February 25th 2020: USRL continues the development flights of its new house-made Composite Bird (CoBi) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV. This hand-launching UAV exhibits very attractive and competitive specifications in terms of robustness, lightweight, enhanced flight and payload capacities, capability to interchange its wings (in regards with its mission) and an impressive maximum take-off weight (MTOW)…
DetailsIn the framework of the EMME-CARE project, the Cyprus Institute is seeking two strongly motivated persons in the fields of Electrical/Electronics Engineering & Software Development to join the USRL team: Electrical/Electronic Engineer for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Junior Software Developer for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
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December 20th 2019: USRL’s first UAV-Balloon launch.
December 13th 2019: USRL’s tests its new release mechanism for the UAV-Balloon test.
December 3rd 2019: USRL’s High Altitude, Glider UAV takes-off for its maiden flight at Lady’s Mile, Limassol. (Airframe: 6m wingspan, DG800s, Jet Propulsion, CARF Models)
First day of the campaign with UAV and Balloon flights
The Cyprus Institute (CyI) has established itself as a key partner for the Department of Forests, providing resources and technical expertise in fixed wing and rotary Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) from our Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL), to assist with aerial surveillance for the prevention and assessment of forest fires. USRL was a key participant…
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