Kids To Create The 'Helicopter Of The Future' In Scholarship Competition
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. has launched the 5th annual Sikorsky Helicopter 2050 Program and Challenge, which asks children, ages 9-16, to create an eco-friendly helicopter of the future that addresses potential challenges of 2050.
The First Data Analysis App Store For The Drone Industry
The Algorithm Marketplace, launched Wednesday in BETA, provides automated analysis of aerial data acquired by UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). Using sophisticated algorithms, drone operators no longer need a background in geographic information system (GIS) or remote sensing to interpret their aerial data, instead, the marketplace provides an action-based report to improve management of assets.
Kaman Corporation has resumed production of commercial K-MAX heavy-lift utility helicopters. The aircraft will be manufactured at Kaman’s Jacksonville, Florida and Bloomfield, Connecticut facilities and production and hiring for the program has already begun. The first new helicopter is expected to be delivered in early-2017.
It was supposed to have been a fairly straightforward photo shoot. Huntington Beach, California-based Lucky7Drones was shooting a training video with a DJI Phantom 3 quadcopter, when a neighbor comes into the street and swats the aircraft, which is hovering at about 3 feet, out of the air.
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