Aerospace Industry's Perspective: drones in the news

An item of interest for your perusal:

Here's a recent blurb from an Aerospace Industry technology newsletter, distributed by Global Spec.
This is a perspective from the non-R/C community, from the manufacturing and applications designers and providers.

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Deploy Your Own Drones

What's going on over there? Soon you can find out. Monitor the neighbors with your personal unmanned aerial vehicle. For about $50, the MeCam UAV promises to stream video to a paired iOS or Android mobile device. Still under development, the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled quadrotor features an ARM Cortex-A9 processor with a GB of built-in RAM. Commercial availability is targeted for next year.

Phantom Eye Flies Higher, Farther

Reaching 60 knots at take-off and climbing to a top altitude of 8,000 ft, Boeing's Phantom Eye unmanned airborne vehicle stayed aloft 66 min in its second flight. This recent flight brings the UAV, powered by two 150 hp liquid hydrogen engines, one "step closer" to the goal of four days autonomous ISR — intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance.

Posted 3/19/13 by S. O'Connor