The UAS Flyer - October 15, 2015

Large UAV deployed for ID wildfires Idaho wildfires are putting unmanned aircraft systems in the spotlight again. KAMAN Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have worked with U.S. Department of Interior and Forest Service officials to demonstrate the benefit of an unmanned helicopter. READ MORE SHARE
Northrop Grumman draws big crowd, dignitaries to UAS tech park Northrop Grumman broke ground Oct. 15 on a multi-million dollar UAS facility that is the first in the nation to house small, medium and large UAS entities in one commercial location. The park also has a runway shared with the U.S. Air Force. READ MORE SHARE
	Ag specialist talks UAS research effort for crops, weeds, cattle As precision agricultural images captured this year by UAS-mounted cameras are being analyzed by North Dakota State researchers, Agricultural Machines Specialist John Nowatzki is looking ahead at how the research can be used in 2016. READ MORE SHARE
AeroVironment receives $18.5 M order for sUAV The most widely used small unmanned aircraft system in the world should have no problem maintaining its rank thanks to a recent order. AeroVironment Inc.'s sUAS Raven will be sent to the Seven Allied Nations . READ MORE SHARE
Nanoradar system for UAS collision avoidance set for 2016 Utah-based IMSAR LLC, a research and development firm that specializes in radar devices and rapid image processing, believes it will have a suite of small collision-avoidance radar systems for sUAS available by 2016. READ MORE SHARE
	Ground-based UAV mitigation tech entering market Technology breakthroughs in the unmanned aircraft systems industry aren't just happening through air-based applications. Lockheed Martin, and Battelle have unveiled anti-drone technology to mitigate dangerous UAV threats. READ MORE SHARE