers and orbiters, and all of these ins... |
7 October 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Experts at the American space agency, who are currently conducting a detailed investigation of what makes tropical storms tick, say that their work is made incredibly easy by an unmanned air drone.NASA is operating a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is generally used by the military for surveillance, ... |
25 September 2010
07:10 GMT |
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Experts at the American space agency have already begun the first stage of the study they plan to conduct throughout this hurricane season, which will see them flying a high-tech airplane straight in the middle of the most impressive storms. The goal is to produce viable data on tropical storms, which may finally hel... |
27 August 2010
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are currently being used for a variety of applications, from surveillance and monitoring to understanding how the planet's atmosphere is structured and keeping an eye on volcanoes. But one of the main limitations these machines have is their “vision,” which is also argu... |
4 May 2010
07:00 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency are proud to announce the successful completion of the first science flight to be performed by a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Using one of its two Global Hawk aircraft, scientists at NASA managed to conduct the first long-duration, high-altitude flight above the Pacific ... |
9 April 2010
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Ubisoft looks keen on bringing back to life the Ghost Recon series, apparently in order to compete directly with the Call of Duty franchise from rival Activision, and with Medal of Honor, also revived. And now a number of fresh details linked with the Future Soldier game have popped, revealing a focus on a near futur... |
2 April 2010
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The American space agency is about to begin a new chapter in its Earth exploration science program, as it prepares to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the first time. The Global Hawk flight system was originally developed for reconnaissance and combat purposes, but engineers at NASA managed to convert one int... |
1 April 2010
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In an event that could mark the beginning of an era, this month will see the first drone flight for scientific purposes. A Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) will take off from California, carrying a number of instruments that will allow it to measure the concentration of ozone, aerosols, and various other par... |
4 March 2010
06:33 GMT |
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In a bid to reduce the physical involvement of military personnel in dangerous surveillance operations in conflict zones, experts have taken to developing new observe-and-report technologies that do not include humans. Their main focus is on the class of machines known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), basically re... |
3 March 2010
18:11 GMT |
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German scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS have recently announced that they are working on a new, all-reflective zoom device. Designed especially for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the technology could make it possible to operate measuring equipment that is free of chromatic aberr... |
18 January 2010
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In spite of the advanced technological means at their disposal, researchers analyzing some of the harshest regions of Antarctica still can't get to where they need to be. If they do, however, they cannot endure at those extremely dangerous locations for longer. For the first time, scientists have now been able t... |
16 December 2009
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Between November 16 and 17, the Ion Tiger managed to fly for 26 straight hours carrying a 5-pound (2.5-kilogram) payload, and setting a new, unofficial record. The small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) uses hydrogen fuel cells for power, and appears to be making good use of them too. The advanced aircraft was designed and... |
1 December 2009
06:25 GMT |
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Over recent years, robotic spy planes and unmanned drones have helped armies around the world take the best decisions for a specific situation on the battlefield. This ability stems from the fact that these aircrafts are perfectly capable of supplying their commanders with live feeds from the hot spot. Now, innovatio... |
21 November 2009
02:13 GMT |
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To military applications, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are becoming increasingly indispensable and useful. These aircraft, which are currently flown by remote controls, are able to reach dangerous areas that are deemed too hazardous for human pilots. Their small sizes also make them difficult to detect with convent... |
16 November 2009
03:11 GMT |
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Perhaps the most famous aerospace corporation, Boeing, has come up with a new craft supposed to be able to stay aloft, depending on the altitude, from about ten days to nearly a whole month. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) will be powered by a patented hydrogen fuel system and will have a wide range of applications... |
27 November 2008
06:32 GMT |
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The future of aviation looks bright, aircraft constructors say, in the light of the fact that, next year, a new 1.5 ton aircraft, powered entirely by the sun, will complete a first-of-its-kind test flight. The plane is being built in order to prove that using solar energy to power up airplanes is a sustainable proces... |
18 November 2008
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It has always been difficult for any kind of flying machine to fly close to the ground in crowded environment conditions, meaning close to buildings, pillars, trees or cables. But a group of technicians from the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh led by roboticist Sanjiv Singh have managed to build an uncrewed ... |
10 November 2008
11:12 GMT |
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The Pentagon has decided: out with the Northrup Grumman project and in with Manassas Vulture high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle. The Vulture will be used by the Pentagon as a surveillance and communications aircraft, which can be repositioned on an area of interest and fly high enough to capture a wide view image ... |
23 April 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Those of you who have played the game know what I'm talking about. You know, the small UAV's wondering through the buildings and outside, keeping an eye on you at all time, taking pictures, alerting the authorities towards your location when you break the law... You got the idea. Well, as it turns out, the ... |
26 March 2008
05:55 GMT |
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It is the first time when an unpiloted Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle is used in the antarctic continent to gather data of the harsh environment. The UAV was developed by a British-German collaboration between the British Antarctic Survey and the Technical University of Braunschweig, and it has completed successfully al... |
21 March 2008
11:12 GMT |
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The 'bat' is only the latest of the series of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - UAV for short - designed to gather information about enemy sites and urban combat zones, capable of relaying data related to sight, sound and smell back to the command post to be used as intelligence. The 'bat' has been desig... |
14 March 2008
09:36 GMT |
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The future of air combat will make the classical dogfight obsolete. The times of air aces like the Red Baron - the most successful fighter pilot of f World War I, credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories - are gone, and the next flying aces will be unmanned drones, hunting and killing ground enemies while bein... |
22 June 2007
10:45 GMT |
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Are you in pursuit of the big one? Well, here it is. It looks like a fish, but it's not swimming. It's actually flying! Of course fish can fly! HyFish is a cell-powered UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that's shaped after the ocean's fastest swimmers: the Tuna (ahem). Due to its shape, the Tuna is pr... |
12 April 2007
10:34 GMT |
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Have you ever wanted to see a flying saucer with your own eye? Well, forget about going to New Mexico. You can have your own...that's if you work for the US government of course. It's not made by "ze"Russians, don't worry! British Geoff Hatton, a former hovercraft engineer, had designed a real flying ... |
11 April 2007
09:29 GMT |
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