Chinese UAV Development Slowly Outpacing West

 

China’s UAV development appears to have bypassed the cottage industry stage where many Western UAV programs find their roots and has emerged onto the high-tech stage as if it appeared out a fog. (Read More)

España: Guirre UAV presenta UAVs en FEAGA 2013

 

Una empresa majorera, Guirre UAV, presentó en Feaga 2013 las distintas soluciones que ofrecen sus dos vehículos no tripulados en distintos ámbitos como el medioambiente, los usos del suelo, las obras públicas y privadas o la planificación y ordenación del territorio. Los dos socios de Guirre UAV explican como "a partir de las imágenes captadas desde el aire y luego procesadas mediante un programa informático, es posible georeferenciar cualquier terreno, conseguir una ortofoto digital de una superficie de gran tamaño, o incluso reproducir en 3D un espacio con relieves". (Leer más)

Chile adquiere a BlueBird Aero Systems el mini UAV SpyLite

 

La compañía BlueBird Aero Systems ha sido adjudicataria del contrato de compra por parte del Ejército de Chile del mini UAV SpyLite, superando a las empresas competidoras en el concurso en prestaciones y precio ofertado.  (Leer más)

España: Nitrofirex presenta en Francia su UAV capaz de combatir incendios por la noche

La empresa española Nitrofirex ha presentado su avión no tripulado (UAV) capaz de combatir los incendios forestales por la noche en el Foro Europeo de Lucha Contraincendios en el ámbito Aéreo, que se ha celebrado en Aix-en- Provence, en Francia, los días 10 y 11 de abril. La propuesta española fue presentada por Alexander Burwitz, gerente de operaciones de Nitrofirex y piloto con más de 12 años de experiencia en extinción aérea de incendios. (Leer más)

Afghanistan: Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System to provide ISR

 

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV) announces the delivery of the Rev-1 version of the Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS), for deployment to Afghanistan. STMPAS is suitable for surveillance, communications relay and research for DOD and Homeland Security missions. (Read more)

 

 

 

Tiny Fiber Optic Gyro in New Movie Camera Platform

 

Dramatic, high-resolution views of seacoasts and skyscrapers make for awe-inspiring film sequences, but as anyone who has ever held a video camera or smartphone knows, the key is a steady camera. A new advanced five-axis gyro-stabilized camera platform, called the C520, was developed by a California company called Gyro-Stabilized Systems (GSS) to suit the needs of sports production companies, movie production companies, broadcast media, law enforcement agencies, surveillance operations, and utility companies. The C520 was designed to accommodate a range of cameras that shoot at 4K resolution, producing images in ultra HD, nearly four times the resolution of regular (1080) HD. Last month, GSS engineers spent more than six hours on a Bell 407 helicopter, achieving perfectly stable 4K Ultra HD footage from the C520. Gyro stabilization is the cure for the common bump or shake that creates distorted images or reduced clarity, but not all stabilizing systems are equal. (Read more)

 

US tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight

Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by surveillance aircraft, hoping any chance of prosecuting them will vanish with the drugs sinking to the bottom of the sea. (Read more)