Aero-News Network: The aviation and aerospace world's daily/real-time news and information service
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Hide/Show Archive Navigation.

All News

August 31, 2020

Pilots? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Pilots! Autonomous Flights Reported

$33.5 Million in Venture Capital Funding Dedicated to Transform Aviation

Reliable Robotics has reportedly achieved successful test flights of remote-piloted passenger airplanes in United States airspace. In the first flight, the pilot pressed a button on a remote user interface and an unmanned four passenger Cessna 172 Skyhawk (C172) automatically taxied, took off, and landed. Most recently, the company demonstrated fully automated remote landing of an even larger aircraft, the Cessna 208 Caravan (C208), capable of carrying 14 passengers. “By bringing advanced automation to aviation, we will deliver higher safety, reliability and convenience for cargo operators and eventually for passengers," said Robert Rose, Co-founder and CEO of Reliable

Read More

FLIR Systems Introduces Vue TZ20 Dual Thermal Camera Drone Payload

Built For The DJI Matrice V2 200 Series And Matrice 300 Airframes

The FLIR Vue TZ20 is the first high resolution, dual thermal sensor gimbal built for the DJI Matrice V2 200 Series and Matrice 300 airframes. Ideal for public safety teams—including police, fire, and search and rescue—as well as industrial and critical infrastructure inspectors, the Vue TZ20 gives drone pilots the situational awareness they need to complete their missions. Featuring both a wide-angle Boson sensor with a 95-degree field of view and a narrow-angle Boson with a 19-degree field of view, the Vue TZ20 enables pilots to put more pixels on target with ease. With 640x512 resolution and a 20-times digital thermal zoom capability, pilots can safely capture thermal

Read More




Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

AeroTwitter

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC