On Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a proposal for laws governing unmanned
aerial vehicles in the US.
Commercial use of unmanned
aerial vehicles in U.S. airspace was banned by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2007, although growing numbers of hobbyists have been toying with the use of drones, particularly for aerial photography.
As debate over the use of unmanned
aerial vehicles in the U.S. rages on, a fashion designer introduces clothing that blocks drone - mounted infrared cameras
Aerial vehicles in another typical category gain thrust power by rotating multiple propellers.
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect and researcher Ammar Mirjan explains how drones could be programmed to construct buildings in the first of two movies about the use of unmanned
aerial vehicles in architecture.
Nsphere drone can fly like a copter type
aerial vehicle in the vertical flight mode, and like a fixed - wing type
aerial vehicle in the horizontal flight mode.
Not exact matches
Drones — or unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs),
in the industry's preferred parlance — are inspecting smoke stacks and monitoring seal populations, and will soon explore the insides of active volcanoes.
According to Gabriel's father, Fernando, his son became interested
in UAVs, or unmanned
aerial vehicles, a few months ago after seeing YouTube postings of personal drone footage — everything from drones flying through fireworks displays and capturing
aerial views of killer whales
in British Columbia's Johnson Strait to police activity on the streets of California and kids surfing monster waves
in Newport Beach.
Orbital Corporation has received its first order for a batch of engines and propulsion systems for Boeing's ScanEagle unmanned
aerial vehicle project,
in a deal worth $ 12 million.
Unmanned
aerial vehicles have become a fixture on the battlefield
in Syria, as both the US, Syria, Iran, and Russia all have operated weaponized and unarmed surveillance drones there.
The increase
in drone incidents makes sense given the increasing popularity of the unmanned
aerial vehicles.
In what's being characterized as the closest encounter yet between an unmanned
aerial vehicle and a civilian aircraft, an Air France plane last month came within 16 feet of colliding with a drone.
The company is expanding its role
in the logistics industry with drone technology that could ultimately see the unmanned
aerial vehicles deliver products to customer homes.
As
in automotive racing, teams construct their own
vehicles within a certain set of specifications —
in this case multi-propeller unmanned
aerial vehicles — and then pilot them around a course.
The EHang 184 autonomous
aerial vehicle is unveiled at the EHang booth at CES International, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016,
in Las Vegas.
No tool of war has come further
in the last 25 years than drones, or unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs).
«The $ 5 fee to cover administrative costs may prevent users from registering for both convenience and cost, especially
in the case of small toy - like UAVs [unmanned
aerial vehicle],» said a statement from the Small UAV Coalition, a drone advocacy group that includes Amazon (AMZN), Google (GOOG), and drone manufacture DJI.
They're buzzing overhead
in yards all over Silicon Valley, but the most impactful applications of unmanned
aerial vehicles — a.k.a. drones — are for business.
The companies are pushing lawmakers to allow for experimental testing of drone delivery
in sparsely populated areas and more research and development of delivery plans, according to Michael E. Drobac, a leader of Akin Gump's unmanned
aerial vehicle lobbying practice, which represents Amazon.
Israeli defense companies will lose a market that is set to make massive procurements
in the coming years, including state - of - the - art radars, unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV), electronic warfare systems, and missile interceptors such as Israel's Iron Dome and Magic Wand.
Initially, the development of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV) was an exclusively military affair; only
in recent times have civilian drone developers started to appear on the scene.
Decides that,
in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations,
in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned
aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;
In fact you can argue that this administration's done more against the Pakistani Taliban with the Drones and UAV's (unmanned
aerial vehicle) that the president a year ago authorized to be used.
• Earlier this summer, the Legislature passed a ban on using camera - mounted drones
in county parks, saying the unmanned
aerial vehicles posed a threat to residents» privacy.
• A research and development center for unmanned
aerial and ground systems, with special emphasis on the development of systems that will allow unmanned
aerial vehicles to safely fly
in the nation's commercial airspace.
MPs have today called for an improvement
in the way the Ministry of Defence (MoD) uses unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs)
in battle.
The 174th Fighter Wing based at Hancock Field
in Syracuse is about to begin operating an unmanned
aerial vehicle, the MQ - 9, out of Fort Drum.
He said the state will provide $ 30 million for the headquarters, which he said would be involved
in the region's emerging unmanned
aerial vehicle research and development sector.
Continued advances
in unmanned
aerial vehicle technology have profound implications regarding the nature of modern warfare
Taranis is the UK government's response to the dominance of US technology
in the uncrewed
aerial vehicle (UAV) market, where aircraft such as the General Atomics Predator reign supreme.
It holds
in body heat that would burn bright for infrared cameras — a characteristic that could prove attractive to those who do not want unmanned
aerial vehicles spying on them.
Through this operational process, the Nsphere drone can make agile movements
in ways that might not be attained by other
aerial vehicles.
Aerial vehicle with independently controlled wings demonstrates the capability
in executing vertical and horizontal flight modes, as well as vertical take - off and landing.
Professor Dongsoo Har and his team
in Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Green Transportation
in Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) lately developed an
aerial vehicle that is able to control the main wings separately and independently.
Actual flight of the
aerial vehicle carrying out all possible types of flight modes is shown
in the accompanying image.
THE hobbyist was testing the camera on board his small uncrewed
aerial vehicle (UAV), when he spotted it: a creek
in Dallas, Texas, running red with blood.
But for this study the scientists employed relatively modest drones — or unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV)-- to survey the darkened ice belt
in unprecedented detail.
One of the biggest advances
in recent years is the Coyote drone, a 7 - pound unmanned
aerial vehicle packed with sensors and a GPS device.
Called 2Seas, the unmanned
aerial vehicle will soon be flying surveillance missions
in the North Sea and English Channel.
With several groups showing interest
in the technology — including NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and companies that produce unmanned
aerial vehicles — Cadogan might be aiming too low when he says the sky is the limit for these wings.
The Uninhabited
Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, or UAVSAR, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California, was carried
in a specialized pod on NASA's C - 20A.
The team, at NASA's Langley Research Center
in Hampton, Virginia, is looking at the idea initially as a potential unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV).
However, the Department of Defense is now cultivating another type of unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) for use
in combat planning, designed to soar high above the battlefield for so - called ISR (intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance) missions.
The military already uses unmanned
aerial vehicles for reconnaissance or to attack enemy targets, and DARPA has sponsored several contests
in recent years to determine the feasibility of developing autonomic ground transportation.
To protect people from these weapons, the U.S. military increasingly relies on robotic bomb detection and disposal units (
in addition to the scores of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) overhead with reconnaissance and strike capabilities), creating life - and - death combat relationships between man and machine that will only deepen and proliferate over time.
A West Virginia University mathematics researcher has developed an algorithm to mobilize unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs)
in team missions.
Flying robots (aka unmanned
aerial vehicles, or drones) to check power lines or deliver emergency aid have become an important and controversial part of military capacity
in recent years.
Researchers continue to improve instrument hardware and data processing and are looking ahead to mapping more glaciers
in the future, which will likely involve small, unmanned
aerial vehicles.
Unmanned
aerial vehicles, or drones, can collect detailed information
in real time at relatively low cost for ecological research.
Andreas Raptopoulos is co-founder and CEO of Matternet, a company
in Palo Alto, California, that is dedicated to using unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) for vital transport networks