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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.
ScaneEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle display at the Central Court VivoCity during the RSN50 exhibition by the Republic of Singapore Navy.
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.
CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Larry Brown, U.S. Pacific Command non-lethal weapons senior analyst, explains the different capabilities of various non-lethal weapons systems, all which have already been fielded by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, to (from left) Royal Thai Army Sgt. Maj. Ongarj Chatwatwimol, Col. Somsar Suansombat and Lt. Col. Buncha Panyanandhachai. (photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Crista Yazzie)
US Navy Special Warfare train with ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle at Finnegan Field, Fort A.P. Hill. Pneumatic launch and skyhook recovery of the $3.2 million dollar asset were the order of the day on Friday, November 13, 2015.
The Friday presentation at Kopernik Observatory & Science Center was entitled "Commercial Drones - Heroes Or Villains?" Here is the DJI Phantom 3 Professional Quadcopter, with its high resolution camera, just after takeoff. It zipped out over the field, turned and hovered at eye level for a few minutes and went up to 100 feet.
US Navy Special Warfare train with ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle at Finnegan Field, Fort A.P. Hill. Pneumatic launch and skyhook recovery of the $3.2 million dollar asset were the order of the day on Friday, November 13, 2015.
General Atomics MQ-1B Predator "Ikhana" of NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center on static display during the US Air Force's celebration of the 70th anniversary of supersonic flight at Edwards AFB, October 13, 2017.
A product of L3 and Boeing.
Max take off weight - 540 pounds
Wingspan - 20 feet
Length - 14.7 feet
Endurance - 8-12 hours
Seen in the exhibit hall of the annual conference of the Association of the US Army.
US Navy Special Warfare train with ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle at Finnegan Field, Fort A.P. Hill. Pneumatic launch and skyhook recovery of the $3.2 million dollar asset were the order of the day on Friday, November 13, 2015.
Gemacht mit einer Drohne md4-1000.
Taken by a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) md4-1000.
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General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
Aviation Nation - 2017
Air and Space Expo
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas, NV
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.
English
HS2-2012-186-006
24/Nov/2012
HMCS REGINA
Corporal Kendall Hartjes operates an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina while deployed in the Persian Gulf during Operation ARTEMIS on November 24, 2012.
Operation ARTEMIS is the Canadian Forces (CF) participation in maritime security and counter-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea region as part of multinational Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, one of the three task forces operated by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). CMF is a 27 nation naval partnership, which exists to promote security, stability and prosperity across approximately 2.5 million square miles of international waters in the Middle East, which encompass some of the world’s most important shipping lanes. The presence of HMCS REGINA in the Arabian Sea region also gives Canada the flexibility and capability to respond quickly to emerging crises in the region.
Credit: Corporal Rick Ayer, Formation Imaging Services, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
© 2012 DND-MDN Canada
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.
Gemacht mit einer Drohne md4-1000.
Taken by a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) md4-1000.
Visit me www.air-media.ch
Gemacht mit einer Drohne md4-1000.
Taken by a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) md4-1000.
Visit me www.air-media.ch
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.
U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squardon Two (VMU-2) perform operational checks on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released)
Gemacht mit einer Drohne md4-1000.
Taken by a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) md4-1000.
Visit me www.air-media.ch
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.
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
Aviation Nation - 2017
Air and Space Expo
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas, NV
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.
In 1948, the USAF requested Ryan Aircraft to develop a jet-powered target drone aircraft, as it was anticipated that propeller-driven drones would be too difficult to intercept for fast jet fighters then coming into service. Ryan responded with the Q-2 Firebee, which could be launched from modified A-26 Invader drone controllers, or from the ground.
While the Q-2 was adequate, the rapid progression of aviation in the 1950s rendered it obsolete. Ryan then developed an advanced version, the Q-2C, which was larger, used swept wings, and used an uprated engine with a different style intake. This subsequently became the BQM-34 after 1962.
Most Firebees were (and remain) used as targets for weapons training, and could be configured with flares or radar reflectors to simulate different types of aircraft. If the drone was not destroyed, the controller could then cut off the engine and deploy a parachute, after which a helicopter would recover it for future use. Drone controllers either flew the Firebee from a ground station, or more often, converted DC-130 Hercules aircraft. BQM-34 drones are still in service.
Besides their use as targets, the BQM-34 series was also converted to reconnaissance duties prior to the Vietnam War. Under various codenames (Firefly, Lightning Bug, and Buffalo Hunter), a dizzying amount of Firebee variants for these purposes were built and used. Some were equipped with cameras, others with infrared detectors and signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment. The advantage of Firebees were that, if they were shot down or crashed, there would be no loss of a pilot. Between 1968 and 1970, when American aircraft were officially banned from flying over North VIetnam, BQM-34s were used instead. Several were shot down, though North Vietnamese MiG fighters found them elusive targets; rumors persist that one MiG-17 crashed while in pursuit of a Firebee, and the controller claimed it as an aerial victory. Firebees were also used over China and North Korea, and as late as 2003 over Iraq, where they were used as decoys for Iraqi surface-to-air missiles.
Though the BQM-34 series was successful, it was subsonic, and both the USAF and the US Navy wanted a supersonic target drone. Ryan modified the Firebee into the Firebee II, with all-swept control surfaces, a longer fuselage, repositioned intake, and ability to carry a conformal fuel tank. The Firebee II was practically a new aircraft, but the US military kept the BQM-34 designation.
This BQM-34F entered service with the USAF in 1970, and was donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in 1980 by the Ryan Company.
U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squardon Two (VMU-2) perform operational checks on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle before a launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released)
Check out the wingspan of the Global Hawk. Not surprising since it is a HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) class UAV. It has a range of ~9000nm and costs nearly US$124 million each...
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.
ScaneEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle display at the Central Court VivoCity during the RSN50 exhibition by the Republic of Singapore Navy.
06.02.2012 (1007)
Gemacht mit einer Drohne md4-1000.
Taken by a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) md4-1000.
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After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Saturday, April 6. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to between 4,000 and 5,500 feet in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.
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.
06.02.2012 (1005)
Gemacht mit einer Drohne md4-1000.
Taken by a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) md4-1000.
Visit me www.air-media.ch
U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squardon Two (VMU-2) prepare an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for launch at Speed Bag Airfield, near Niland, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011. VMU-2 was in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-12, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick P. Evenson/Released)