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China Claims AI-Controlled Drone Outsmarted Human-Operated UAV
China claims to have conducted an aerial clash in which an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operated by artificial intelligence (AI) outsmarted a drone operated by a human pilot on the ground. The exercise was conducted by a team of Chinese researchers led by professor Huang Juntao from a People’s Liberation
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Ex-Microsoft Execs Weaponizing Crop-Dusting Drones in Ukraine
At an unassuming industrial estate in northern Ukraine, two former Microsoft executives and a team of engineers are producing military drones that can travel over long distances and carry large payloads. AeroDrone, which made crop-dusting drones prior to the war and now supplies Ukraine’s armed forces, makes unmanned aircraft that
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UAS Center at SBD Supports Drone-Enabled Bridge Inspections
The Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA) engaged a team of professional drone pilots to work with a certified structural engineer on an aerial inspection of San Bernardino’s Mountain View Avenue bridge. The collaboration was made possible through the UAS Center at SBD, located at the San Bernardino International Airport, which
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Microphones as Airspeed Sensors for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Researchers at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands have recently published a paper proposing an airspeed instrument using microphones as airspeed sensors. Abstract This paper puts forward a novel design for an airspeed instrument aimed at small fixed-wing tail-sitter unmanned
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Multipurpose Iranian Drone Warheads Used in Ukraine
Russia is bombarding Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure with hundreds of one-way attack drones in an attempt to shut down the power grid and freeze Kyiv into submission. Investigators who took apart one of the Shahed-131 drones supplied by Iran—the Russians have rebranded it as Geran-1 —discovered a surprisingly sophisticated, multifunctional warhead.
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Delivery Drones – Wing CEO and RC airplane enthusiast Adam Woodworth shares the latest
With drone delivery services in the news lately, most people have been wondering when—and how—they’ll get their first packages. We asked Adam Woodworth, CEO of Wing—a drone-delivery company owned by Alphabet Inc., which is also Google’s parent company—about the process.
In 2019, Wing became the first drone-delivery company to receive approval
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X-plane Drone Maneuvers with Air Bursts
Defensenews.com reported that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has taken a major step forward toward creating an experimental airplane that can be maneuvered without traditional ailerons or other mechanical devices, instead using short bursts of air. DARPA has tapped Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, to start detailed
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Liquid Hydrogen Power for Drone Transatlantic Flight
H3 Dynamics and Hylium Industries have joined forces to boost the performance of zero emission hydrogen-electric flight for a cross-Atlantic demonstration drone flight. Hylium and H3 Dynamics technologies are currently being integrated to attempt a 3,300km crossing of the South Atlantic, in a program led by ISAE SUPAERO Toulouse, one
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TJ-FlyingFish Drone Autonomously Swims Underwater and Flies
A new Chinese drone, the TJ-FlyingFish, is gaining attention as it looks like something straight out of a Hollywood movie. It is a transformer robot capable of autonomously navigating underwater as an uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) and flying in the air as a quadcopter. The drone was developed by a
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BAE unveils the Strix, a fascinating, tail-sitting X-wing VTOL UAV
BAE Systems, Australia, has unveiled a fascinating new autonomous, hybrid, VTOL UAV for military use. The STRIX, developed in Australia, folds to fit inside a shipping container, and is capable of carrying 160 kg (353 lb) of payload over 800 km (500 miles). The STRIX was unveiled
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FulcrumAir Installs 1,500 Bird Flight Diverters Using Drones to Protect Energy Infrastructure and Avian Wildlife
FulcrumAir has created a unique drone design that diverts birds from powerlines, protecting both energy infrastructure and Avian wildlife. The company has announced the installation of more than 1,500 Power Line Sentry Hawk Eye Bird Flight Diverters (BFDs) under a pilot program for Atlantic City Electric, which serves about
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B-52 Will Fly for Over 100 Years with New Rolls Royce Engines
This month. Rolls Royce, Boeing, and Nasa began testing the B-52’s New Engines that will keep it in the air defending America for over 100 years. since it first flew in 1952! The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built
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Drone Delivery Canada Gets Government Contract for Heavy-Lift Drone Trials
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it has signed a contract with the Canadian Government to work with Transport Canada in operating and evaluating DDC’s proprietary drone delivery platform using DDC’s heavy-lift Condor remote piloted aircraft, the largest drone currently
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