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Green Key 2
New Port Richey, FL
21 September 2019
This was shot just outside of Green Key Park in New Port Richey, Florida
Army Pfc. Trevor Turk, a paratrooper assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, prepares to launch a RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicle during familiarization training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug, 27, 2019. The RQ-11B Raven in a small hand-launched, remote-controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle that can provide day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance. Turk is a native of Canandaigua, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
3-D Robotics UAV flyover
Look! Up in the sky! It?s an unmanned aerial ve hicle (UAV)! The flight team from 3-D
Robotics demonstrates the thrill of the DIY drone, the product of speaker Jordi Muñoz?s
inventive mind.
Jordi Muñoz: The drones are coming (from Tijuana)!
A native of Ensenada, Mexico, Jordi Muñoz co-founded and built a highly successful company with Chris Anderson of Wired magazine: 3-D Robotics. Muñoz started by rebuilding a toy remote-controlled helicopter using accelerometers from a Wii controller, making it a much more stable machine. He soon built his first drone, costing a few hundred dollars, while the nearest competition was asking about twenty thousand. Today, Muñoz is considered one of the top gurus in the field of drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Ve hicles). His ideas are about to
revolutionize and disrupt this space and create inexpensive UAVs for various civil needs.
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
Sgt. Chase Howe, a crew chief with Detachment 1, Bravo Company, 41 Special Troops Battalion, conducts a final walk-around inspection of an RQ-7 Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle prior to launch at the Orchard Combat Training Center, near Boise, Idaho, June 13. The unit, based in Pendleton, Ore., is executing training missions as part of the 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s preparation for a potential deployment to Afghanistan in mid-2014. (Photo by Sgt. Armondo Borboa, 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)
I've enjoyed taking ScanEagle photos in the past. Happy as part of Aviation Geek Fest to get early access to the Museum of Flight to get this wingspan photo (10.2 feet/3.1 meters) without other Museum guests in the way. Real privilege, much appreciate.
Heute wurde die Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung in Berlin Schönefeld eröffnet.Diese findet in diesem Jahr auf dem Gelände des zukünftigen BBI "Willy Brandt" statt.Eröffnet wurde sie durch die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel,welche noch bevor sie die ILA eröffnete, einem der grössten Waffenproduzenten der Welt,Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm huldigte und zuerst Vertreter dieses Unternehmens begrüsste.Es ist mehr als beeindruckend,das diese Luftfahrtschau nichts anderes ist als eine bessere Waffenmesse ist,auf der alles,was das Herz des Waffenhändlers genauso erfreut,wie das des Diktators.Das muss man ja nu aber nicht so offensichtlich zeigen,indem man zuerst die Waffenlobby begrüsst und anschliessend erst die Messe eröffnet.Und warum auf einer Luuftfahrtmesse auch noch gepanzerte Fahrzeuge von Krauss-Maffei Wegmann vorgestellt werden müssen ist selbst mir ,als sehr verständnisvollem Menschen, ein mehr als grosses Rätsel.Ansonsten kann man selbstverständlich bei der Bundeswehr das Fliegen in einem Eurocopter ausprobieren und wie selbstverständlich auch den Beschuss von Piraten aus einem fliegenden Hubschrauber üben.Alles natürlich im Rahmen humanitärer Missionen versteht sich.Da erschreckt einen die massive zunahme unbenannter Waffensysteme und Drohnen schon garnicht mehr.In anbetracht der dort vorgestellten Feuerkraft sind aktuelle UAVs eher Kinderkram. Beruhigend ist da dann schon eher die Vorstellung,das auch das Rote Kreuz stolz prüsentierte,wozu ein nagelneuer Truppentransporter A400M zu gebrauchen ist,nämlihc um natürlich ganz human Zelte und Nahrungsmittel abzuwerfen.Irgendwie wurde man den Eindruck nicht los,das die ganze Veranstaltung nichts anders war,als eine grosse hübsche Luftwaffenschau,auf der man nach Herzenslust alles kaufen kann,was man zum bekämpfen von allem braucht,was nicht ins Schema passt.Für die Flüchtlingsabwehr an den EU-Aussengrenzen das UAV mit Wärmebildsensoren und für den kleinen Aufstand im inneren einen leichten und wendigen Eurocopter 135.Und wenns richtig zur Sache geht,dann kann man auch schon mal nen Euirofighter gebrauchen.Bilder unterliegen dem Copyright.
Maximum 5kg payload and up to 60 minutes endurance. The vehicle is primarily designed for video imaging, including day and night monitoring of industrial facilities and other property that is not covered by security cameras. The configuration may include various sensors for remote survey.
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Bercey, left, officer in charge, and Cmdr. Timothy Wood, theater chief, discuss launching a MQ-5B Hunter at Kandahar Airfield. Bercey and Wood are serving as individual augmentees and use the MQ-5B is a multi-mission UAV coupled with the Copperhead system, a miniature synthetic aperture radar system, to detect improvised explosive devices with great success on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
Brandon, the young CEO of "Sentien Robotics" gave us a demonstration of his drones in action. I was fascinated at the technology. It was very fun & exciting to watch!
Artistic view of AVIATR Titan airplane mission concept over bright terrain mountains with alluviated margins. This view shows the detail of the aircraaft body.
The AVIATR mission concept is an unmanned aerial vehicle that would fly over Titan’s surface. It’s nominal one year mission would enable detailed high-resolution images of Titan’s diverse landscapes for better comparison to Earth’s geological processes. Selected regions could be imaged at resolutions near 30 cm/pixel, equivalent to current HiRise imaging of Mars. In addition, atmospheric sampling would allow a profile of Titan’s thick lower atmosphere and how it relates to Earth’s atmospheric processes and weather systems.
Further details of the AVIATR mission concept were presented at the Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference 2010 and at Titan Through Time 2010.
See: Barnes et al. LPSC 41 (2010) Abstract 2551. “AVIATR: Aerial Vehicle for In-situ and Airborne Titan Reconnaissance.”
Freely available here: www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/2551.pdf
Image copyright: Mike Malaska 2010
Heute wurde die Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung in Berlin Schönefeld eröffnet.Diese findet in diesem Jahr auf dem Gelände des zukünftigen BBI "Willy Brandt" statt.Eröffnet wurde sie durch die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel,welche noch bevor sie die ILA eröffnete, einem der grössten Waffenproduzenten der Welt,Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm huldigte und zuerst Vertreter dieses Unternehmens begrüsste.Es ist mehr als beeindruckend,das diese Luftfahrtschau nichts anderes ist als eine bessere Waffenmesse ist,auf der alles,was das Herz des Waffenhändlers genauso erfreut,wie das des Diktators.Das muss man ja nu aber nicht so offensichtlich zeigen,indem man zuerst die Waffenlobby begrüsst und anschliessend erst die Messe eröffnet.Und warum auf einer Luuftfahrtmesse auch noch gepanzerte Fahrzeuge von Krauss-Maffei Wegmann vorgestellt werden müssen ist selbst mir ,als sehr verständnisvollem Menschen, ein mehr als grosses Rätsel.Ansonsten kann man selbstverständlich bei der Bundeswehr das Fliegen in einem Eurocopter ausprobieren und wie selbstverständlich auch den Beschuss von Piraten aus einem fliegenden Hubschrauber üben.Alles natürlich im Rahmen humanitärer Missionen versteht sich.Da erschreckt einen die massive zunahme unbenannter Waffensysteme und Drohnen schon garnicht mehr.In anbetracht der dort vorgestellten Feuerkraft sind aktuelle UAVs eher Kinderkram. Beruhigend ist da dann schon eher die Vorstellung,das auch das Rote Kreuz stolz prüsentierte,wozu ein nagelneuer Truppentransporter A400M zu gebrauchen ist,nämlihc um natürlich ganz human Zelte und Nahrungsmittel abzuwerfen.Irgendwie wurde man den Eindruck nicht los,das die ganze Veranstaltung nichts anders war,als eine grosse hübsche Luftwaffenschau,auf der man nach Herzenslust alles kaufen kann,was man zum bekämpfen von allem braucht,was nicht ins Schema passt.Für die Flüchtlingsabwehr an den EU-Aussengrenzen das UAV mit Wärmebildsensoren und für den kleinen Aufstand im inneren einen leichten und wendigen Eurocopter 135.Und wenns richtig zur Sache geht,dann kann man auch schon mal nen Euirofighter gebrauchen.Bilder unterliegen dem Copyright.
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
3-D Robotics UAV flyover
Look! Up in the sky! It?s an unmanned aerial ve hicle (UAV)! The flight team from 3-D
Robotics demonstrates the thrill of the DIY drone, the product of speaker Jordi Muñoz?s
inventive mind.
Jordi Muñoz: The drones are coming (from Tijuana)!
A native of Ensenada, Mexico, Jordi Muñoz co-founded and built a highly successful company with Chris Anderson of Wired magazine: 3-D Robotics. Muñoz started by rebuilding a toy remote-controlled helicopter using accelerometers from a Wii controller, making it a much more stable machine. He soon built his first drone, costing a few hundred dollars, while the nearest competition was asking about twenty thousand. Today, Muñoz is considered one of the top gurus in the field of drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Ve hicles). His ideas are about to
revolutionize and disrupt this space and create inexpensive UAVs for various civil needs.
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
The MQM-105 was to be the Army's first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It was developed starting in the early 1970s for real-time target acquisition, artillery adjustment, target designation by laser, and aerial reconnaissance. Throughout its development phase, the Aquila suffered from changing and increasing mission requirements, which eventually led to excessive cost overruns. The MQM-105 was cancelled in late 1987.
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment crew members attach towing equipment to the MQ-5B Hunter after a successful recovery at Kandahar Airfield. The MQ-5B is a multi-mission UAV coupled with the Copperhead system, a miniature synthetic aperture radar system, used to detect improvised explosive devices with great success on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
Army Sgt. Trenton Fussell, a paratrooper assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, prepares a RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicle for launch during familiarization training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug, 27, 2019. The RQ-11B Raven in a small hand-launched, remote-controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle that can provide day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance. Fussell is a native of Smiths Station, Al. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Jordi Muñoz: The drones are coming (from Tijuana)!
A native of Ensenada, Mexico, Jordi Muñoz co-founded and built a highly successful company with Chris Anderson of Wired magazine: 3-D Robotics. Muñoz started by rebuilding a toy remote-controlled helicopter using accelerometers from a Wii controller, making it a much more stable machine. He soon built his first drone, costing a few hundred dollars, while the nearest competition was asking about twenty thousand. Today, Muñoz is considered one of the top gurus in the field of drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Ve hicles). His ideas are about to
revolutionize and disrupt this space and create inexpensive UAVs for various civil needs.
A Reaper Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) comes into land at Kandahar Airbase in Helmand, Afghanistan.
Breaking new ground for the RAF, the MQ-9 Reaper has become an invaluable asset in the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan. It is able to spend great lengths of time silently observing the enemy before using a range of precision munitions to defend coalition troops and civilians from danger.
This image was a runner-up in the RAF 2011 Photographic Competititon.
Photographer: Fg Off Owen Cheverton
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Bercey, left, officer in charge, and Cmdr. Timothy Wood, theater chief, discuss launching a MQ-5B Hunter at Kandahar Airfield. Bercey and Wood are serving as individual augmentees and use the MQ-5B is a multi-mission UAV coupled with the Copperhead system, a miniature synthetic aperture radar system, to detect improvised explosive devices with great success on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
PictionID:56148939 - Catalog:C94-045-024.tif - Title:Ryan Aeronautical Negative Collection Image - Filename:C94-045-024.tif - - - - Image from the Teledyne Ryan Archives, donated to SDASM in the 1990s. Many of these images are from Ryan's UAV program-----These images were not donated with metadata, so please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
At the demo of the LASD's prototype drone, taping a story for NPR News "Day to Day." L-R: Xeni Jardin, NPR; Victor Torres, Chang Industry; Sam De La Torre, Chang Industry. And, of course, SkySeer's in the middle there.
image courtesy Commander Charles "Sid" Heal, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Jordi Muñoz: The drones are coming (from Tijuana)!
A native of Ensenada, Mexico, Jordi Muñoz co-founded and built a highly successful company with Chris Anderson of Wired magazine: 3-D Robotics. Muñoz started by rebuilding a toy remote-controlled helicopter using accelerometers from a Wii controller, making it a much more stable machine. He soon built his first drone, costing a few hundred dollars, while the nearest competition was asking about twenty thousand. Today, Muñoz is considered one of the top gurus in the field of drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Ve hicles). His ideas are about to
revolutionize and disrupt this space and create inexpensive UAVs for various civil needs.
Maximum 5kg payload and up to 60 minutes endurance. The vehicle is primarily designed for video imaging, including day and night monitoring of industrial facilities and other property that is not covered by security cameras. The configuration may include various sensors for remote survey.
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
First flown in 2002, the X-45A was the first modern UAV designed specifically for combat strike missions. The stealthy, swept-wing jet has fully retractable landing gear and a composite, fiber-reinforced epoxy skin. Its fuselage houses two internal weapons bays. The X-45 project was first managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projec Agency, but in 2003 the Air Force and Navy consolidated the X-45 and X-47 programs under the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System Office.
This X-45A, Air Vehicle #1, flew 40 sorties totaling about 38 hours in the air and accomplished several firsts during testing. Among them: the first autonomous flight of a high-performance, combat-capable UAV; the first weapons release from an autonomous UAV; and, with Air Vehicle #2, the first autonomous multi-vehicle coordinated flight. Only two X-45A scaled-down technology demonstrators were builts. Flight tests successfully concluded in 2005.
Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
Span: 10.3 m (33 ft 8 in)
Length: 8 m (26 ft 5 in)
Height: 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)
Weight, empty: 3,855 kg (8,500 lb)
Weight, gross: 5,529 kg (12, 189 lb)
Engine: Honeywell F124-GA-100, non-afterburning turbofan, 28kN (6,300 lb)
Armament: 680 kg (1,500 lb) joint direct attack munitions or small-diameter bombs
Manufacturer: Boeing, Seattle, Wash., and St. Louis, Mo., 2001
Heute wurde die Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung in Berlin Schönefeld eröffnet.Diese findet in diesem Jahr auf dem Gelände des zukünftigen BBI "Willy Brandt" statt.Eröffnet wurde sie durch die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel,welche noch bevor sie die ILA eröffnete, einem der grössten Waffenproduzenten der Welt,Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm huldigte und zuerst Vertreter dieses Unternehmens begrüsste.Es ist mehr als beeindruckend,das diese Luftfahrtschau nichts anderes ist als eine bessere Waffenmesse ist,auf der alles,was das Herz des Waffenhändlers genauso erfreut,wie das des Diktators.Das muss man ja nu aber nicht so offensichtlich zeigen,indem man zuerst die Waffenlobby begrüsst und anschliessend erst die Messe eröffnet.Und warum auf einer Luuftfahrtmesse auch noch gepanzerte Fahrzeuge von Krauss-Maffei Wegmann vorgestellt werden müssen ist selbst mir ,als sehr verständnisvollem Menschen, ein mehr als grosses Rätsel.Ansonsten kann man selbstverständlich bei der Bundeswehr das Fliegen in einem Eurocopter ausprobieren und wie selbstverständlich auch den Beschuss von Piraten aus einem fliegenden Hubschrauber üben.Alles natürlich im Rahmen humanitärer Missionen versteht sich.Da erschreckt einen die massive zunahme unbenannter Waffensysteme und Drohnen schon garnicht mehr.In anbetracht der dort vorgestellten Feuerkraft sind aktuelle UAVs eher Kinderkram. Beruhigend ist da dann schon eher die Vorstellung,das auch das Rote Kreuz stolz prüsentierte,wozu ein nagelneuer Truppentransporter A400M zu gebrauchen ist,nämlihc um natürlich ganz human Zelte und Nahrungsmittel abzuwerfen.Irgendwie wurde man den Eindruck nicht los,das die ganze Veranstaltung nichts anders war,als eine grosse hübsche Luftwaffenschau,auf der man nach Herzenslust alles kaufen kann,was man zum bekämpfen von allem braucht,was nicht ins Schema passt.Für die Flüchtlingsabwehr an den EU-Aussengrenzen das UAV mit Wärmebildsensoren und für den kleinen Aufstand im inneren einen leichten und wendigen Eurocopter 135.Und wenns richtig zur Sache geht,dann kann man auch schon mal nen Euirofighter gebrauchen.Bilder unterliegen dem Copyright.
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Timothy Wood, left, theater chief, Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment, and Lt. Cmdr. John Bercey, officer in charge, TF Copperhead, inspect a MQ-5B Hunter at Kandahar Airfield. Bercey and Wood are serving as individual augmentees and use the MQ-5B UAV coupled with the Copperhead system to detect improvised explosive devices with great success in Afghanistan on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
Army Spc. Greg Marcin, a paratrooper assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, prepares to launch a RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicle during familiarization training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug, 27, 2019. The RQ-11B Raven in a small hand-launched, remote-controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle that can provide day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance. Marcin is a native of Richmond, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
Army Pfc. Trevor Turk, a paratrooper assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, launches a RQ-11B Raven unmanned aerial vehicle during familiarization training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug, 27, 2019. The RQ-11B Raven in a small hand-launched, remote-controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle that can provide day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance. Turk is a native of Canandaigua, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Bercey, left, officer in charge, and Cmdr. Timothy Wood, theater chief, discuss the successful launch a MQ-5B Hunter at Kandahar Airfield. Bercey and Wood are serving as individual augmentees and use the MQ-5B is a multi-mission UAV coupled with the Copperhead system, a miniature synthetic aperture radar system, to detect improvised explosive devices on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Timothy Wood, left, theater chief, Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment, and Lt. Cmdr. John Bercey, officer in charge, TF Copperhead, inspect a MQ-5B Hunter at Kandahar Airfield. Bercey and Wood are serving as individual augmentees and use the MQ-5B UAV coupled with the Copperhead system to detect improvised explosive devices with great success in Afghanistan on the NATO-led mission Resolute Support. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
Heute wurde die Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung in Berlin Schönefeld eröffnet.Diese findet in diesem Jahr auf dem Gelände des zukünftigen BBI "Willy Brandt" statt.Eröffnet wurde sie durch die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel,welche noch bevor sie die ILA eröffnete, einem der grössten Waffenproduzenten der Welt,Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm huldigte und zuerst Vertreter dieses Unternehmens begrüsste.Es ist mehr als beeindruckend,das diese Luftfahrtschau nichts anderes ist als eine bessere Waffenmesse ist,auf der alles,was das Herz des Waffenhändlers genauso erfreut,wie das des Diktators.Das muss man ja nu aber nicht so offensichtlich zeigen,indem man zuerst die Waffenlobby begrüsst und anschliessend erst die Messe eröffnet.Und warum auf einer Luuftfahrtmesse auch noch gepanzerte Fahrzeuge von Krauss-Maffei Wegmann vorgestellt werden müssen ist selbst mir ,als sehr verständnisvollem Menschen, ein mehr als grosses Rätsel.Ansonsten kann man selbstverständlich bei der Bundeswehr das Fliegen in einem Eurocopter ausprobieren und wie selbstverständlich auch den Beschuss von Piraten aus einem fliegenden Hubschrauber üben.Alles natürlich im Rahmen humanitärer Missionen versteht sich.Da erschreckt einen die massive zunahme unbenannter Waffensysteme und Drohnen schon garnicht mehr.In anbetracht der dort vorgestellten Feuerkraft sind aktuelle UAVs eher Kinderkram. Beruhigend ist da dann schon eher die Vorstellung,das auch das Rote Kreuz stolz prüsentierte,wozu ein nagelneuer Truppentransporter A400M zu gebrauchen ist,nämlihc um natürlich ganz human Zelte und Nahrungsmittel abzuwerfen.Irgendwie wurde man den Eindruck nicht los,das die ganze Veranstaltung nichts anders war,als eine grosse hübsche Luftwaffenschau,auf der man nach Herzenslust alles kaufen kann,was man zum bekämpfen von allem braucht,was nicht ins Schema passt.Für die Flüchtlingsabwehr an den EU-Aussengrenzen das UAV mit Wärmebildsensoren und für den kleinen Aufstand im inneren einen leichten und wendigen Eurocopter 135.Und wenns richtig zur Sache geht,dann kann man auch schon mal nen Euirofighter gebrauchen.Bilder unterliegen dem Copyright.
An afternoon spent testing out the performance of the DJI Phantom Vision 2+ in high wind and its camera performance in fading light gave me a much better understanding its capabilities and limitations. The coastal area near the St Kilda Pier gave a great view back towards the city.
Image captured using a DJI Phantom Vision 2+, 5mm lens, 1/1400th of a sec @ f2.8 ISO 100.
Processed using Adobe Lightroom 5.6 and Google’s Nik Collection Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2 and Color Efex Pro 4.
On Saturday, April 6, the NASA Student Launch teams were recognized for their accomplishments, and winners in 11 different categories were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Davidson Center at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Image credit: NASA/Fred Deaton
Student Launch awards news release
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2015) A MQ-5B Hunter stands ready in a Task Force Copperhead Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detachment hangar at Kandahar Airfield. The MQ-5B is a multi-mission UAV equipped with miniature synthetic aperture radar, or Copperhead system, to detect improvised explosive devices with great success in Afghanistan for coalition and Afghan Security Forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Kristine Volk/Released)