Monthly Archives: March 2014

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  Reuters: Kenya to Use UAS to Fight Elephant, Rhino Poachers

  Posted on March 26, 2014 by auvsiadmin in Environmental Protection, News, Spotlight on Programs.

  Reuters: Kenya to Use UAS to Fight Elephant, Rhino Poachers     Kenya plans to deploy surveillance drones to help fight elephant and rhino poachers and has introduced stiffer penalties for offenders, officials said on Tuesday. Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa where well-armed criminal gangs have killed elephants for tusks and [...]

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  USA Today: Growing Use of UAS Poised to Transform Agriculture

  Posted on March 24, 2014 by auvsiadmin in Advancing Agriculture, News.

  USA Today: Growing Use of UAS Poised to Transform Agriculture Drones are quickly moving from the battlefield to the farmer’s field — on the verge of helping growers oversee millions of acres throughout rural America and saving them big money in the process. While much of the attention regarding drones has focused recently on Amazon [...]

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  Gizmodo: How Delivery UAS Could Save Lives in Africa

  Posted on March 20, 2014 by auvsiadmin in Enhancing Public Safety, News.

  Gizmodo: How Delivery UAS Could Save Lives in Africa   What the first thing you think of when you hear the word “drone?” It might be killing machines . Or reconnaissance quadcopters . Or maybe a honey bee. But for a countless number of people in Africa, it could be a flying packmule with life-saving [...]

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  The Guardian: China deploys UAS on polluting industries

  Posted on March 20, 2014 by auvsiadmin in Environmental Protection, News.

  The Guardian: China deploys UAS on polluting industries   China is using drones to spy on polluting industries in its attempts to battle the lung-choking smog that frequently engulfs many of its cities. The deputy minister of environmental protection, Zhai Qing said drones have recently been used in Beijing, Shanxi and Hebei provinces to inspect [...]

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  SF Gate: UAS to deliver drugstore items in the Mission?

  Posted on March 15, 2014 by auvsiadmin in News.

  SF Gate: UAS to deliver drugstore items in the Mission? For one brief shining moment, commercial drones are now legal in U.S. skies, thanks to a court decision this month that slapped down the Federal Aviation Administration’s attempt to ground them. A San Francisco company has leaped on the opportunity, gearing up to offer drone [...]

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  The Nature Conservancy: Of UAS and Cranes: UAS Technology Aids California Bird Conservation

  Posted on March 10, 2014 by auvsiadmin in News.

  Of UAS and Cranes: UAS Technology Aids California Bird Conservation Counting Sandhill Cranes can be a real challenge. How do you estimate the number of birds that gather by the thousands each evening? A new technology has great potential to help. Enter the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) – a technology you might better know as [...]

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  Nat Geo: So You Want to Shoot Aerial Photography Using UAS?

  Posted on March 7, 2014 by auvsiadmin in News.

  Nat Geo: So You Want to Shoot Aerial Photography Using UAS?   If there is a question that gets asked over and over in the many emails I get in response to my Drones and Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Special Series, it is ¨What gear and components do you use in your on-going process of [...]

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  Quartz: China plans to unleash smog-killing UAS to zap its pollution

  Posted on March 5, 2014 by auvsiadmin in Environmental Protection, News.

  Quartz: China plans to unleash smog-killing UAS to zap its pollution   On March 5, China’s premier, Li Keqiang, announced a “war on pollution“—evidence that the highest levels of government have acknowledged that China’s smog and dirty air have reached a crisis point. And what better way to launch a war on pollution then with [...]

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• Sacramento Bee: UAS Now Doing Business in the Skies Above You

  Posted on March 3, 2014 by auvsiadmin in News.

  Sacramento Bee: UAS Now Doing Business in the Skies Above You Drones, once known as weapons of war, are undergoing a dramatic makeover as a hot new business tool in the sky. But, as with unmanned military craft, domestic drones are prompting concerns over safety and privacy. No agency tracks how many drones are now [...]

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