Experts say unmanned air travel is on the horizon and concepts such as air taxis and other unmanned cargo transport — even pizza delivery — are much closer to reality than ever.
To show how close, a few local aerial tech entrepreneurs demoed their crafts Wednesday to a few dozen spectators. The program was hosted by the local chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and the aviation firm Longbow Group
The companies showed off their drones at Longbow’s test center at Fort Monroe, including those capable of mapping, surveying, underwater surveillance and robotics.
“The first question to ask yourself, if you had a magic carpet, what would you use a magic carpet for?” said Bill Fredericks, who founded Hampton-based Advanced Aircraft Company, one of the tech entrepreneurial companies demonstrating Wednesday. “That’s a very open-ended question. Right now, we’re currently focused on survey mapping and infrastructure inspection. But there are many other use cases.”
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To show how close, a few local aerial tech entrepreneurs demoed their crafts Wednesday to a few dozen spectators. The program was hosted by the local chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and the aviation firm Longbow Group
The companies showed off their drones at Longbow’s test center at Fort Monroe, including those capable of mapping, surveying, underwater surveillance and robotics.
“The first question to ask yourself, if you had a magic carpet, what would you use a magic carpet for?” said Bill Fredericks, who founded Hampton-based Advanced Aircraft Company, one of the tech entrepreneurial companies demonstrating Wednesday. “That’s a very open-ended question. Right now, we’re currently focused on survey mapping and infrastructure inspection. But there are many other use cases.”
Continue reading: https://www.dailypress.com/business/dp-nw-hampton-fort-monroe-drones-20211007-ghw4vxercvc57avlklkd76ikhe-story.html
