UAV Archives – The Green Optimistic

First Hydrogen Powered Drone to Monitor the Arctic

Mila Luleva — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:27:32 +0000

First ever flight of a drone powered by hydrogen marked the beginning of eco-friendly, long-distance unmanned aerial monitoring. By now everyone has heard of unmanned aerial vehicles, a.k.a. UAVs or drones. Industry giants want to use these to speed up deliveries or monitoring, scientific teams want to use these for automated measurements, and pretty much every […]

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Extinction Measures – Drones Protect Elephants and Rhinos in South Africa

Benji Jerew — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:21:26 +0000

A new project, Air Shepherd, is using drones to protect declining numbers of African elephants and rhinoceros from poachers, the pilot program an amazing 100% effective! Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), more commonly known as “drones,” have been raising a lot of hackles in recent years, particularly in relation to public security and military operations. Today, […]

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SolarEagle: Boeing's Future Unmanned Aircraft Able To Stay Aloft For More Than 5 Years

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:30:28 +0000

The US military's DARPA has signed an $89 million deal with Boeing for the development of a solar powered, unmanned aircraft that could stay aloft for more than five years. Of course, the aircraft would be used in espionage purposes, but the concept is also a testing ground for civilian purposes.

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LaserMotive Flies Laser-Powered Toy Helicopter For 6 Hours in Colorado

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:18:49 +0000

LaserMotive, a company that was awarded $900,000 last year by NASA for powering robots wirelessly through a laser, now comes up with another laser-powered gadget: a helicopter. They kept the solar-powered toy hovering for six hours, until the brush motors, not designed to run that long, burned out.

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Horizon's Aeropak Fuel Cells Doubling Unmanned Aircraft Flight Time

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:27:42 +0000

Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) are usually the prototypes preceding manned ones, and hence new technologies have to be tested thoroughly before applied to manned, real-life situations. UAVs have been tinkering with fuel cells lately to show that they're capable to perform flight for an increasing period of time.

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The Grey-Faced Buzzard: Asia's First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered by Battery and Fuel Cell

Mike Sandru — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:40:13 +0000

The National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan has developed Asia's first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Grey-Faced Buzzard. The green-powered UAV that made its maiden flight in Southern Taiwan is powered by lithium batteries and fuel cell.

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Ion Tiger, Fuel Cell Powered UAV Sets Flight Time Record

Mike Sandru — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:39:10 +0000

Ion Tiger is a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by the Naval Research Laboratory . It has set an unofficial flight endurance record by flying 23 hours and 17 minutes at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

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