Weekend Roundup

Photo courtesy Latitude Engineering.

 By Holly Gonzalez

• Latitude Engineering’s Hybrid Quadcopter UAV weighs 25 pounds, flies vertically and horizontally and can take off from the rear of a frigate. (Popular Mechanics)

• The Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety program through the Department of Homeland Security will open a new round of evaluations to government customers including local, state and federal levels on small unmanned system. (Inside GNSS News)

• Peru is using UAS for monitoring agriculture and ancient ruins. (Infosur Hoy)

• AUVSI’s pressroom Wi-Fi password at Unmanned Systems 2013 sparked a discussion on the use of the word drone. (Defense News)