Today the team conducted pressure test on the flight model air beam. We’ll be running this one up to 100,000 feet in the spring.
Getting the Air Beam Ready for Flight
November 11th, 2018Sign on the wall behind my desk.
November 5th, 2018
Dark Sky Station Infograph
October 26th, 2018
JPA AI Drone Takes Flight
August 28th, 2018We mounted a Google Vision Object Recognition kit on a small drone. This a baby step toward UAV’s being able to see & avoid other aircraft. The goal of this test series is to count other drones it sees.
The Big Picture
August 21st, 2018
Ascender Receives Airworthness Certificate
August 20th, 2018Success! For the last week JPA, the FAA and the Ascender have been out in the desert. We were issued the Certificate of Airworthiness for the airship. It’s the accumulation of 2 years of work.
The Ascender is the 1st UAV airship in the world to be so licensed.
Status of Bellavia
June 26th, 2018I haven’t posted any current pics of Belle (Bellavia, our submarine) in a while. It’s just really hard to get good pics with all the clutter of the shop in the background. Here’s Belle as of yesterday, clutter and all.
