Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., selected the company to provide mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) and other commercial information services at its Prudhoe Bay oil field, the largest oil field in North America, for a five-year period. The contract marks the first time unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will be performing
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Aurora Flight Sciences’ Skate Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS) recently traveled to Peru in support of Vanderbilt University’s efforts at the Mawchu Llacta archeological site. Aerial survey operations using Skate(R) consisted of routine survey flights at altitudes above 13,000 ft. MSL using a High Definition (HD) camera to capture still images.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), will be used August 21-23 to monitor Missouri River bank erosion on the Lower Brule Reservation, S.D. The flights, conducted for a second time by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Environmental Protection Office, will occur along a 7-mile stretch of Missouri River shoreline near
