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Robot Gliders About To Embark
The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences is about to launch a fleet of 9 robotic gliders into the Atlantic ocean.
The gliders can last for weeks or months and only consume as much energy as a bicycle light. They navigate between the surface and up to 1,000 ft underwater in a see saw pattern while collecting [...]
RQ-4 Global Hawk Deployed To Haiti
A RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV (Unmanned Ariel Vehicle) was on the way to Afghanistan and has been re-routed to Haiti. The Global Hawk is a surveillance aircraft capable of covering up to 40,000 miles a day.
This drone will provide overhead views of the situation in Haiti and the photos will be freely available online. To [...]
Drones Over Houston
I’m not sure how old this video is. One commenter states it is 2 years old.
That being said, it seems like the Houston police are using an Insitu ScanEagle to spy on it’s residents.
The news team from KPR2 in Houston followed the drone in a helicopter and was told by the police they were in [...]
Tactical Information Craft
The most recent UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) from Theiss Aviation is the TIC or Tactical Information Craft.
This company has been awarded several contracts already, including a contract from NASA and one from the Air Force Research Laboratories.
The new model TIC costs around $6,000 and can potentially be launched from the trunk of a car. It [...]
Scarlet Knight Completes Atlantic Crossing
The Scarlet Knight is a UAV (Underwater Authonomous Vehicle) from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Last Friday it completed its underwater journey and landed in Spain. Scarlet Knight was deployed on April 27th on the New Jersey shore and since then has traveled more than 4,600 miles to reach its final destination in Spain. This marks [...]