Port of Amsterdam trials GPS-based UAV monitoring system
The Port of Amsterdam has begun a four-week trial of a drone detection system. Martek Anti-Drone Systems is providing its M.A.D.S. (Marine Anti-Drone System) to build understanding of how, where and why drones are flying over the Port of Amsterdam. The M.A.D.S system will support the port by monitoring legal and illegal flying across its land. The system detects and identifies drones within a 5-kilometer range, providing GPS positioning of both drone and pilot together with the drone's speed and heading. Configurable and escalating stage alarms in real time allow the drones' intentions to be assessed in time to ...... More
The System: Fly the Pilotless Skies: UAS and UAV
As the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moves ahead with plans for unmanned aerial systems/vehicles (UAS/UAV) to have regular access to U.S. airspace by 2015, it has encountered several barriers. For UAVs to be treated like manned aircraft, their systems likley need to be qualified to the same standards as civil avioncs. This is a challenge, as each UAS has largely unique systems. UAS equipment standards are emerging, but threats to GNSS abound, requiring defense/mitigation. Demand for UAS has produced many different types flying in a range of applications. With no apparent standard avionics fit or uniform safety standards, each ...... More
NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface
NASA's Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named "Hottah" after Hottah Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS More
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